diff --git a/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c b/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
index fbaa3a234e..a32d6773a8 100644
--- a/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
+++ b/hw/riscv/sifive_u.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static const struct MemmapEntry {
     [SIFIVE_U_UART0] =    { 0x10010000,     0x1000 },
     [SIFIVE_U_UART1] =    { 0x10011000,     0x1000 },
     [SIFIVE_U_OTP] =      { 0x10070000,     0x1000 },
+    [SIFIVE_U_FLASH0] =   { 0x20000000, 0x10000000 },
     [SIFIVE_U_DRAM] =     { 0x80000000,        0x0 },
     [SIFIVE_U_GEM] =      { 0x10090000,     0x2000 },
     [SIFIVE_U_GEM_MGMT] = { 0x100a0000,     0x1000 },
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ static void riscv_sifive_u_init(MachineState *machine)
     SiFiveUState *s = g_new0(SiFiveUState, 1);
     MemoryRegion *system_memory = get_system_memory();
     MemoryRegion *main_mem = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
+    MemoryRegion *flash0 = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     int i;
 
     /* Initialize SoC */
@@ -329,6 +331,12 @@ static void riscv_sifive_u_init(MachineState *machine)
     memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, memmap[SIFIVE_U_DRAM].base,
                                 main_mem);
 
+    /* register QSPI0 Flash */
+    memory_region_init_ram(flash0, NULL, "riscv.sifive.u.flash0",
+                           memmap[SIFIVE_U_FLASH0].size, &error_fatal);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(system_memory, memmap[SIFIVE_U_FLASH0].base,
+                                flash0);
+
     /* create device tree */
     create_fdt(s, memmap, machine->ram_size, machine->kernel_cmdline);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h b/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h
index 66ee76a780..0062276190 100644
--- a/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h
+++ b/include/hw/riscv/sifive_u.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum {
     SIFIVE_U_UART0,
     SIFIVE_U_UART1,
     SIFIVE_U_OTP,
+    SIFIVE_U_FLASH0,
     SIFIVE_U_DRAM,
     SIFIVE_U_GEM,
     SIFIVE_U_GEM_MGMT