diff --git a/hw/spapr.c b/hw/spapr.c
index 8cf93fe..c5c9a95 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/spapr.c
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
 #include "hw/spapr_vio.h"
 #include "hw/xics.h"
 
+#include "kvm.h"
+#include "kvm_ppc.h"
+
 #include <libfdt.h>
 
 #define KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR        0x00000000
@@ -336,12 +339,21 @@
      * later we should probably make it scale to the size of guest
      * RAM */
     spapr->htab_size = 1ULL << (pteg_shift + 7);
-    spapr->htab = g_malloc(spapr->htab_size);
+    spapr->htab = qemu_memalign(spapr->htab_size, spapr->htab_size);
 
     for (env = first_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu) {
         env->external_htab = spapr->htab;
         env->htab_base = -1;
         env->htab_mask = spapr->htab_size - 1;
+
+        /* Tell KVM that we're in PAPR mode */
+        env->spr[SPR_SDR1] = (unsigned long)spapr->htab |
+                             ((pteg_shift + 7) - 18);
+        env->spr[SPR_HIOR] = 0;
+
+        if (kvm_enabled()) {
+            kvmppc_set_papr(env);
+        }
     }
 
     filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, "spapr-rtas.bin");
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm.c b/target-ppc/kvm.c
index 77b98c4..f65b6e1 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "device_tree.h"
 
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "hw/spapr.h"
+#include "hw/spapr_vio.h"
+
 //#define DEBUG_KVM
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_KVM
@@ -455,6 +459,14 @@
         dprintf("handle halt\n");
         ret = kvmppc_handle_halt(env);
         break;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PSERIES
+    case KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL:
+        dprintf("handle PAPR hypercall\n");
+        run->papr_hcall.ret = spapr_hypercall(env, run->papr_hcall.nr,
+                                              run->papr_hcall.args);
+        ret = 1;
+        break;
+#endif
     default:
         fprintf(stderr, "KVM: unknown exit reason %d\n", run->exit_reason);
         ret = -1;
@@ -606,6 +618,34 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+void kvmppc_set_papr(CPUState *env)
+{
+    struct kvm_enable_cap cap;
+    int ret;
+
+    memset(&cap, 0, sizeof(cap));
+    cap.cap = KVM_CAP_PPC_PAPR;
+    ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(env, KVM_ENABLE_CAP, &cap);
+
+    if (ret) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * XXX We set HIOR here. It really should be a qdev property of
+     *     the CPU node, but we don't have CPUs converted to qdev yet.
+     *
+     *     Once we have qdev CPUs, move HIOR to a qdev property and
+     *     remove this chunk.
+     */
+    /* XXX Set HIOR using new ioctl */
+
+    return;
+
+fail:
+    cpu_abort(env, "This KVM version does not support PAPR\n");
+}
+
 bool kvm_arch_stop_on_emulation_error(CPUState *env)
 {
     return true;
diff --git a/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h b/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h
index 76f98d9..c484e60 100644
--- a/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 uint64_t kvmppc_get_clockfreq(void);
 int kvmppc_get_hypercall(CPUState *env, uint8_t *buf, int buf_len);
 int kvmppc_set_interrupt(CPUState *env, int irq, int level);
+void kvmppc_set_papr(CPUState *env);
 
 #else
 
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@
     return -1;
 }
 
+static inline void kvmppc_set_papr(CPUState *env)
+{
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_KVM