diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d32c5c2313..28de489134 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -2262,6 +2262,8 @@ EDK2 Firmware
 M: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
 M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
 S: Supported
+F: hw/firmware/uefi_edk2_crypto_policies.c
+F: include/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2.h
 F: pc-bios/descriptors/??-edk2-*.json
 F: pc-bios/edk2-*
 F: roms/Makefile.edk2
diff --git a/hw/Makefile.objs b/hw/Makefile.objs
index d770926ba9..c13b6ee0dd 100644
--- a/hw/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/Makefile.objs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += char/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += cpu/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += display/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += dma/
+devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += firmware/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_SOFTMMU) += gpio/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_HYPERV) += hyperv/
 devices-dirs-$(CONFIG_I2C) += i2c/
diff --git a/hw/firmware/Makefile.objs b/hw/firmware/Makefile.objs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea1f6d44df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/firmware/Makefile.objs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+common-obj-y += uefi_edk2_crypto_policies.o
diff --git a/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2_crypto_policies.c b/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2_crypto_policies.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0164272ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2_crypto_policies.c
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/*
+ * UEFI EDK2 Support
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Author:
+ *  Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qom/object_interfaces.h"
+#include "hw/firmware/uefi_edk2.h"
+
+
+#define TYPE_EDK2_CRYPTO "edk2_crypto"
+
+#define EDK2_CRYPTO_CLASS(klass) \
+     OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(Edk2CryptoClass, (klass), \
+                        TYPE_EDK2_CRYPTO)
+#define EDK2_CRYPTO_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+     OBJECT_GET_CLASS(Edk2CryptoClass, (obj), \
+                      TYPE_EDK2_CRYPTO)
+#define EDK2_CRYPTO(obj) \
+     OBJECT_CHECK(Edk2Crypto, (obj), \
+                  TYPE_EDK2_CRYPTO)
+
+typedef struct FWCfgHostContent {
+    /*
+     * Path to the acceptable ciphersuites and the preferred order from
+     * the host-side crypto policy.
+     */
+    char *filename;
+    /*
+     * Add a new NAMED fw_cfg item as a raw "blob" of the given size. The data
+     * referenced by the starting pointer is only linked, NOT copied, into the
+     * data structure of the fw_cfg device.
+     */
+    char *contents;
+
+    size_t contents_length;
+} FWCfgHostContent;
+
+typedef struct Edk2Crypto {
+    Object parent_obj;
+
+    /*
+     * Path to the acceptable ciphersuites and the preferred order from
+     * the host-side crypto policy.
+     */
+    FWCfgHostContent ciphers;
+    /* Path to the trusted CA certificates configured on the host side. */
+    FWCfgHostContent cacerts;
+} Edk2Crypto;
+
+typedef struct Edk2CryptoClass {
+    ObjectClass parent_class;
+} Edk2CryptoClass;
+
+static Edk2Crypto *edk2_crypto_by_policy_id(const char *policy_id, Error **errp)
+{
+    Object *obj;
+
+    obj = object_resolve_path_component(object_get_objects_root(), policy_id);
+    if (!obj) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Cannot find EDK2 crypto policy ID %s", policy_id);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (!object_dynamic_cast(obj, TYPE_EDK2_CRYPTO)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Object '%s' is not a EDK2 crypto subclass",
+                         policy_id);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return EDK2_CRYPTO(obj);
+}
+
+static void edk2_crypto_prop_set_ciphers(Object *obj, const char *value,
+                                         Error **errp G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s = EDK2_CRYPTO(obj);
+
+    g_free(s->ciphers.filename);
+    s->ciphers.filename = g_strdup(value);
+}
+
+static char *edk2_crypto_prop_get_ciphers(Object *obj,
+                                          Error **errp G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s = EDK2_CRYPTO(obj);
+
+    return g_strdup(s->ciphers.filename);
+}
+
+static void edk2_crypto_prop_set_cacerts(Object *obj, const char *value,
+                                         Error **errp G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s = EDK2_CRYPTO(obj);
+
+    g_free(s->cacerts.filename);
+    s->cacerts.filename = g_strdup(value);
+}
+
+static char *edk2_crypto_prop_get_cacerts(Object *obj,
+                                          Error **errp G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s = EDK2_CRYPTO(obj);
+
+    return g_strdup(s->cacerts.filename);
+}
+
+static void edk2_crypto_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s = EDK2_CRYPTO(uc);
+    Error *local_err = NULL;
+    GError *gerr = NULL;
+
+    if (s->ciphers.filename) {
+        if (!g_file_get_contents(s->ciphers.filename, &s->ciphers.contents,
+                                 &s->ciphers.contents_length, &gerr)) {
+            goto report_error;
+        }
+    }
+    if (s->cacerts.filename) {
+        if (!g_file_get_contents(s->cacerts.filename, &s->cacerts.contents,
+                                 &s->cacerts.contents_length, &gerr)) {
+            goto report_error;
+        }
+    }
+    return;
+
+ report_error:
+    error_setg(&local_err, "%s", gerr->message);
+    g_error_free(gerr);
+    error_propagate_prepend(errp, local_err, "EDK2 crypto policy: ");
+}
+
+static void edk2_crypto_finalize(Object *obj)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s = EDK2_CRYPTO(obj);
+
+    g_free(s->ciphers.filename);
+    g_free(s->ciphers.contents);
+    g_free(s->cacerts.filename);
+    g_free(s->cacerts.contents);
+}
+
+static void edk2_crypto_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    UserCreatableClass *ucc = USER_CREATABLE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    ucc->complete = edk2_crypto_complete;
+
+    object_class_property_add_str(oc, "ciphers",
+                                  edk2_crypto_prop_get_ciphers,
+                                  edk2_crypto_prop_set_ciphers,
+                                  NULL);
+    object_class_property_add_str(oc, "cacerts",
+                                  edk2_crypto_prop_get_cacerts,
+                                  edk2_crypto_prop_set_cacerts,
+                                  NULL);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo edk2_crypto_info = {
+    .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+    .name = TYPE_EDK2_CRYPTO,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(Edk2Crypto),
+    .instance_finalize = edk2_crypto_finalize,
+    .class_size = sizeof(Edk2CryptoClass),
+    .class_init = edk2_crypto_class_init,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_USER_CREATABLE },
+        { }
+    }
+};
+
+static void edk2_crypto_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&edk2_crypto_info);
+}
+
+type_init(edk2_crypto_register_types);
+
+static void edk2_add_host_crypto_policy_https(FWCfgState *fw_cfg)
+{
+    Edk2Crypto *s;
+
+    s = edk2_crypto_by_policy_id("https", NULL);
+    if (!s) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (s->ciphers.contents_length) {
+        fw_cfg_add_file(fw_cfg, "etc/edk2/https/ciphers",
+                        s->ciphers.contents, s->ciphers.contents_length);
+    }
+    if (s->cacerts.contents_length) {
+        fw_cfg_add_file(fw_cfg, "etc/edk2/https/cacerts",
+                        s->cacerts.contents, s->cacerts.contents_length);
+    }
+}
+
+void edk2_add_host_crypto_policy(FWCfgState *fw_cfg)
+{
+    edk2_add_host_crypto_policy_https(fw_cfg);
+}
diff --git a/include/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2.h b/include/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8f81c5cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/firmware/uefi_edk2.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * UEFI EDK2 Support
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * Author:
+ *  Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_FIRMWARE_UEFI_EDK2_H
+#define HW_FIRMWARE_UEFI_EDK2_H
+
+#include "hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h"
+
+/**
+ * edk2_add_host_crypto_policy:
+ * @fw_cfg: fw_cfg device being modified
+ *
+ * Add a new named file containing the host crypto policy.
+ *
+ * This method is called by the machine_done() Notifier of
+ * some implementations of MachineState, currently the X86
+ * PCMachineState and the ARM VirtMachineState.
+ */
+void edk2_add_host_crypto_policy(FWCfgState *fw_cfg);
+
+#endif /* HW_FIRMWARE_UEFI_EDK2_H */
