diff --git a/hw/mips/loongson3_bootp.h b/hw/mips/loongson3_bootp.h
index 09f8480abf..4756aa44f6 100644
--- a/hw/mips/loongson3_bootp.h
+++ b/hw/mips/loongson3_bootp.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ enum {
     VIRT_PCIE_ECAM,
     VIRT_BIOS_ROM,
     VIRT_UART,
+    VIRT_IPIS,
     VIRT_LIOINTC,
     VIRT_PCIE_MMIO,
     VIRT_HIGHMEM
diff --git a/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c b/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c
index d4a82fa536..0765addb7f 100644
--- a/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c
+++ b/hw/mips/loongson3_virt.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/char/serial.h"
 #include "hw/intc/loongson_liointc.h"
+#include "hw/intc/loongson_ipi.h"
 #include "hw/mips/mips.h"
 #include "hw/mips/cpudevs.h"
 #include "hw/mips/fw_cfg.h"
@@ -59,7 +60,11 @@
 
 #define PM_CNTL_MODE          0x10
 
-#define LOONGSON_MAX_VCPUS      16
+#define VCPU_PER_NODE         4
+#define TCG_MAX_NODES         1
+#define KVM_MAX_NODES         4
+#define TCG_MAX_VCPUS         (TCG_MAX_NODES  * VCPU_PER_NODE)
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS         (KVM_MAX_NODES  * VCPU_PER_NODE)
 
 /*
  * Loongson-3's virtual machine BIOS can be obtained here:
@@ -68,9 +73,16 @@
  */
 #define LOONGSON3_BIOSNAME "bios_loongson3.bin"
 
+/* IRQ allocation of CPU IP */
+#define LIOINTC_IP_START    2
+#define LIOINTC_IP_END      5
+#define IPI_IP              6
+
+/* IRQ allcation of LIOINTC */
 #define UART_IRQ            0
 #define RTC_IRQ             1
 #define PCIE_IRQ_BASE       2
+#define IPI_REG_SPACE       0x100
 
 const struct MemmapEntry virt_memmap[] = {
     [VIRT_LOWMEM] =      { 0x00000000,    0x10000000 },
@@ -81,6 +93,7 @@ const struct MemmapEntry virt_memmap[] = {
     [VIRT_PCIE_ECAM] =   { 0x1a000000,     0x2000000 },
     [VIRT_BIOS_ROM] =    { 0x1fc00000,      0x200000 },
     [VIRT_UART] =        { 0x1fe001e0,           0x8 },
+    [VIRT_IPIS] =        { 0x3ff01000,         0x400 },
     [VIRT_LIOINTC] =     { 0x3ff01400,          0x64 },
     [VIRT_PCIE_MMIO] =   { 0x40000000,    0x40000000 },
     [VIRT_HIGHMEM] =     { 0x80000000,           0x0 }, /* Variable */
@@ -495,6 +508,10 @@ static void mips_loongson3_virt_init(MachineState *machine)
             error_report("Loongson-3/TCG needs cpu type Loongson-3A1000");
             exit(1);
         }
+        if (machine->smp.cpus > TCG_MAX_VCPUS) {
+            error_report("Loongson-3/TCG supports up to %d CPUs", TCG_MAX_VCPUS);
+            exit(1);
+        }
     } else {
         if (!machine->cpu_type) {
             machine->cpu_type = MIPS_CPU_TYPE_NAME("Loongson-3A4000");
@@ -544,14 +561,24 @@ static void mips_loongson3_virt_init(MachineState *machine)
         cpu_mips_clock_init(cpu);
         qemu_register_reset(main_cpu_reset, cpu);
 
-        if (i >= 4) {
-            continue; /* Only node-0 can be connected to LIOINTC */
+        if (i >= VCPU_PER_NODE) {
+            continue; /* Only node-0 can be connected to LIOINTC and IPI */
+        }
+
+        if (!kvm_enabled()) {
+            /* IPI is handled by kernel for KVM */
+            DeviceState *ipi;
+            ipi = qdev_new(TYPE_LOONGSON_IPI);
+            sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ipi), &error_fatal);
+            sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ipi), 0,
+                            virt_memmap[VIRT_IPIS].base + IPI_REG_SPACE * i);
+            sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(ipi), 0, cpu->env.irq[IPI_IP]);
         }
 
-        for (ip = 0; ip < 4 ; ip++) {
-            int pin = i * 4 + ip;
+        for (ip = LIOINTC_IP_START; ip <= LIOINTC_IP_END ; ip++) {
+            int pin = i * 4 + (ip - LIOINTC_IP_START);
             sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(liointc),
-                               pin, cpu->env.irq[ip + 2]);
+                               pin, cpu->env.irq[ip]);
         }
     }
     env = &MIPS_CPU(first_cpu)->env;
@@ -619,7 +646,7 @@ static void loongson3v_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     mc->desc = "Loongson-3 Virtualization Platform";
     mc->init = mips_loongson3_virt_init;
     mc->block_default_type = IF_IDE;
-    mc->max_cpus = LOONGSON_MAX_VCPUS;
+    mc->max_cpus = KVM_MAX_VCPUS;
     mc->default_ram_id = "loongson3.highram";
     mc->default_ram_size = 1600 * MiB;
     mc->kvm_type = mips_kvm_type;
diff --git a/hw/mips/Kconfig b/hw/mips/Kconfig
index aadd436bf4..4fb0cc49e8 100644
--- a/hw/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/mips/Kconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ config LOONGSON3V
     select SERIAL
     select GOLDFISH_RTC
     select LOONGSON_LIOINTC
+    select LOONGSON_IPI if TCG
     select PCI_DEVICES
     select PCI_EXPRESS_GENERIC_BRIDGE
     select MSI_NONBROKEN
