diff --git a/hw/s390x/Makefile.objs b/hw/s390x/Makefile.objs
index 2203617..141ce1a 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/s390x/Makefile.objs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ obj-y += ipl.o
 obj-y += css.o
 obj-y += s390-virtio-ccw.o
 obj-y += virtio-ccw.o
+obj-y += css-bridge.o
 obj-y += s390-pci-bus.o s390-pci-inst.o
 obj-y += s390-skeys.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += s390-skeys-kvm.o
diff --git a/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c b/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e74cc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/s390x/css-bridge.c
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * css bridge implementation
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012,2016 IBM Corp.
+ * Author(s): Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
+ *            Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.vnet.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 "virtio-ccw.h"
+#include "hw/hotplug.h"
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "qemu/bitops.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/css.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/css-bridge.h"
+
+static void virtual_css_bus_reset(BusState *qbus)
+{
+    /* This should actually be modelled via the generic css */
+    css_reset();
+}
+
+static void virtual_css_bus_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    BusClass *k = BUS_CLASS(klass);
+
+    k->reset = virtual_css_bus_reset;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo virtual_css_bus_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS,
+    .parent = TYPE_BUS,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtualCssBus),
+    .class_init = virtual_css_bus_class_init,
+};
+
+VirtualCssBus *virtual_css_bus_init(void)
+{
+    VirtualCssBus *cbus;
+    BusState *bus;
+    DeviceState *dev;
+
+    /* Create bridge device */
+    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE);
+    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
+
+    /* Create bus on bridge device */
+    bus = qbus_create(TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS, dev, "virtual-css");
+    cbus = VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS(bus);
+
+    /* Enable hotplugging */
+    qbus_set_hotplug_handler(bus, dev, &error_abort);
+
+    return cbus;
+ }
+
+/***************** Virtual-css Bus Bridge Device ********************/
+
+static void virtual_css_bridge_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    HotplugHandlerClass *hc = HOTPLUG_HANDLER_CLASS(klass);
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    hc->unplug = virtio_ccw_busdev_unplug;
+    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_BRIDGE, dc->categories);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo virtual_css_bridge_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE,
+    .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(SysBusDevice),
+    .class_init    = virtual_css_bridge_class_init,
+    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
+        { TYPE_HOTPLUG_HANDLER },
+        { }
+    }
+};
+
+static void virtual_css_register(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&virtual_css_bridge_info);
+    type_register_static(&virtual_css_bus_info);
+}
+
+type_init(virtual_css_register)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 3b79e96..caf0a68 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "hw/compat.h"
 #include "ipl.h"
 #include "hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/css-bridge.h"
 
 static const char *const reset_dev_types[] = {
     TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE,
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
index 0afc0d3..8f1a0e8 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c
@@ -33,31 +33,11 @@
 #include "hw/s390x/css.h"
 #include "virtio-ccw.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "hw/s390x/css-bridge.h"
 
 static void virtio_ccw_bus_new(VirtioBusState *bus, size_t bus_size,
                                VirtioCcwDevice *dev);
 
-static void virtual_css_bus_reset(BusState *qbus)
-{
-    /* This should actually be modelled via the generic css */
-    css_reset();
-}
-
-
-static void virtual_css_bus_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
-{
-    BusClass *k = BUS_CLASS(klass);
-
-    k->reset = virtual_css_bus_reset;
-}
-
-static const TypeInfo virtual_css_bus_info = {
-    .name = TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS,
-    .parent = TYPE_BUS,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(VirtualCssBus),
-    .class_init = virtual_css_bus_class_init,
-};
-
 VirtIODevice *virtio_ccw_get_vdev(SubchDev *sch)
 {
     VirtIODevice *vdev = NULL;
@@ -123,26 +103,6 @@ static int virtio_ccw_ioeventfd_assign(DeviceState *d, EventNotifier *notifier,
     return s390_assign_subch_ioeventfd(notifier, sch_id, n, assign);
 }
 
-VirtualCssBus *virtual_css_bus_init(void)
-{
-    VirtualCssBus *cbus;
-    BusState *bus;
-    DeviceState *dev;
-
-    /* Create bridge device */
-    dev = qdev_create(NULL, TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE);
-    qdev_init_nofail(dev);
-
-    /* Create bus on bridge device */
-    bus = qbus_create(TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS, dev, "virtual-css");
-    cbus = VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS(bus);
-
-    /* Enable hotplugging */
-    qbus_set_hotplug_handler(bus, dev, &error_abort);
-
-    return cbus;
-}
-
 /* Communication blocks used by several channel commands. */
 typedef struct VqInfoBlockLegacy {
     uint64_t queue;
@@ -1565,8 +1525,8 @@ static int virtio_ccw_busdev_exit(DeviceState *dev)
     return _info->exit(_dev);
 }
 
-static void virtio_ccw_busdev_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
-                                     DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+void virtio_ccw_busdev_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                              DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     VirtioCcwDevice *_dev = (VirtioCcwDevice *)dev;
     SubchDev *sch = _dev->sch;
@@ -1605,37 +1565,6 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_ccw_device_info = {
     .abstract = true,
 };
 
-/***************** Virtual-css Bus Bridge Device ********************/
-/* Only required to have the virtio bus as child in the system bus */
-
-static int virtual_css_bridge_init(SysBusDevice *dev)
-{
-    /* nothing */
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static void virtual_css_bridge_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
-{
-    SysBusDeviceClass *k = SYS_BUS_DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-    HotplugHandlerClass *hc = HOTPLUG_HANDLER_CLASS(klass);
-    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
-
-    k->init = virtual_css_bridge_init;
-    hc->unplug = virtio_ccw_busdev_unplug;
-    set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_BRIDGE, dc->categories);
-}
-
-static const TypeInfo virtual_css_bridge_info = {
-    .name          = TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE,
-    .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
-    .instance_size = sizeof(SysBusDevice),
-    .class_init    = virtual_css_bridge_class_init,
-    .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
-        { TYPE_HOTPLUG_HANDLER },
-        { }
-    }
-};
-
 /* virtio-ccw-bus */
 
 static void virtio_ccw_bus_new(VirtioBusState *bus, size_t bus_size,
@@ -1730,7 +1659,6 @@ static const TypeInfo virtio_ccw_9p_info = {
 static void virtio_ccw_register(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&virtio_ccw_bus_info);
-    type_register_static(&virtual_css_bus_info);
     type_register_static(&virtio_ccw_device_info);
     type_register_static(&virtio_ccw_serial);
     type_register_static(&virtio_ccw_blk);
@@ -1741,7 +1669,6 @@ static void virtio_ccw_register(void)
     type_register_static(&vhost_ccw_scsi);
 #endif
     type_register_static(&virtio_ccw_rng);
-    type_register_static(&virtual_css_bridge_info);
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRTFS
     type_register_static(&virtio_ccw_9p_info);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
index 6144625..11023aa 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.h
@@ -101,17 +101,8 @@ static inline int virtio_ccw_rev_max(VirtioCcwDevice *dev)
     return dev->max_rev;
 }
 
-/* virtual css bridge type */
-#define TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE "virtual-css-bridge"
-
-/* virtual css bus type */
-typedef struct VirtualCssBus {
-    BusState parent_obj;
-} VirtualCssBus;
-
-#define TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS "virtual-css-bus"
-#define VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS(obj) \
-     OBJECT_CHECK(VirtualCssBus, (obj), TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS)
+void virtio_ccw_busdev_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
+                              DeviceState *dev, Error **errp);
 
 /* virtio-scsi-ccw */
 
@@ -192,7 +183,6 @@ typedef struct VirtIORNGCcw {
     VirtIORNG vdev;
 } VirtIORNGCcw;
 
-VirtualCssBus *virtual_css_bus_init(void);
 void virtio_ccw_device_update_status(SubchDev *sch);
 VirtIODevice *virtio_ccw_get_vdev(SubchDev *sch);
 
diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/css-bridge.h b/include/hw/s390x/css-bridge.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad73c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/s390x/css-bridge.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * virtual css bridge definition
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012,2016 IBM Corp.
+ * Author(s): Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
+ *            Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.vnet.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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_S390X_CSS_BRIDGE_H
+#define HW_S390X_CSS_BRIDGE_H
+#include "qom/object.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-core.h"
+
+/* virtual css bridge */
+#define TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BRIDGE "virtual-css-bridge"
+
+/* virtual css bus type */
+typedef struct VirtualCssBus {
+    BusState parent_obj;
+} VirtualCssBus;
+
+#define TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS "virtual-css-bus"
+#define VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS(obj) \
+     OBJECT_CHECK(VirtualCssBus, (obj), TYPE_VIRTUAL_CSS_BUS)
+VirtualCssBus *virtual_css_bus_init(void);
+
+#endif
