diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 08ec7586a3..9b7a85e4d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -281,11 +281,18 @@ ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) fsdev/virtfs-proxy-helper.1 "$(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1"
 endif
-install-sysconfig:
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_confdir)"
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_confdir)"
 
-install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) install-sysconfig
+install-datadir:
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_datadir)"
+
+install-confdir:
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_confdir)"
+
+install-sysconfig: install-datadir install-confdir
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_confdir)"
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/sysconfigs/target/cpus-x86_64.conf "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_datadir)"
+
+install: all $(if $(BUILD_DOCS),install-doc) install-sysconfig install-datadir
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
 ifneq ($(TOOLS),)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) $(STRIP_OPT) $(TOOLS) "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"
@@ -295,7 +302,6 @@ ifneq ($(HELPERS-y),)
 	$(INSTALL_PROG) $(STRIP_OPT) $(HELPERS-y) "$(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)"
 endif
 ifneq ($(BLOBS),)
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_datadir)"
 	set -e; for x in $(BLOBS); do \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/$$x "$(DESTDIR)$(qemu_datadir)"; \
 	done
diff --git a/arch_init.c b/arch_init.c
index 996babae9b..988adcae07 100644
--- a/arch_init.c
+++ b/arch_init.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ static struct defconfig_file {
     /* Indicates it is an user config file (disabled by -no-user-config) */
     bool userconfig;
 } default_config_files[] = {
+    { CONFIG_QEMU_DATADIR "/cpus-" TARGET_ARCH ".conf",  false },
     { CONFIG_QEMU_CONFDIR "/qemu.conf",                   true },
     { CONFIG_QEMU_CONFDIR "/target-" TARGET_ARCH ".conf", true },
     { NULL }, /* end of list */
diff --git a/sysconfigs/target/cpus-x86_64.conf b/sysconfigs/target/cpus-x86_64.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cee0ea9e55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysconfigs/target/cpus-x86_64.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# x86 CPU MODELS
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Conroe"
+   level = "2"
+   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
+   family = "6"
+   model = "2"
+   stepping = "3"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "ssse3 sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "i64 xd syscall"
+   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
+   model_id = "Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Penryn"
+   level = "2"
+   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
+   family = "6"
+   model = "2"
+   stepping = "3"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "i64 xd syscall"
+   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
+   model_id = "Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx (Penryn Class Core 2)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Nehalem"
+   level = "2"
+   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
+   family = "6"
+   model = "2"
+   stepping = "3"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "popcnt sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "i64 syscall xd"
+   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
+   model_id = "Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Westmere"
+   level = "11"
+   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
+   family = "6"
+   model = "44"
+   stepping = "1"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "aes popcnt sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "i64 syscall xd"
+   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
+   model_id = "Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "SandyBridge"
+   level = "0xd"
+   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
+   family = "6"
+   model = "42"
+   stepping = "1"
+   feature_edx = " sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "avx xsave aes tsc-deadline popcnt x2apic sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 pclmulqdq sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "i64 rdtscp nx syscall "
+   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
+   model_id = "Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Opteron_G1"
+   level = "5"
+   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
+   family = "15"
+   model = "6"
+   stepping = "1"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "lm fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   extfeature_ecx = " "
+   xlevel = "0x80000008"
+   model_id = "AMD Opteron 240 (Gen 1 Class Opteron)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Opteron_G2"
+   level = "5"
+   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
+   family = "15"
+   model = "6"
+   stepping = "1"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "cx16 sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "lm rdtscp fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   extfeature_ecx = "svm lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x80000008"
+   model_id = "AMD Opteron 22xx (Gen 2 Class Opteron)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Opteron_G3"
+   level = "5"
+   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
+   family = "15"
+   model = "6"
+   stepping = "1"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "popcnt cx16 monitor sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "lm rdtscp fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   extfeature_ecx = "misalignsse sse4a abm svm lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x80000008"
+   model_id = "AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron)"
+
+[cpudef]
+   name = "Opteron_G4"
+   level = "0xd"
+   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
+   family = "21"
+   model = "1"
+   stepping = "2"
+   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   feature_ecx = "avx xsave aes popcnt sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 pclmulqdq sse3"
+   extfeature_edx = "lm rdtscp pdpe1gb fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
+   extfeature_ecx = " fma4 xop 3dnowprefetch misalignsse sse4a abm svm lahf_lm"
+   xlevel = "0x8000001A"
+   model_id = "AMD Opteron 62xx class CPU"
+
diff --git a/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf b/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf
index cee0ea9e55..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf
+++ b/sysconfigs/target/target-x86_64.conf
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-# x86 CPU MODELS
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Conroe"
-   level = "2"
-   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
-   family = "6"
-   model = "2"
-   stepping = "3"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "ssse3 sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "i64 xd syscall"
-   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
-   model_id = "Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Penryn"
-   level = "2"
-   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
-   family = "6"
-   model = "2"
-   stepping = "3"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "i64 xd syscall"
-   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
-   model_id = "Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx (Penryn Class Core 2)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Nehalem"
-   level = "2"
-   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
-   family = "6"
-   model = "2"
-   stepping = "3"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "popcnt sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "i64 syscall xd"
-   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
-   model_id = "Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Westmere"
-   level = "11"
-   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
-   family = "6"
-   model = "44"
-   stepping = "1"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "aes popcnt sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "i64 syscall xd"
-   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
-   model_id = "Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "SandyBridge"
-   level = "0xd"
-   vendor = "GenuineIntel"
-   family = "6"
-   model = "42"
-   stepping = "1"
-   feature_edx = " sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "avx xsave aes tsc-deadline popcnt x2apic sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 pclmulqdq sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "i64 rdtscp nx syscall "
-   extfeature_ecx = "lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x8000000A"
-   model_id = "Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Opteron_G1"
-   level = "5"
-   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
-   family = "15"
-   model = "6"
-   stepping = "1"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "lm fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   extfeature_ecx = " "
-   xlevel = "0x80000008"
-   model_id = "AMD Opteron 240 (Gen 1 Class Opteron)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Opteron_G2"
-   level = "5"
-   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
-   family = "15"
-   model = "6"
-   stepping = "1"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "cx16 sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "lm rdtscp fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   extfeature_ecx = "svm lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x80000008"
-   model_id = "AMD Opteron 22xx (Gen 2 Class Opteron)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Opteron_G3"
-   level = "5"
-   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
-   family = "15"
-   model = "6"
-   stepping = "1"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "popcnt cx16 monitor sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "lm rdtscp fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   extfeature_ecx = "misalignsse sse4a abm svm lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x80000008"
-   model_id = "AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron)"
-
-[cpudef]
-   name = "Opteron_G4"
-   level = "0xd"
-   vendor = "AuthenticAMD"
-   family = "21"
-   model = "1"
-   stepping = "2"
-   feature_edx = "sse2 sse fxsr mmx clflush pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   feature_ecx = "avx xsave aes popcnt sse4.2 sse4.1 cx16 ssse3 pclmulqdq sse3"
-   extfeature_edx = "lm rdtscp pdpe1gb fxsr mmx nx pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de fpu"
-   extfeature_ecx = " fma4 xop 3dnowprefetch misalignsse sse4a abm svm lahf_lm"
-   xlevel = "0x8000001A"
-   model_id = "AMD Opteron 62xx class CPU"
-