diff --git a/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h b/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
index fa0ba957a611..b613b00600fc 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.h
@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@
 
 #define ASPEED_SPIS_NUM  2
 #define ASPEED_WDTS_NUM  3
+#define ASPEED_CPUS_NUM  2
 
 typedef struct AspeedSoCState {
     /*< private >*/
     DeviceState parent;
 
     /*< public >*/
-    ARMCPU cpu;
+    ARMCPU cpu[ASPEED_CPUS_NUM];
+    uint32_t num_cpus;
     MemoryRegion sram;
     AspeedVICState vic;
     AspeedRtcState rtc;
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ typedef struct AspeedSoCInfo {
     int wdts_num;
     const int *irqmap;
     const hwaddr *memmap;
+    uint32_t num_cpus;
 } AspeedSoCInfo;
 
 typedef struct AspeedSoCClass {
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index c692ca1dba90..96de4f5c2a87 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 #include "hw/misc/tmp105.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 
 static struct arm_boot_info aspeed_board_binfo = {
     .board_id = -1, /* device-tree-only board */
-    .nb_cpus = 1,
 };
 
 struct AspeedBoardState {
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
                             &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), cfg->num_cs, "num-cs",
                             &error_abort);
+    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), smp_cpus, "num-cpus",
+                            &error_abort);
     if (machine->kernel_filename) {
         /*
          * When booting with a -kernel command line there is no u-boot
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
     aspeed_board_binfo.kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
     aspeed_board_binfo.ram_size = ram_size;
     aspeed_board_binfo.loader_start = sc->info->memmap[ASPEED_SDRAM];
+    aspeed_board_binfo.nb_cpus = bmc->soc.num_cpus;
 
     if (cfg->i2c_init) {
         cfg->i2c_init(bmc);
@@ -326,7 +329,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     mc->desc = board->desc;
     mc->init = aspeed_machine_init;
-    mc->max_cpus = 1;
+    mc->max_cpus = ASPEED_CPUS_NUM;
     mc->no_sdcard = 1;
     mc->no_floppy = 1;
     mc->no_cdrom = 1;
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index 5faa78d81fd6..d38fb0aaa0f5 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "hw/char/serial.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
 
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ static const AspeedSoCInfo aspeed_socs[] = {
         .wdts_num     = 2,
         .irqmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2400_irqmap,
         .memmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2400_memmap,
+        .num_cpus     = 1,
     }, {
         .name         = "ast2400-a1",
         .cpu_type     = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("arm926"),
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ static const AspeedSoCInfo aspeed_socs[] = {
         .wdts_num     = 2,
         .irqmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2400_irqmap,
         .memmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2400_memmap,
+        .num_cpus     = 1,
     }, {
         .name         = "ast2400",
         .cpu_type     = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("arm926"),
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ static const AspeedSoCInfo aspeed_socs[] = {
         .wdts_num     = 2,
         .irqmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2400_irqmap,
         .memmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2400_memmap,
+        .num_cpus     = 1,
     }, {
         .name         = "ast2500-a1",
         .cpu_type     = ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("arm1176"),
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@ static const AspeedSoCInfo aspeed_socs[] = {
         .wdts_num     = 3,
         .irqmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2500_irqmap,
         .memmap       = aspeed_soc_ast2500_memmap,
+        .num_cpus     = 1,
     },
 };
 
@@ -172,8 +177,11 @@ static void aspeed_soc_init(Object *obj)
     AspeedSoCClass *sc = ASPEED_SOC_GET_CLASS(s);
     int i;
 
-    object_initialize_child(obj, "cpu", OBJECT(&s->cpu), sizeof(s->cpu),
-                            sc->info->cpu_type, &error_abort, NULL);
+    for (i = 0; i < sc->info->num_cpus; i++) {
+        object_initialize_child(obj, "cpu[*]", OBJECT(&s->cpu[i]),
+                                sizeof(s->cpu[i]), sc->info->cpu_type,
+                                &error_abort, NULL);
+    }
 
     sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "scu", OBJECT(&s->scu), sizeof(s->scu),
                           TYPE_ASPEED_SCU);
@@ -241,11 +249,19 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     create_unimplemented_device("aspeed_soc.io", sc->info->memmap[ASPEED_IOMEM],
                                 ASPEED_SOC_IOMEM_SIZE);
 
+    if (s->num_cpus > sc->info->num_cpus) {
+        warn_report("%s: invalid number of CPUs %d, using default %d",
+                    sc->info->name, s->num_cpus, sc->info->num_cpus);
+        s->num_cpus = sc->info->num_cpus;
+    }
+
     /* CPU */
-    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->cpu), true, "realized", &err);
-    if (err) {
-        error_propagate(errp, err);
-        return;
+    for (i = 0; i < s->num_cpus; i++) {
+        object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->cpu[i]), true, "realized", &err);
+        if (err) {
+            error_propagate(errp, err);
+            return;
+        }
     }
 
     /* SRAM */
@@ -380,6 +396,10 @@ static void aspeed_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->ftgmac100), 0,
                        aspeed_soc_get_irq(s, ASPEED_ETH1));
 }
+static Property aspeed_soc_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("num-cpus", AspeedSoCState, num_cpus, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
 
 static void aspeed_soc_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
@@ -390,6 +410,7 @@ static void aspeed_soc_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     dc->realize = aspeed_soc_realize;
     /* Reason: Uses serial_hds and nd_table in realize() directly */
     dc->user_creatable = false;
+    dc->props = aspeed_soc_properties;
 }
 
 static const TypeInfo aspeed_soc_type_info = {
