diff --git a/cpu-defs.h b/cpu-defs.h
index b462a9fa0c..7cbf85d1e1 100644
--- a/cpu-defs.h
+++ b/cpu-defs.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ typedef struct CPUWatchpoint {
                                                                         \
     CPUState *next_cpu; /* next CPU sharing TB cache */                 \
     int cpu_index; /* CPU index (informative) */                        \
+    int numa_node; /* NUMA node this cpu is belonging to  */            \
     int running; /* Nonzero if cpu is currently running(usermode).  */  \
     /* user data */                                                     \
     void *opaque;                                                       \
diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index fc7e08ca73..8245ac0409 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ void cpu_exec_init(CPUState *env)
         cpu_index++;
     }
     env->cpu_index = cpu_index;
+    env->numa_node = 0;
     TAILQ_INIT(&env->breakpoints);
     TAILQ_INIT(&env->watchpoints);
     *penv = env;
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 5c594fae2e..2738a7a66a 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ CPUs are supported. On Sparc32 target, Linux limits the number of usable CPUs
 to 4.
 ETEXI
 
+DEF("numa", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_numa,
+    "-numa node[,mem=size][,cpus=cpu[-cpu]][,nodeid=node]\n")
+STEXI
+@item -numa @var{opts}
+Simulate a multi node NUMA system. If mem and cpus are omitted, resources
+are split equally.
+ETEXI
+
 DEF("fda", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fda,
     "-fda/-fdb file  use 'file' as floppy disk 0/1 image\n")
 DEF("fdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fdb, "")
diff --git a/sysemu.h b/sysemu.h
index 24b4bd100f..cbfbb8e6d1 100644
--- a/sysemu.h
+++ b/sysemu.h
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ extern int old_param;
 extern int kqemu_allowed;
 #endif
 
+#define MAX_NODES 64
+extern int nb_numa_nodes;
+extern uint64_t node_mem[MAX_NODES];
+
 #define MAX_OPTION_ROMS 16
 extern const char *option_rom[MAX_OPTION_ROMS];
 extern int nb_option_roms;
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ void do_usb_add(Monitor *mon, const char *devname);
 void do_usb_del(Monitor *mon, const char *devname);
 void usb_info(Monitor *mon);
 
-const char *get_opt_name(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *p);
+const char *get_opt_name(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *p, char delim);
 const char *get_opt_value(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *p);
 int get_param_value(char *buf, int buf_size,
                     const char *tag, const char *str);
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 0a5605d211..f596553656 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -265,6 +265,10 @@ const char *prom_envs[MAX_PROM_ENVS];
 int nb_drives_opt;
 struct drive_opt drives_opt[MAX_DRIVES];
 
+int nb_numa_nodes;
+uint64_t node_mem[MAX_NODES];
+uint64_t node_cpumask[MAX_NODES];
+
 static CPUState *cur_cpu;
 static CPUState *next_cpu;
 static int event_pending = 1;
@@ -1865,12 +1869,12 @@ static int socket_init(void)
 }
 #endif
 
-const char *get_opt_name(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *p)
+const char *get_opt_name(char *buf, int buf_size, const char *p, char delim)
 {
     char *q;
 
     q = buf;
-    while (*p != '\0' && *p != '=') {
+    while (*p != '\0' && *p != delim) {
         if (q && (q - buf) < buf_size - 1)
             *q++ = *p;
         p++;
@@ -1910,7 +1914,7 @@ int get_param_value(char *buf, int buf_size,
 
     p = str;
     for(;;) {
-        p = get_opt_name(option, sizeof(option), p);
+        p = get_opt_name(option, sizeof(option), p, '=');
         if (*p != '=')
             break;
         p++;
@@ -1935,7 +1939,7 @@ int check_params(char *buf, int buf_size,
 
     p = str;
     while (*p != '\0') {
-        p = get_opt_name(buf, buf_size, p);
+        p = get_opt_name(buf, buf_size, p, '=');
         if (*p != '=')
             return -1;
         p++;
@@ -2628,6 +2632,62 @@ int drive_init(struct drive_opt *arg, int snapshot, void *opaque)
     return drives_table_idx;
 }
 
+static void numa_add(const char *optarg)
+{
+    char option[128];
+    char *endptr;
+    unsigned long long value, endvalue;
+    int nodenr;
+
+    optarg = get_opt_name(option, 128, optarg, ',') + 1;
+    if (!strcmp(option, "node")) {
+        if (get_param_value(option, 128, "nodeid", optarg) == 0) {
+            nodenr = nb_numa_nodes;
+        } else {
+            nodenr = strtoull(option, NULL, 10);
+        }
+
+        if (get_param_value(option, 128, "mem", optarg) == 0) {
+            node_mem[nodenr] = 0;
+        } else {
+            value = strtoull(option, &endptr, 0);
+            switch (*endptr) {
+            case 0: case 'M': case 'm':
+                value <<= 20;
+                break;
+            case 'G': case 'g':
+                value <<= 30;
+                break;
+            }
+            node_mem[nodenr] = value;
+        }
+        if (get_param_value(option, 128, "cpus", optarg) == 0) {
+            node_cpumask[nodenr] = 0;
+        } else {
+            value = strtoull(option, &endptr, 10);
+            if (value >= 64) {
+                value = 63;
+                fprintf(stderr, "only 64 CPUs in NUMA mode supported.\n");
+            } else {
+                if (*endptr == '-') {
+                    endvalue = strtoull(endptr+1, &endptr, 10);
+                    if (endvalue >= 63) {
+                        endvalue = 62;
+                        fprintf(stderr,
+                            "only 63 CPUs in NUMA mode supported.\n");
+                    }
+                    value = (1 << (endvalue + 1)) - (1 << value);
+                } else {
+                    value = 1 << value;
+                }
+            }
+            node_cpumask[nodenr] = value;
+        }
+        nb_numa_nodes++;
+    }
+    return;
+}
+
 /***********************************************************/
 /* USB devices */
 
@@ -4290,6 +4350,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     const char *chroot_dir = NULL;
     const char *run_as = NULL;
 #endif
+    CPUState *env;
 
     qemu_cache_utils_init(envp);
 
@@ -4353,12 +4414,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         virtio_consoles[i] = NULL;
     virtio_console_index = 0;
 
+    for (i = 0; i < MAX_NODES; i++) {
+        node_mem[i] = 0;
+        node_cpumask[i] = 0;
+    }
+
     usb_devices_index = 0;
 
     nb_net_clients = 0;
     nb_bt_opts = 0;
     nb_drives = 0;
     nb_drives_opt = 0;
+    nb_numa_nodes = 0;
     hda_index = -1;
 
     nb_nics = 0;
@@ -4508,6 +4575,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 			             ",trans=none" : "");
                 }
                 break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_numa:
+                if (nb_numa_nodes >= MAX_NODES) {
+                    fprintf(stderr, "qemu: too many NUMA nodes\n");
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                numa_add(optarg);
+                break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_nographic:
                 nographic = 1;
                 break;
@@ -5211,6 +5285,48 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
         }
     }
 
+    if (nb_numa_nodes > 0) {
+        int i;
+
+        if (nb_numa_nodes > smp_cpus) {
+            nb_numa_nodes = smp_cpus;
+        }
+
+        /* If no memory size if given for any node, assume the default case
+         * and distribute the available memory equally across all nodes
+         */
+        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+            if (node_mem[i] != 0)
+                break;
+        }
+        if (i == nb_numa_nodes) {
+            uint64_t usedmem = 0;
+
+            /* On Linux, the each node's border has to be 8MB aligned,
+             * the final node gets the rest.
+             */
+            for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes - 1; i++) {
+                node_mem[i] = (ram_size / nb_numa_nodes) & ~((1 << 23UL) - 1);
+                usedmem += node_mem[i];
+            }
+            node_mem[i] = ram_size - usedmem;
+        }
+
+        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+            if (node_cpumask[i] != 0)
+                break;
+        }
+        /* assigning the VCPUs round-robin is easier to implement, guest OSes
+         * must cope with this anyway, because there are BIOSes out there in
+         * real machines which also use this scheme.
+         */
+        if (i == nb_numa_nodes) {
+            for (i = 0; i < smp_cpus; i++) {
+                node_cpumask[i % nb_numa_nodes] |= 1 << i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
         int ret;
 
@@ -5274,6 +5390,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     machine->init(ram_size, vga_ram_size, boot_devices,
                   kernel_filename, kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
 
+
+    for (env = first_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu) {
+        for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+            if (node_cpumask[i] & (1 << env->cpu_index)) {
+                env->numa_node = i;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     current_machine = machine;
 
     /* Set KVM's vcpu state to qemu's initial CPUState. */