diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 14be491..a286848 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -557,8 +557,9 @@ tests/test-crypto-block$(EXESUF): tests/test-crypto-block.o $(test-crypto-obj-y)
 
 libqos-obj-y = tests/libqos/pci.o tests/libqos/fw_cfg.o tests/libqos/malloc.o
 libqos-obj-y += tests/libqos/i2c.o tests/libqos/libqos.o
+libqos-obj-y += tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.o tests/libqos/malloc-pc.o
 libqos-pc-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/pci-pc.o
-libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/malloc-pc.o tests/libqos/libqos-pc.o
+libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/libqos-pc.o
 libqos-pc-obj-y += tests/libqos/ahci.o
 libqos-omap-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-omap.o
 libqos-imx-obj-y = $(libqos-obj-y) tests/libqos/i2c-imx.o
diff --git a/tests/libqos/libqos.h b/tests/libqos/libqos.h
index 604980d..7b71607 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/libqos.h
+++ b/tests/libqos/libqos.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "libqtest.h"
 #include "libqos/pci.h"
-#include "libqos/malloc-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/malloc.h"
 
 typedef struct QOSOps {
     QGuestAllocator *(*init_allocator)(QAllocOpts);
diff --git a/tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.c b/tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33fd33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * libqos malloc support for PPC64
+ *
+ * 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 "libqos/malloc-ppc64.h"
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+
+#define PAGE_SIZE (4096)
+
+/* Memory must be a multiple of 256 MB,
+ * so we have at least 256MB
+ */
+#define PPC64_MIN_SIZE 0x10000000
+
+void ppc64_alloc_uninit(QGuestAllocator *allocator)
+{
+    alloc_uninit(allocator);
+}
+
+QGuestAllocator *ppc64_alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags)
+{
+    QGuestAllocator *s;
+
+    s = alloc_init_flags(flags, 1 << 20, PPC64_MIN_SIZE);
+    alloc_set_page_size(s, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+    return s;
+}
+
+inline QGuestAllocator *ppc64_alloc_init(void)
+{
+    return ppc64_alloc_init_flags(ALLOC_NO_FLAGS);
+}
diff --git a/tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.h b/tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2b2dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libqos/malloc-ppc64.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * libqos malloc support for PPC64
+ *
+ * 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 LIBQOS_MALLOC_PPC64_H
+#define LIBQOS_MALLOC_PPC64_H
+
+#include "libqos/malloc.h"
+
+QGuestAllocator *ppc64_alloc_init(void);
+QGuestAllocator *ppc64_alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags);
+void ppc64_alloc_uninit(QGuestAllocator *allocator);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tests/libqos/malloc.c b/tests/libqos/malloc.c
index b8eff5f..6a02345 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/malloc.c
+++ b/tests/libqos/malloc.c
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "libqos/malloc.h"
+#include "libqos/malloc-pc.h"
+#include "libqos/malloc-ppc64.h"
+#include "libqtest.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 
@@ -375,3 +378,42 @@ void migrate_allocator(QGuestAllocator *src,
     QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(src->free, node, MLIST_ENTNAME);
     return;
 }
+
+QGuestAllocator *machine_alloc_init(void)
+{
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        return pc_alloc_init();
+    }
+    if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        return ppc64_alloc_init();
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+QGuestAllocator *machine_alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags)
+{
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        return pc_alloc_init_flags(flags);
+    }
+    if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        return ppc64_alloc_init_flags(flags);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+void machine_alloc_uninit(QGuestAllocator *allocator)
+{
+    const char *arch = qtest_get_arch();
+
+    if (strcmp(arch, "i386") == 0 || strcmp(arch, "x86_64") == 0) {
+        pc_alloc_uninit(allocator);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (strcmp(arch, "ppc64") == 0) {
+        ppc64_alloc_uninit(allocator);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/libqos/malloc.h b/tests/libqos/malloc.h
index ae9dac8..a5f4c63 100644
--- a/tests/libqos/malloc.h
+++ b/tests/libqos/malloc.h
@@ -37,4 +37,7 @@ QGuestAllocator *alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags,
 void alloc_set_page_size(QGuestAllocator *allocator, size_t page_size);
 void alloc_set_flags(QGuestAllocator *allocator, QAllocOpts opts);
 
+QGuestAllocator *machine_alloc_init(void);
+QGuestAllocator *machine_alloc_init_flags(QAllocOpts flags);
+void machine_alloc_uninit(QGuestAllocator *allocator);
 #endif
