diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1f04502fac..90c5ece04b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ F: hw/i2c/smbus_ich9.c
 F: hw/acpi/piix4.c
 F: hw/acpi/ich9.c
 F: include/hw/acpi/ich9.h
-F: include/hw/acpi/piix4.h
+F: include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
 F: hw/misc/sga.c
 F: hw/isa/apm.c
 F: include/hw/isa/apm.h
@@ -1734,6 +1734,7 @@ M: Hervé Poussineau <hpoussin@reactos.org>
 M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>
 S: Maintained
 F: hw/isa/piix4.c
+F: include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
 
 Firmware configuration (fw_cfg)
 M: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
diff --git a/hw/acpi/piix4.c b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
index 4e079b39bd..2efd1605b8 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
+#include "hw/southbridge/piix.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/isa/apm.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/pm_smbus.h"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qemu/range.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
-#include "hw/acpi/piix4.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/pcihp.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu_hotplug.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu.h"
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index 9dd3dbb16c..b1b050d8e2 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi-defs.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/acpi.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/cpu.h"
-#include "hw/acpi/piix4.h"
 #include "hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/bios-linker-loader.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 
 /* Supported chipsets: */
-#include "hw/acpi/piix4.h"
+#include "hw/southbridge/piix.h"
 #include "hw/acpi/pcihp.h"
 #include "hw/i386/ich9.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_bus.h"
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index c15929a1f5..a96ede19b2 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "hw/i386/x86.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/i386/apic.h"
+#include "hw/southbridge/piix.h"
 #include "hw/display/ramfb.h"
 #include "hw/firmware/smbios.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
diff --git a/hw/isa/piix4.c b/hw/isa/piix4.c
index c07a1e14a8..6bf6f0c5d9 100644
--- a/hw/isa/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/isa/piix4.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/dma/i8257.h"
 #include "hw/timer/i8254.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ typedef struct PIIX4State {
     qemu_irq cpu_intr;
     qemu_irq *isa;
 
+    RTCState rtc;
     /* Reset Control Register */
     MemoryRegion rcr_mem;
     uint8_t rcr;
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ static void piix4_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     PIIX4State *s = PIIX4_PCI_DEVICE(dev);
     ISABus *isa_bus;
     qemu_irq *i8259_out_irq;
+    Error *err = NULL;
 
     isa_bus = isa_bus_new(DEVICE(dev), pci_address_space(dev),
                           pci_address_space_io(dev), errp);
@@ -175,9 +179,26 @@ static void piix4_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     /* DMA */
     i8257_dma_init(isa_bus, 0);
 
+    /* RTC */
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->rtc), BUS(isa_bus));
+    qdev_prop_set_int32(DEVICE(&s->rtc), "base_year", 2000);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->rtc), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    isa_init_irq(ISA_DEVICE(&s->rtc), &s->rtc.irq, RTC_ISA_IRQ);
+
     piix4_dev = dev;
 }
 
+static void piix4_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    PIIX4State *s = PIIX4_PCI_DEVICE(obj);
+
+    object_initialize(&s->rtc, sizeof(s->rtc), TYPE_MC146818_RTC);
+}
+
 static void piix4_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
@@ -202,6 +223,7 @@ static const TypeInfo piix4_info = {
     .name          = TYPE_PIIX4_PCI_DEVICE,
     .parent        = TYPE_PCI_DEVICE,
     .instance_size = sizeof(PIIX4State),
+    .instance_init = piix4_init,
     .class_init    = piix4_class_init,
     .interfaces = (InterfaceInfo[]) {
         { INTERFACE_CONVENTIONAL_PCI_DEVICE },
diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index 9af486c77c..645c223edb 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
-#include "hw/i386/pc.h"
+#include "hw/southbridge/piix.h"
 #include "hw/isa/superio.h"
 #include "hw/char/serial.h"
 #include "net/net.h"
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "elf.h"
-#include "hw/rtc/mc146818rtc.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"             /* SysBusDevice */
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
@@ -1425,7 +1424,6 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
     pci_create_simple(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 2, "piix4-usb-uhci");
     smbus = piix4_pm_init(pci_bus, piix4_devfn + 3, 0x1100,
                           isa_get_irq(NULL, 9), NULL, 0, NULL);
-    mc146818_rtc_init(isa_bus, 2000, NULL);
 
     /* generate SPD EEPROM data */
     generate_eeprom_spd(&smbus_eeprom_buf[0 * 256], ram_size);
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/piix4.h b/include/hw/acpi/piix4.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 028bb53e3d..0000000000
--- a/include/hw/acpi/piix4.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef HW_ACPI_PIIX4_H
-#define HW_ACPI_PIIX4_H
-
-#define TYPE_PIIX4_PM "PIIX4_PM"
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
index f553b29652..c933c0d3a1 100644
--- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
+++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
@@ -228,12 +228,6 @@ int cmos_get_fd_drive_type(FloppyDriveType fd0);
 
 #define PORT92_A20_LINE "a20"
 
-/* acpi_piix.c */
-
-I2CBus *piix4_pm_init(PCIBus *bus, int devfn, uint32_t smb_io_base,
-                      qemu_irq sci_irq, qemu_irq smi_irq,
-                      int smm_enabled, DeviceState **piix4_pm);
-
 /* hpet.c */
 extern int no_hpet;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h b/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8ce26fec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/southbridge/piix.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU PIIX South Bridge Emulation
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ * 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 HW_SOUTHBRIDGE_PIIX_H
+#define HW_SOUTHBRIDGE_PIIX_H
+
+#define TYPE_PIIX4_PM "PIIX4_PM"
+
+I2CBus *piix4_pm_init(PCIBus *bus, int devfn, uint32_t smb_io_base,
+                      qemu_irq sci_irq, qemu_irq smi_irq,
+                      int smm_enabled, DeviceState **piix4_pm);
+
+#endif
