diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-virtex-ml507/readme.txt b/board/qemu/powerpc-virtex-ml507/readme.txt
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+Run the emulation with:
+
+ cp output/images/virtex440-ml507.dtb ppc.dtb
+ qemu-system-ppc -M virtex-ml507 -kernel output/images/vmlinux -m 256 -nographic -append "console=ttyS0"
+
+The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
+
+Tested with QEMU 1.2.0
diff --git a/configs/qemu_ppc_virtex_ml507_defconfig b/configs/qemu_ppc_virtex_ml507_defconfig
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+# Architecture
+BR2_powerpc=y
+BR2_powerpc_440=y
+
+# Filesystem
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
+
+# Lock to 3.6 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_6=y
+
+# Use soft float
+BR2_SOFT_FLOAT=y
+
+# Kernel
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.6.9"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="44x/virtex5"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTS_SUPPORT=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME="virtex440-ml507"