diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index aee00ba8d6..bfe2051cfe 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -615,6 +615,18 @@ static void g220a_bmc_i2c_init(AspeedMachineState *bmc)
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), "temperature0", 31000, &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), "temperature1", 28000, &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), "temperature2", 20000, &error_abort);
+
+    static uint8_t eeprom_buf[2 * 1024] = {
+            0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0xfe,
+            0x01, 0x06, 0x00, 0xc9, 0x42, 0x79, 0x74, 0x65,
+            0x64, 0x61, 0x6e, 0x63, 0x65, 0xc5, 0x47, 0x32,
+            0x32, 0x30, 0x41, 0xc4, 0x41, 0x41, 0x42, 0x42,
+            0xc4, 0x43, 0x43, 0x44, 0x44, 0xc4, 0x45, 0x45,
+            0x46, 0x46, 0xc4, 0x48, 0x48, 0x47, 0x47, 0xc1,
+            0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xa7,
+    };
+    smbus_eeprom_init_one(aspeed_i2c_get_bus(&soc->i2c, 4), 0x57,
+                          eeprom_buf);
 }
 
 static bool aspeed_get_mmio_exec(Object *obj, Error **errp)