diff --git a/accel/accel-common.c b/accel/accel-common.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f505461fc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accel/accel-common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU accel class, components common to system emulation and user mode
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/accel.h"
+#include "qemu/target_info.h"
+#include "accel/accel-cpu.h"
+#include "accel-internal.h"
+
+/* Lookup AccelClass from opt_name. Returns NULL if not found */
+AccelClass *accel_find(const char *opt_name)
+{
+    char *class_name = g_strdup_printf(ACCEL_CLASS_NAME("%s"), opt_name);
+    AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_CLASS(module_object_class_by_name(class_name));
+    g_free(class_name);
+    return ac;
+}
+
+/* Return the name of the current accelerator */
+const char *current_accel_name(void)
+{
+    AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(current_accel());
+
+    return ac->name;
+}
+
+static void accel_init_cpu_int_aux(ObjectClass *klass, void *opaque)
+{
+    CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(klass);
+    AccelCPUClass *accel_cpu = opaque;
+
+    /*
+     * The first callback allows accel-cpu to run initializations
+     * for the CPU, customizing CPU behavior according to the accelerator.
+     *
+     * The second one allows the CPU to customize the accel-cpu
+     * behavior according to the CPU.
+     *
+     * The second is currently only used by TCG, to specialize the
+     * TCGCPUOps depending on the CPU type.
+     */
+    cc->accel_cpu = accel_cpu;
+    if (accel_cpu->cpu_class_init) {
+        accel_cpu->cpu_class_init(cc);
+    }
+    if (cc->init_accel_cpu) {
+        cc->init_accel_cpu(accel_cpu, cc);
+    }
+}
+
+/* initialize the arch-specific accel CpuClass interfaces */
+static void accel_init_cpu_interfaces(AccelClass *ac)
+{
+    const char *ac_name; /* AccelClass name */
+    char *acc_name;      /* AccelCPUClass name */
+    ObjectClass *acc;    /* AccelCPUClass */
+    const char *cpu_resolving_type = target_cpu_type();
+
+    ac_name = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(ac));
+    g_assert(ac_name != NULL);
+
+    acc_name = g_strdup_printf("%s-%s", ac_name, cpu_resolving_type);
+    acc = object_class_by_name(acc_name);
+    g_free(acc_name);
+
+    if (acc) {
+        object_class_foreach(accel_init_cpu_int_aux,
+                             cpu_resolving_type, false, acc);
+    }
+}
+
+void accel_init_interfaces(AccelClass *ac)
+{
+    accel_init_ops_interfaces(ac);
+    accel_init_cpu_interfaces(ac);
+}
+
+void accel_cpu_instance_init(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    if (cpu->cc->accel_cpu && cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_instance_init) {
+        cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_instance_init(cpu);
+    }
+}
+
+bool accel_cpu_common_realize(CPUState *cpu, Error **errp)
+{
+    AccelState *accel = current_accel();
+    AccelClass *acc = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(accel);
+
+    /* target specific realization */
+    if (cpu->cc->accel_cpu
+        && cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_target_realize
+        && !cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_target_realize(cpu, errp)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* generic realization */
+    if (acc->cpu_common_realize && !acc->cpu_common_realize(cpu, errp)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void accel_cpu_common_unrealize(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    AccelState *accel = current_accel();
+    AccelClass *acc = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(accel);
+
+    /* generic unrealization */
+    if (acc->cpu_common_unrealize) {
+        acc->cpu_common_unrealize(cpu);
+    }
+}
+
+int accel_supported_gdbstub_sstep_flags(void)
+{
+    AccelState *accel = current_accel();
+    AccelClass *acc = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(accel);
+    if (acc->gdbstub_supported_sstep_flags) {
+        return acc->gdbstub_supported_sstep_flags();
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo accel_types[] = {
+    {
+        .name           = TYPE_ACCEL,
+        .parent         = TYPE_OBJECT,
+        .class_size     = sizeof(AccelClass),
+        .instance_size  = sizeof(AccelState),
+        .abstract       = true,
+    },
+};
+
+DEFINE_TYPES(accel_types)
diff --git a/accel/accel-target.c b/accel/accel-target.c
index 769a90230bf..7fd392fbc4a 100644
--- a/accel/accel-target.c
+++ b/accel/accel-target.c
@@ -24,135 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
-#include "qemu/accel.h"
-#include "qemu/target_info.h"
-
 #include "accel/accel-cpu-target.h"
-#include "accel-internal.h"
-
-static const TypeInfo accel_type = {
-    .name = TYPE_ACCEL,
-    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
-    .class_size = sizeof(AccelClass),
-    .instance_size = sizeof(AccelState),
-    .abstract = true,
-};
-
-/* Lookup AccelClass from opt_name. Returns NULL if not found */
-AccelClass *accel_find(const char *opt_name)
-{
-    char *class_name = g_strdup_printf(ACCEL_CLASS_NAME("%s"), opt_name);
-    AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_CLASS(module_object_class_by_name(class_name));
-    g_free(class_name);
-    return ac;
-}
-
-/* Return the name of the current accelerator */
-const char *current_accel_name(void)
-{
-    AccelClass *ac = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(current_accel());
-
-    return ac->name;
-}
-
-static void accel_init_cpu_int_aux(ObjectClass *klass, void *opaque)
-{
-    CPUClass *cc = CPU_CLASS(klass);
-    AccelCPUClass *accel_cpu = opaque;
-
-    /*
-     * The first callback allows accel-cpu to run initializations
-     * for the CPU, customizing CPU behavior according to the accelerator.
-     *
-     * The second one allows the CPU to customize the accel-cpu
-     * behavior according to the CPU.
-     *
-     * The second is currently only used by TCG, to specialize the
-     * TCGCPUOps depending on the CPU type.
-     */
-    cc->accel_cpu = accel_cpu;
-    if (accel_cpu->cpu_class_init) {
-        accel_cpu->cpu_class_init(cc);
-    }
-    if (cc->init_accel_cpu) {
-        cc->init_accel_cpu(accel_cpu, cc);
-    }
-}
-
-/* initialize the arch-specific accel CpuClass interfaces */
-static void accel_init_cpu_interfaces(AccelClass *ac)
-{
-    const char *ac_name; /* AccelClass name */
-    char *acc_name;      /* AccelCPUClass name */
-    ObjectClass *acc;    /* AccelCPUClass */
-    const char *cpu_resolving_type = target_cpu_type();
-
-    ac_name = object_class_get_name(OBJECT_CLASS(ac));
-    g_assert(ac_name != NULL);
-
-    acc_name = g_strdup_printf("%s-%s", ac_name, cpu_resolving_type);
-    acc = object_class_by_name(acc_name);
-    g_free(acc_name);
-
-    if (acc) {
-        object_class_foreach(accel_init_cpu_int_aux,
-                             cpu_resolving_type, false, acc);
-    }
-}
-
-void accel_init_interfaces(AccelClass *ac)
-{
-    accel_init_ops_interfaces(ac);
-    accel_init_cpu_interfaces(ac);
-}
-
-void accel_cpu_instance_init(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    if (cpu->cc->accel_cpu && cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_instance_init) {
-        cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_instance_init(cpu);
-    }
-}
-
-bool accel_cpu_common_realize(CPUState *cpu, Error **errp)
-{
-    AccelState *accel = current_accel();
-    AccelClass *acc = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(accel);
-
-    /* target specific realization */
-    if (cpu->cc->accel_cpu
-        && cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_target_realize
-        && !cpu->cc->accel_cpu->cpu_target_realize(cpu, errp)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /* generic realization */
-    if (acc->cpu_common_realize && !acc->cpu_common_realize(cpu, errp)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-}
-
-void accel_cpu_common_unrealize(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    AccelState *accel = current_accel();
-    AccelClass *acc = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(accel);
-
-    /* generic unrealization */
-    if (acc->cpu_common_unrealize) {
-        acc->cpu_common_unrealize(cpu);
-    }
-}
-
-int accel_supported_gdbstub_sstep_flags(void)
-{
-    AccelState *accel = current_accel();
-    AccelClass *acc = ACCEL_GET_CLASS(accel);
-    if (acc->gdbstub_supported_sstep_flags) {
-        return acc->gdbstub_supported_sstep_flags();
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
 
 static const TypeInfo accel_cpu_type = {
     .name = TYPE_ACCEL_CPU,
@@ -163,7 +35,6 @@ static const TypeInfo accel_cpu_type = {
 
 static void register_accel_types(void)
 {
-    type_register_static(&accel_type);
     type_register_static(&accel_cpu_type);
 }
 
diff --git a/accel/meson.build b/accel/meson.build
index 5eaeb683385..52909314bfa 100644
--- a/accel/meson.build
+++ b/accel/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+common_ss.add(files('accel-common.c'))
 specific_ss.add(files('accel-target.c'))
 system_ss.add(files('accel-system.c', 'accel-blocker.c'))
 user_ss.add(files('accel-user.c'))
