diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index cffe8c8..822c87d 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -603,6 +603,18 @@ static void spapr_populate_cpu_dt(CPUState *cs, void *fdt, int offset,
     size_t page_sizes_prop_size;
     uint32_t vcpus_per_socket = smp_threads * smp_cores;
     uint32_t pft_size_prop[] = {0, cpu_to_be32(spapr->htab_shift)};
+    sPAPRMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(qdev_get_machine());
+    sPAPRDRConnector *drc;
+    sPAPRDRConnectorClass *drck;
+    int drc_index;
+
+    if (smc->dr_cpu_enabled) {
+        drc = spapr_dr_connector_by_id(SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU, index);
+        g_assert(drc);
+        drck = SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_GET_CLASS(drc);
+        drc_index = drck->get_index(drc);
+        _FDT((fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, offset, "ibm,my-drc-index", drc_index)));
+    }
 
     /* Note: we keep CI large pages off for now because a 64K capable guest
      * provisioned with large pages might otherwise try to map a qemu
@@ -987,6 +999,16 @@ static void spapr_finalize_fdt(sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
         _FDT(spapr_drc_populate_dt(fdt, 0, NULL, SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_LMB));
     }
 
+    if (smc->dr_cpu_enabled) {
+        int offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, "/cpus");
+        ret = spapr_drc_populate_dt(fdt, offset, NULL,
+                                    SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_report("Couldn't set up CPU DR device tree properties");
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+
     _FDT((fdt_pack(fdt)));
 
     if (fdt_totalsize(fdt) > FDT_MAX_SIZE) {
@@ -1622,6 +1644,8 @@ static void spapr_boot_set(void *opaque, const char *boot_device,
 void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
 {
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
+    int i;
 
     /* Set time-base frequency to 512 MHz */
     cpu_ppc_tb_init(env, TIMEBASE_FREQ);
@@ -1646,6 +1670,14 @@ void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
         }
     }
 
+    /* Set NUMA node for the added CPUs  */
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes; i++) {
+        if (test_bit(cs->cpu_index, numa_info[i].node_cpu)) {
+            cs->numa_node = i;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
     xics_cpu_setup(spapr->icp, cpu);
 
     qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
@@ -1824,6 +1856,11 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
 
         for (i = 0; i < spapr_max_cores; i++) {
             int core_dt_id = i * smt;
+            sPAPRDRConnector *drc =
+                spapr_dr_connector_new(OBJECT(spapr),
+                                       SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU, core_dt_id);
+
+            qemu_register_reset(spapr_drc_reset, drc);
 
             if (i < spapr_cores) {
                 Object *core  = object_new(TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE);
@@ -2246,6 +2283,27 @@ out:
     error_propagate(errp, local_err);
 }
 
+void *spapr_populate_hotplug_cpu_dt(DeviceState *dev, CPUState *cs,
+                                    int *fdt_offset, sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
+{
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(cs);
+    int id = ppc_get_vcpu_dt_id(cpu);
+    void *fdt;
+    int offset, fdt_size;
+    char *nodename;
+
+    fdt = create_device_tree(&fdt_size);
+    nodename = g_strdup_printf("%s@%x", dc->fw_name, id);
+    offset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, nodename);
+
+    spapr_populate_cpu_dt(cs, fdt, offset, spapr);
+    g_free(nodename);
+
+    *fdt_offset = offset;
+    return fdt;
+}
+
 static void spapr_machine_device_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
                                       DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -2286,6 +2344,12 @@ static void spapr_machine_device_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
         }
 
         spapr_memory_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, node, errp);
+    } else if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
+        if (!smc->dr_cpu_enabled && dev->hotplugged) {
+            error_setg(errp, "CPU hotplug not supported for this machine");
+            return;
+        }
+        spapr_core_plug(hotplug_dev, dev, errp);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 8c6d71d..db8de32 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -15,6 +15,75 @@
 #include <sysemu/cpus.h>
 #include "target-ppc/kvm_ppc.h"
 
+void spapr_core_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
+                     Error **errp)
+{
+    sPAPRMachineClass *smc = SPAPR_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(qdev_get_machine());
+    sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    sPAPRCPUCore *core = SPAPR_CPU_CORE(OBJECT(dev));
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(&core->threads[0]);
+    sPAPRDRConnector *drc;
+    sPAPRDRConnectorClass *drck;
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    void *fdt = NULL;
+    int fdt_offset = 0;
+    int core_id, core_dt_id;
+    int smt = kvmppc_smt_threads();
+
+    /* TODO: Should we cache core_id in sPAPRCPUCore ? */
+    core_dt_id = object_property_get_int(OBJECT(dev), "core", &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
+    }
+    drc = spapr_dr_connector_by_id(SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU, core_dt_id);
+    core_id = core_dt_id / smt;
+    spapr->cores[core_id] = OBJECT(dev);
+
+    if (!smc->dr_cpu_enabled) {
+        /*
+         * This is a cold plugged CPU core but the machine doesn't support
+         * DR. So skip the hotplug path ensuring that the core is brought
+         * up online with out an associated DR connector.
+         */
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_assert(drc);
+
+    /*
+     * Setup CPU DT entries only for hotplugged CPUs. For boot time or
+     * coldplugged CPUs DT entries are setup in spapr_finalize_fdt().
+     */
+    if (dev->hotplugged) {
+        fdt = spapr_populate_hotplug_cpu_dt(dev, cs, &fdt_offset, spapr);
+        dev->hotplugged = true;
+    }
+
+    drck = SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_GET_CLASS(drc);
+    drck->attach(drc, dev, fdt, fdt_offset, !dev->hotplugged, &local_err);
+    if (local_err) {
+        g_free(fdt);
+        spapr->cores[core_id] = NULL;
+        error_propagate(errp, local_err);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (dev->hotplugged) {
+        /*
+         * Send hotplug notification interrupt to the guest only in case
+         * of hotplugged CPUs.
+         */
+        spapr_hotplug_req_add_by_index(drc);
+    } else {
+        /*
+         * Set the right DRC states for cold plugged CPU.
+         */
+        drck->set_allocation_state(drc, SPAPR_DR_ALLOCATION_STATE_USABLE);
+        drck->set_isolation_state(drc, SPAPR_DR_ISOLATION_STATE_UNISOLATED);
+    }
+}
+
 static void spapr_cpu_core_create_threads(sPAPRCPUCore *core, int threads,
                                           Error **errp)
 {
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
index 39f4682..10340e1 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ static void spapr_hotplug_req_event(uint8_t hp_id, uint8_t hp_action,
     case SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_LMB:
         hp->hotplug_type = RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_TYPE_MEMORY;
         break;
+    case SPAPR_DR_CONNECTOR_TYPE_CPU:
+        hp->hotplug_type = RTAS_LOG_V6_HP_TYPE_CPU;
+        break;
     default:
         /* we shouldn't be signaling hotplug events for resources
          * that don't support them
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
index b7c5ebd..cc0369e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr_vio.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/ppc.h"
 #include "qapi-event.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 
@@ -161,6 +162,27 @@ static void rtas_query_cpu_stopped_state(PowerPCCPU *cpu_,
     rtas_st(rets, 0, RTAS_OUT_PARAM_ERROR);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set the timebase offset of the CPU to that of first CPU.
+ * This helps hotplugged CPU to have the correct timebase offset.
+ */
+static void spapr_cpu_update_tb_offset(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
+{
+    PowerPCCPU *fcpu = POWERPC_CPU(first_cpu);
+
+    cpu->env.tb_env->tb_offset = fcpu->env.tb_env->tb_offset;
+}
+
+static void spapr_cpu_set_endianness(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
+{
+    PowerPCCPU *fcpu = POWERPC_CPU(first_cpu);
+    PowerPCCPUClass *pcc = POWERPC_CPU_GET_CLASS(fcpu);
+
+    if (!pcc->interrupts_big_endian(fcpu)) {
+        cpu->env.spr[SPR_LPCR] |= LPCR_ILE;
+    }
+}
+
 static void rtas_start_cpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu_, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
                            uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs,
                            target_ulong args,
@@ -197,6 +219,8 @@ static void rtas_start_cpu(PowerPCCPU *cpu_, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
         env->nip = start;
         env->gpr[3] = r3;
         cs->halted = 0;
+        spapr_cpu_set_endianness(cpu);
+        spapr_cpu_update_tb_offset(cpu);
 
         qemu_cpu_kick(cs);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index c099c3c..8957072 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ void spapr_hotplug_req_remove_by_count(sPAPRDRConnectorType drc_type,
                                           uint32_t count);
 void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp);
 void spapr_cpu_reset(void *opaque);
+void *spapr_populate_hotplug_cpu_dt(DeviceState *dev, CPUState *cs,
+                                    int *fdt_offset, sPAPRMachineState *spapr);
 
 /* rtas-configure-connector state */
 struct sPAPRConfigureConnectorState {
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h
index 48fb76a..980d8ae 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h
@@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ typedef struct sPAPRCPUCore {
     PowerPCCPU *threads;
 } sPAPRCPUCore;
 
+void spapr_core_plug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev, DeviceState *dev,
+                     Error **errp);
 #endif
