diff --git a/hw/core/machine-smp.c b/hw/core/machine-smp.c
index 5d8d7edcbd3f..1ce7be902e6e 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine-smp.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine-smp.c
@@ -261,6 +261,40 @@ void machine_parse_smp_config(MachineState *ms,
     }
 }
 
+bool machine_parse_smp_cache(MachineState *ms,
+                             const SmpCachePropertiesList *caches,
+                             Error **errp)
+{
+    const SmpCachePropertiesList *node;
+    DECLARE_BITMAP(caches_bitmap, CACHE_LEVEL_AND_TYPE__MAX);
+
+    for (node = caches; node; node = node->next) {
+        /* Prohibit users from setting the cache topology level to invalid. */
+        if (node->value->topology == CPU_TOPOLOGY_LEVEL_INVALID) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "Invalid cache topology level: %s. "
+                       "The topology should match valid CPU topology level",
+                       CpuTopologyLevel_str(node->value->topology));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /* Prohibit users from repeating settings. */
+        if (test_bit(node->value->cache, caches_bitmap)) {
+            error_setg(errp,
+                       "Invalid cache properties: %s. "
+                       "The cache properties are duplicated",
+                       CacheLevelAndType_str(node->value->cache));
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        ms->smp_cache.props[node->value->cache].topology =
+            node->value->topology;
+        set_bit(node->value->cache, caches_bitmap);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 unsigned int machine_topo_get_cores_per_socket(const MachineState *ms)
 {
     return ms->smp.cores * ms->smp.modules * ms->smp.clusters * ms->smp.dies;
@@ -270,3 +304,9 @@ unsigned int machine_topo_get_threads_per_socket(const MachineState *ms)
 {
     return ms->smp.threads * machine_topo_get_cores_per_socket(ms);
 }
+
+CpuTopologyLevel machine_get_cache_topo_level(const MachineState *ms,
+                                              CacheLevelAndType cache)
+{
+    return ms->smp_cache.props[cache].topology;
+}
diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index adaba17ebac1..518beb9f883a 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -932,6 +932,40 @@ static void machine_set_smp(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
     machine_parse_smp_config(ms, config, errp);
 }
 
+static void machine_get_smp_cache(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                  void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
+    SmpCache *cache = &ms->smp_cache;
+    SmpCachePropertiesList *head = NULL;
+    SmpCachePropertiesList **tail = &head;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < CACHE_LEVEL_AND_TYPE__MAX; i++) {
+        SmpCacheProperties *node = g_new(SmpCacheProperties, 1);
+
+        node->cache = cache->props[i].cache;
+        node->topology = cache->props[i].topology;
+        QAPI_LIST_APPEND(tail, node);
+    }
+
+    visit_type_SmpCachePropertiesList(v, name, &head, errp);
+    qapi_free_SmpCachePropertiesList(head);
+}
+
+static void machine_set_smp_cache(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
+                                  void *opaque, Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
+    SmpCachePropertiesList *caches;
+
+    if (!visit_type_SmpCachePropertiesList(v, name, &caches, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    machine_parse_smp_cache(ms, caches, errp);
+    qapi_free_SmpCachePropertiesList(caches);
+}
+
 static void machine_get_boot(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
                             void *opaque, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -1057,6 +1091,11 @@ static void machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     object_class_property_set_description(oc, "smp",
         "CPU topology");
 
+    object_class_property_add(oc, "smp-cache", "SmpCachePropertiesWrapper",
+        machine_get_smp_cache, machine_set_smp_cache, NULL, NULL);
+    object_class_property_set_description(oc, "smp-cache",
+        "Cache properties list for SMP machine");
+
     object_class_property_add(oc, "phandle-start", "int",
         machine_get_phandle_start, machine_set_phandle_start,
         NULL, NULL);
@@ -1195,6 +1234,11 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
     ms->smp.cores = 1;
     ms->smp.threads = 1;
 
+    for (int i = 0; i < CACHE_LEVEL_AND_TYPE__MAX; i++) {
+        ms->smp_cache.props[i].cache = (CacheLevelAndType)i;
+        ms->smp_cache.props[i].topology = CPU_TOPOLOGY_LEVEL_DEFAULT;
+    }
+
     machine_copy_boot_config(ms, &(BootConfiguration){ 0 });
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 5966069baab3..0729066e353a 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -44,8 +44,13 @@ void machine_set_cpu_numa_node(MachineState *machine,
                                Error **errp);
 void machine_parse_smp_config(MachineState *ms,
                               const SMPConfiguration *config, Error **errp);
+bool machine_parse_smp_cache(MachineState *ms,
+                             const SmpCachePropertiesList *caches,
+                             Error **errp);
 unsigned int machine_topo_get_cores_per_socket(const MachineState *ms);
 unsigned int machine_topo_get_threads_per_socket(const MachineState *ms);
+CpuTopologyLevel machine_get_cache_topo_level(const MachineState *ms,
+                                              CacheLevelAndType cache);
 void machine_memory_devices_init(MachineState *ms, hwaddr base, uint64_t size);
 
 /**
@@ -369,6 +374,10 @@ typedef struct CpuTopology {
     unsigned int max_cpus;
 } CpuTopology;
 
+typedef struct SmpCache {
+    SmpCacheProperties props[CACHE_LEVEL_AND_TYPE__MAX];
+} SmpCache;
+
 /**
  * MachineState:
  */
@@ -419,6 +428,7 @@ struct MachineState {
     AccelState *accelerator;
     CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus;
     CpuTopology smp;
+    SmpCache smp_cache;
     struct NVDIMMState *nvdimms_state;
     struct NumaState *numa_state;
 };
diff --git a/qapi/machine-common.json b/qapi/machine-common.json
index db3e499fb382..b780440c7ec6 100644
--- a/qapi/machine-common.json
+++ b/qapi/machine-common.json
@@ -62,3 +62,53 @@
 { 'enum': 'CpuTopologyLevel',
   'data': [ 'invalid', 'thread', 'core', 'module', 'cluster',
             'die', 'socket', 'book', 'drawer', 'default' ] }
+
+##
+# @CacheLevelAndType:
+#
+# Caches a system may have.  The enumeration value here is the
+# combination of cache level and cache type.
+#
+# @l1d: L1 data cache.
+#
+# @l1i: L1 instruction cache.
+#
+# @l2: L2 (unified) cache.
+#
+# @l3: L3 (unified) cache
+#
+# Since: 9.2
+##
+{ 'enum': 'CacheLevelAndType',
+  'data': [ 'l1d', 'l1i', 'l2', 'l3' ] }
+
+##
+# @SmpCacheProperties:
+#
+# Cache information for SMP system.
+#
+# @cache: Cache name, which is the combination of cache level
+#     and cache type.
+#
+# @topology: Cache topology level.  It accepts the CPU topology
+#     enumeration as the parameter, i.e., CPUs in the same
+#     topology container share the same cache.
+#
+# Since: 9.2
+##
+{ 'struct': 'SmpCacheProperties',
+  'data': {
+  'cache': 'CacheLevelAndType',
+  'topology': 'CpuTopologyLevel' } }
+
+##
+# @SmpCachePropertiesWrapper:
+#
+# List wrapper of SmpCacheProperties.
+#
+# @caches: the list of SmpCacheProperties.
+#
+# Since 9.2
+##
+{ 'struct': 'SmpCachePropertiesWrapper',
+  'data': { 'caches': ['SmpCacheProperties'] } }
