diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 314e55b..366083a 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "qemu/bitops.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "hw/arm/sysbus-fdt.h"
+#include "hw/platform-bus.h"
 
 #define NUM_VIRTIO_TRANSPORTS 32
 
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@
 #define GIC_FDT_IRQ_PPI_CPU_START 8
 #define GIC_FDT_IRQ_PPI_CPU_WIDTH 8
 
+#define PLATFORM_BUS_FIRST_IRQ    48
+#define PLATFORM_BUS_NUM_IRQS     20
+
 enum {
     VIRT_FLASH,
     VIRT_MEM,
@@ -68,8 +73,11 @@ enum {
     VIRT_UART,
     VIRT_MMIO,
     VIRT_RTC,
+    VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS,
 };
 
+static ARMPlatformBusSystemParams platform_bus_params;
+
 typedef struct MemMapEntry {
     hwaddr base;
     hwaddr size;
@@ -100,23 +108,25 @@ typedef struct VirtBoardInfo {
  */
 static const MemMapEntry a15memmap[] = {
     /* Space up to 0x8000000 is reserved for a boot ROM */
-    [VIRT_FLASH] =      {          0, 0x08000000 },
-    [VIRT_CPUPERIPHS] = { 0x08000000, 0x00020000 },
+    [VIRT_FLASH] =          {          0, 0x08000000 },
+    [VIRT_CPUPERIPHS] =     { 0x08000000, 0x00020000 },
     /* GIC distributor and CPU interfaces sit inside the CPU peripheral space */
-    [VIRT_GIC_DIST] =   { 0x08000000, 0x00010000 },
-    [VIRT_GIC_CPU] =    { 0x08010000, 0x00010000 },
-    [VIRT_UART] =       { 0x09000000, 0x00001000 },
-    [VIRT_RTC] =        { 0x09010000, 0x00001000 },
-    [VIRT_MMIO] =       { 0x0a000000, 0x00000200 },
+    [VIRT_GIC_DIST] =       { 0x08000000, 0x00010000 },
+    [VIRT_GIC_CPU] =        { 0x08010000, 0x00010000 },
+    [VIRT_UART] =           { 0x09000000, 0x00001000 },
+    [VIRT_RTC] =            { 0x09010000, 0x00001000 },
+    [VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS] =   { 0x09400000, 0x04000000 },
+    [VIRT_MMIO] =           { 0x0a000000, 0x00000200 },
     /* ...repeating for a total of NUM_VIRTIO_TRANSPORTS, each of that size */
     /* 0x10000000 .. 0x40000000 reserved for PCI */
-    [VIRT_MEM] =        { 0x40000000, 30ULL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 },
+    [VIRT_MEM] =            { 0x40000000, 30ULL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 },
 };
 
 static const int a15irqmap[] = {
     [VIRT_UART] = 1,
     [VIRT_RTC] = 2,
     [VIRT_MMIO] = 16, /* ...to 16 + NUM_VIRTIO_TRANSPORTS - 1 */
+    [VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS] = 48,
 };
 
 static VirtBoardInfo machines[] = {
@@ -519,6 +529,47 @@ static void create_flash(const VirtBoardInfo *vbi)
     g_free(nodename);
 }
 
+static void create_platform_bus(VirtBoardInfo *vbi, qemu_irq *pic)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev;
+    SysBusDevice *s;
+    int i;
+    ARMPlatformBusFdtParams *fdt_params = g_new(ARMPlatformBusFdtParams, 1);
+    MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
+
+    platform_bus_params.platform_bus_base = vbi->memmap[VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS].base;
+    platform_bus_params.platform_bus_size = vbi->memmap[VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS].size;
+    platform_bus_params.platform_bus_first_irq = vbi->irqmap[VIRT_PLATFORM_BUS];
+    platform_bus_params.platform_bus_num_irqs = PLATFORM_BUS_NUM_IRQS;
+
+    fdt_params->system_params = &platform_bus_params;
+    fdt_params->binfo = &vbi->bootinfo;
+    fdt_params->intc = "/intc";
+    /*
+     * register a machine init done notifier that creates the device tree
+     * nodes of the platform bus and its children dynamic sysbus devices
+     */
+    arm_register_platform_bus_fdt_creator(fdt_params);
+
+    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICE);
+    dev->id = TYPE_PLATFORM_BUS_DEVICE;
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "num_irqs",
+        platform_bus_params.platform_bus_num_irqs);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "mmio_size",
+        platform_bus_params.platform_bus_size);
+    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
+    s = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < platform_bus_params.platform_bus_num_irqs; i++) {
+        int irqn = platform_bus_params.platform_bus_first_irq + i;
+        sysbus_connect_irq(s, i, pic[irqn]);
+    }
+
+    memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem,
+                                platform_bus_params.platform_bus_base,
+                                sysbus_mmio_get_region(s, 0));
+}
+
 static void *machvirt_dtb(const struct arm_boot_info *binfo, int *fdt_size)
 {
     const VirtBoardInfo *board = (const VirtBoardInfo *)binfo;
@@ -581,6 +632,24 @@ static void machvirt_init(MachineState *machine)
 
         object_property_set_bool(cpuobj, true, "realized", NULL);
     }
+
+    /*
+     * register the arm_load_kernel machine init done notifier
+     * before platform_bus_create call.
+     * There, arm_register_platform_bus_fdt_creator registers another
+     * notifier that adds platform bus nodes. Notifiers are executed
+     * in registration reverse order.
+     */
+    vbi->bootinfo.ram_size = machine->ram_size;
+    vbi->bootinfo.kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
+    vbi->bootinfo.kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
+    vbi->bootinfo.initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
+    vbi->bootinfo.nb_cpus = smp_cpus;
+    vbi->bootinfo.board_id = -1;
+    vbi->bootinfo.loader_start = vbi->memmap[VIRT_MEM].base;
+    vbi->bootinfo.get_dtb = machvirt_dtb;
+    arm_load_kernel(ARM_CPU(first_cpu), &vbi->bootinfo);
+
     fdt_add_timer_nodes(vbi);
     fdt_add_cpu_nodes(vbi);
     fdt_add_psci_node(vbi);
@@ -604,15 +673,8 @@ static void machvirt_init(MachineState *machine)
      */
     create_virtio_devices(vbi, pic);
 
-    vbi->bootinfo.ram_size = machine->ram_size;
-    vbi->bootinfo.kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
-    vbi->bootinfo.kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
-    vbi->bootinfo.initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
-    vbi->bootinfo.nb_cpus = smp_cpus;
-    vbi->bootinfo.board_id = -1;
-    vbi->bootinfo.loader_start = vbi->memmap[VIRT_MEM].base;
-    vbi->bootinfo.get_dtb = machvirt_dtb;
-    arm_load_kernel(ARM_CPU(first_cpu), &vbi->bootinfo);
+    create_platform_bus(vbi, pic);
+
 }
 
 static QEMUMachine machvirt_a15_machine = {
@@ -620,6 +682,7 @@ static QEMUMachine machvirt_a15_machine = {
     .desc = "ARM Virtual Machine",
     .init = machvirt_init,
     .max_cpus = 8,
+    .has_dynamic_sysbus = true,
 };
 
 static void machvirt_machine_init(void)
