diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index d205384d98..30b49d2db1 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-clock.h"
 
 static struct arm_boot_info aspeed_board_binfo = {
     .board_id = -1, /* device-tree-only board */
@@ -1361,3 +1362,99 @@ static const TypeInfo aspeed_machine_types[] = {
 };
 
 DEFINE_TYPES(aspeed_machine_types)
+
+#define AST1030_INTERNAL_FLASH_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
+/* Main SYSCLK frequency in Hz (200MHz) */
+#define SYSCLK_FRQ 200000000ULL
+
+static void aspeed_minibmc_machine_ast1030_evb_class_init(ObjectClass *oc,
+                                                          void *data)
+{
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
+    AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    mc->desc = "Aspeed AST1030 MiniBMC (Cortex-M4)";
+    amc->soc_name = "ast1030-a1";
+    amc->hw_strap1 = 0;
+    amc->hw_strap2 = 0;
+    mc->default_ram_size = 0;
+    mc->default_cpus = mc->min_cpus = mc->max_cpus = 1;
+    amc->fmc_model = "sst25vf032b";
+    amc->spi_model = "sst25vf032b";
+    amc->num_cs = 2;
+}
+
+static void ast1030_machine_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE(obj)->mmio_exec = false;
+}
+
+static void aspeed_minibmc_machine_init(MachineState *machine)
+{
+    AspeedMachineState *bmc = ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE(machine);
+    AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
+    Clock *sysclk;
+
+    sysclk = clock_new(OBJECT(machine), "SYSCLK");
+    clock_set_hz(sysclk, SYSCLK_FRQ);
+
+    object_initialize_child(OBJECT(machine), "soc", &bmc->soc, amc->soc_name);
+    qdev_connect_clock_in(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), "sysclk", sysclk);
+
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), "uart-default",
+                         amc->uart_default);
+    qdev_realize(DEVICE(&bmc->soc), NULL, &error_abort);
+
+    aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.fmc,
+                              bmc->fmc_model ? bmc->fmc_model : amc->fmc_model,
+                              amc->num_cs,
+                              0);
+
+    aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.spi[0],
+                              bmc->spi_model ? bmc->spi_model : amc->spi_model,
+                              amc->num_cs, amc->num_cs);
+
+    aspeed_board_init_flashes(&bmc->soc.spi[1],
+                              bmc->spi_model ? bmc->spi_model : amc->spi_model,
+                              amc->num_cs, (amc->num_cs * 2));
+
+    if (amc->i2c_init) {
+        amc->i2c_init(bmc);
+    }
+
+    armv7m_load_kernel(ARM_CPU(first_cpu),
+                       machine->kernel_filename,
+                       AST1030_INTERNAL_FLASH_SIZE);
+}
+
+static void aspeed_minibmc_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
+    AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    mc->init = aspeed_minibmc_machine_init;
+    mc->no_floppy = 1;
+    mc->no_cdrom = 1;
+    mc->no_parallel = 1;
+    mc->default_ram_id = "ram";
+    amc->uart_default = ASPEED_DEV_UART5;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo aspeed_minibmc_machine_types[] = {
+    {
+        .name           = MACHINE_TYPE_NAME("ast1030-evb"),
+        .parent         = TYPE_ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE,
+        .class_init     = aspeed_minibmc_machine_ast1030_evb_class_init,
+    }, {
+        .name           = TYPE_ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE,
+        .parent         = TYPE_MACHINE,
+        .instance_size  = sizeof(AspeedMachineState),
+        .instance_init  = ast1030_machine_instance_init,
+        .class_size    = sizeof(AspeedMachineClass),
+        .class_init    = aspeed_minibmc_machine_class_init,
+        .abstract      = true,
+    }
+};
+
+DEFINE_TYPES(aspeed_minibmc_machine_types)
+
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/aspeed.h b/include/hw/arm/aspeed.h
index cbeacb214c..b7411c860d 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/aspeed.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/aspeed.h
@@ -13,18 +13,19 @@
 #include "qom/object.h"
 
 typedef struct AspeedMachineState AspeedMachineState;
-
 #define TYPE_ASPEED_MACHINE       MACHINE_TYPE_NAME("aspeed")
+#define TYPE_ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE MACHINE_TYPE_NAME("aspeed-minibmc")
 typedef struct AspeedMachineClass AspeedMachineClass;
 DECLARE_OBJ_CHECKERS(AspeedMachineState, AspeedMachineClass,
                      ASPEED_MACHINE, TYPE_ASPEED_MACHINE)
+DECLARE_OBJ_CHECKERS(AspeedMachineState, AspeedMachineClass,
+                     ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE, TYPE_ASPEED_MINIBMC_MACHINE)
 
 #define ASPEED_MAC0_ON   (1 << 0)
 #define ASPEED_MAC1_ON   (1 << 1)
 #define ASPEED_MAC2_ON   (1 << 2)
 #define ASPEED_MAC3_ON   (1 << 3)
 
-
 struct AspeedMachineClass {
     MachineClass parent_obj;
 
@@ -41,5 +42,4 @@ struct AspeedMachineClass {
     uint32_t uart_default;
 };
 
-
 #endif
