diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 0d06fc1..79f5a58 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -399,6 +399,21 @@ void s390_reipl_request(void)
     qemu_system_reset_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_GUEST_RESET);
 }
 
+static void s390_ipl_prepare_qipl(S390CPU *cpu)
+{
+    S390IPLState *ipl = get_ipl_device();
+    uint8_t *addr;
+    uint64_t len = 4096;
+
+    addr = cpu_physical_memory_map(cpu->env.psa, &len, 1);
+    if (!addr || len < QIPL_ADDRESS + sizeof(QemuIplParameters)) {
+        error_report("Cannot set QEMU IPL parameters");
+        return;
+    }
+    memcpy(addr + QIPL_ADDRESS, &ipl->qipl, sizeof(QemuIplParameters));
+    cpu_physical_memory_unmap(addr, len, 1, len);
+}
+
 void s390_ipl_prepare_cpu(S390CPU *cpu)
 {
     S390IPLState *ipl = get_ipl_device();
@@ -418,8 +433,9 @@ void s390_ipl_prepare_cpu(S390CPU *cpu)
             error_report_err(err);
             vm_stop(RUN_STATE_INTERNAL_ERROR);
         }
-        ipl->iplb.ccw.netboot_start_addr = cpu_to_be64(ipl->start_addr);
+        ipl->qipl.netboot_start_addr = cpu_to_be64(ipl->start_addr);
     }
+    s390_ipl_prepare_qipl(cpu);
 }
 
 static void s390_ipl_reset(DeviceState *dev)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
index 8a705e0..08926a3 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 #include "cpu.h"
 
 struct IplBlockCcw {
-    uint64_t netboot_start_addr;
-    uint8_t  reserved0[77];
+    uint8_t  reserved0[85];
     uint8_t  ssid;
     uint16_t devno;
     uint8_t  vm_flags;
@@ -90,6 +89,27 @@ void s390_ipl_prepare_cpu(S390CPU *cpu);
 IplParameterBlock *s390_ipl_get_iplb(void);
 void s390_reipl_request(void);
 
+#define QIPL_ADDRESS  0xcc
+
+/*
+ * The QEMU IPL Parameters will be stored at absolute address
+ * 204 (0xcc) which means it is 32-bit word aligned but not
+ * double-word aligned.
+ * Placement of data fields in this area must account for
+ * their alignment needs. E.g., netboot_start_address must
+ * have an offset of n * 8 bytes within the struct in order
+ * to keep it double-word aligned.
+ * The total size of the struct must never exceed 28 bytes.
+ * This definition must be kept in sync with the defininition
+ * in pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h.
+ */
+struct QemuIplParameters {
+    uint8_t  reserved1[4];
+    uint64_t netboot_start_addr;
+    uint8_t  reserved2[16];
+} QEMU_PACKED;
+typedef struct QemuIplParameters QemuIplParameters;
+
 #define TYPE_S390_IPL "s390-ipl"
 #define S390_IPL(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(S390IPLState, (obj), TYPE_S390_IPL)
 
@@ -105,6 +125,7 @@ struct S390IPLState {
     bool iplb_valid;
     bool reipl_requested;
     bool netboot;
+    QemuIplParameters qipl;
 
     /*< public >*/
     char *kernel;
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h
index 890aed9..31d2934 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/iplb.h
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 #define IPLB_H
 
 struct IplBlockCcw {
-    uint64_t netboot_start_addr;
-    uint8_t  reserved0[77];
+    uint8_t  reserved0[85];
     uint8_t  ssid;
     uint16_t devno;
     uint8_t  vm_flags;
@@ -73,6 +72,21 @@ typedef struct IplParameterBlock IplParameterBlock;
 
 extern IplParameterBlock iplb __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
 
+#define QIPL_ADDRESS  0xcc
+
+/*
+ * This definition must be kept in sync with the defininition
+ * in hw/s390x/ipl.h
+ */
+struct QemuIplParameters {
+    uint8_t  reserved1[4];
+    uint64_t netboot_start_addr;
+    uint8_t  reserved2[16];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+typedef struct QemuIplParameters QemuIplParameters;
+
+extern QemuIplParameters qipl;
+
 #define S390_IPL_TYPE_FCP 0x00
 #define S390_IPL_TYPE_CCW 0x02
 #define S390_IPL_TYPE_QEMU_SCSI 0xff
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
index e857ce4..e41b264 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
 static SubChannelId blk_schid = { .one = 1 };
 IplParameterBlock iplb __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
 static char loadparm[8] = { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+QemuIplParameters qipl;
 
 /*
  * Priniciples of Operations (SA22-7832-09) chapter 17 requires that
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ static void virtio_setup(void)
     uint16_t dev_no;
     char ldp[] = "LOADPARM=[________]\n";
     VDev *vdev = virtio_get_device();
+    QemuIplParameters *early_qipl = (QemuIplParameters *)QIPL_ADDRESS;
 
     /*
      * We unconditionally enable mss support. In every sane configuration,
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ static void virtio_setup(void)
     memcpy(ldp + 10, loadparm, 8);
     sclp_print(ldp);
 
+    memcpy(&qipl, early_qipl, sizeof(QemuIplParameters));
+
     if (store_iplb(&iplb)) {
         switch (iplb.pbt) {
         case S390_IPL_TYPE_CCW:
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ static void virtio_setup(void)
 
     if (virtio_get_device_type() == VIRTIO_ID_NET) {
         sclp_print("Network boot device detected\n");
-        vdev->netboot_start_addr = iplb.ccw.netboot_start_addr;
+        vdev->netboot_start_addr = qipl.netboot_start_addr;
     } else {
         virtio_blk_setup_device(blk_schid);
 
