diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/cpu-topology.h b/include/hw/s390x/cpu-topology.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c3d2d080f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/s390x/cpu-topology.h
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * CPU Topology
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2022
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or (at
+ * your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in the top-level
+ * directory.
+ */
+#ifndef HW_S390X_CPU_TOPOLOGY_H
+#define HW_S390X_CPU_TOPOLOGY_H
+
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+#include "qom/object.h"
+
+#define S390_TOPOLOGY_CPU_IFL 0x03
+#define S390_TOPOLOGY_MAX_ORIGIN ((63 + S390_MAX_CPUS) / 64)
+
+#define S390_TOPOLOGY_POLARITY_HORIZONTAL      0x00
+#define S390_TOPOLOGY_POLARITY_VERTICAL_LOW    0x01
+#define S390_TOPOLOGY_POLARITY_VERTICAL_MEDIUM 0x02
+#define S390_TOPOLOGY_POLARITY_VERTICAL_HIGH   0x03
+
+typedef struct S390TopoSocket {
+    int active_count;
+    uint64_t mask[S390_TOPOLOGY_MAX_ORIGIN];
+} S390TopoSocket;
+
+struct S390Topology {
+    SysBusDevice parent_obj;
+    uint32_t num_cores;
+    uint32_t num_sockets;
+    S390TopoSocket *socket;
+};
+
+#define TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY "s390-topology"
+OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(S390Topology, S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY)
+
+void s390_init_topology(MachineState *machine, Error **errp);
+bool s390_has_topology(void);
+S390Topology *s390_get_topology(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/hw/s390x/cpu-topology.c b/hw/s390x/cpu-topology.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3e59873f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/s390x/cpu-topology.c
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+/*
+ * CPU Topology
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. 2022
+ * Author(s): Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.ibm.com>
+
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or (at
+ * your option) any later version. See the COPYING file in the top-level
+ * directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "qemu/typedefs.h"
+#include "target/s390x/cpu.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/cpu-topology.h"
+
+/**
+ * s390_has_topology
+ *
+ * Return false until the commit activating the topology is
+ * commited.
+ */
+bool s390_has_topology(void)
+{
+    return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * s390_get_topology
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the topology.
+ *
+ * This function is called when we know the topology exist.
+ * Testing if the topology exist is done with s390_has_topology()
+ */
+S390Topology *s390_get_topology(void)
+{
+    static S390Topology *s390Topology;
+
+    if (!s390Topology) {
+        s390Topology = S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY(
+            object_resolve_path(TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY, NULL));
+    }
+
+    assert(s390Topology);
+
+    return s390Topology;
+}
+
+/**
+ * s390_init_topology
+ * @machine: The Machine state, used to retrieve the SMP parameters
+ * @errp: the error pointer in case of problem
+ *
+ * This function creates and initialize the S390Topology with
+ * the QEMU -smp parameters we will use during adding cores to the
+ * topology.
+ */
+void s390_init_topology(MachineState *machine, Error **errp)
+{
+    DeviceState *dev;
+
+    if (machine->smp.threads > 1) {
+        error_setg(errp, "CPU Topology do not support multithreading");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    dev = qdev_new(TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY);
+
+    object_property_add_child(&machine->parent_obj,
+                              TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY, OBJECT(dev));
+    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), "num-cores",
+                            machine->smp.cores, errp);
+    object_property_set_int(OBJECT(dev), "num-sockets",
+                            machine->smp.sockets, errp);
+
+    sysbus_realize_and_unref(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), errp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * s390_topology_realize:
+ * @dev: the device state
+ *
+ * We free the socket array allocated in realize.
+ */
+static void s390_topology_unrealize(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    S390Topology *topo = S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY(dev);
+
+    g_free(topo->socket);
+}
+
+/**
+ * s390_topology_realize:
+ * @dev: the device state
+ * @errp: the error pointer (not used)
+ *
+ * During realize the machine CPU topology is initialized with the
+ * QEMU -smp parameters.
+ * The maximum count of CPU TLE in the all Topology can not be greater
+ * than the maximum CPUs.
+ */
+static void s390_topology_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    S390Topology *topo = S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY(dev);
+
+    topo->socket = g_new0(S390TopoSocket, topo->num_sockets);
+}
+
+static Property s390_topology_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("num-cores", S390Topology, num_cores, 1),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("num-sockets", S390Topology, num_sockets, 1),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+/**
+ * topology_class_init:
+ * @oc: Object class
+ * @data: (not used)
+ *
+ * A very simple object we will need for reset and migration.
+ */
+static void topology_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    dc->realize = s390_topology_realize;
+    dc->unrealize = s390_topology_unrealize;
+    device_class_set_props(dc, s390_topology_properties);
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo cpu_topology_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY,
+    .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(S390Topology),
+    .class_init    = topology_class_init,
+};
+
+static void topology_register(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&cpu_topology_info);
+}
+type_init(topology_register);
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 2e64ffab45..8971ffb871 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "hw/s390x/pv.h"
 #include "migration/blocker.h"
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/cpu-topology.h"
 
 static Error *pv_mig_blocker;
 
@@ -255,6 +256,11 @@ static void ccw_init(MachineState *machine)
     /* init CPUs (incl. CPU model) early so s390_has_feature() works */
     s390_init_cpus(machine);
 
+    /* Need CPU model to be determined before we can set up topology */
+    if (s390_has_topology()) {
+        s390_init_topology(machine, &error_fatal);
+    }
+
     /* Need CPU model to be determined before we can set up PV */
     s390_pv_init(machine->cgs, &error_fatal);
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/meson.build b/hw/s390x/meson.build
index f291016fee..58dfbdff4f 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/meson.build
+++ b/hw/s390x/meson.build
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ s390x_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: files(
   's390-stattrib-kvm.c',
   'pv.c',
   's390-pci-kvm.c',
+  'cpu-topology.c',
 ))
 s390x_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: files(
   'tod-tcg.c',
