diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
index 6cc7c31dc6..1928d6dda0 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/Kconfig
@@ -13,13 +13,21 @@ config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
 	default "qemu-riscv"
 
 config SYS_TEXT_BASE
+	default 0x81200000 if SPL
 	default 0x80000000 if !RISCV_SMODE
 	default 0x80200000 if RISCV_SMODE && ARCH_RV64I
 	default 0x80400000 if RISCV_SMODE && ARCH_RV32I
 
+config SPL_TEXT_BASE
+	default 0x80000000
+
+config SPL_OPENSBI_LOAD_ADDR
+	default 0x81000000
+
 config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
 	def_bool y
 	select GENERIC_RISCV
+	select SUPPORT_SPL
 	imply SYS_NS16550
 	imply VIRTIO_MMIO
 	imply VIRTIO_NET
@@ -43,5 +51,7 @@ config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
 	imply CMD_PCI
 	imply E1000
 	imply NVME
+	imply SPL_RAM_SUPPORT
+	imply SPL_RAM_DEVICE
 
 endif
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/MAINTAINERS b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/MAINTAINERS
index c701c83d77..78969ed6bd 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ F:	board/emulation/qemu-riscv/
 F:	include/configs/qemu-riscv.h
 F:	configs/qemu-riscv32_defconfig
 F:	configs/qemu-riscv32_smode_defconfig
+F:	configs/qemu-riscv32_spl_defconfig
 F:	configs/qemu-riscv64_defconfig
 F:	configs/qemu-riscv64_smode_defconfig
+F:	configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig
diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c
index 49e304f7eb..37d48d04f2 100644
--- a/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c
+++ b/board/emulation/qemu-riscv/qemu-riscv.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <dm.h>
 #include <env.h>
 #include <fdtdec.h>
+#include <spl.h>
 #include <virtio_types.h>
 #include <virtio.h>
 
@@ -88,3 +89,19 @@ int ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL
+u32 spl_boot_device(void)
+{
+	/* RISC-V QEMU only supports RAM as SPL boot device */
+	return BOOT_DEVICE_RAM;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT
+int board_fit_config_name_match(const char *name)
+{
+	/* boot using first FIT config */
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/configs/qemu-riscv32_spl_defconfig b/configs/qemu-riscv32_spl_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78e755b36a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/qemu-riscv32_spl_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+CONFIG_RISCV=y
+CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
+CONFIG_SPL=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_VIRT=y
+CONFIG_RISCV_SMODE=y
+CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
+CONFIG_FIT=y
+CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO=y
+CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO=y
+# CONFIG_CMD_MII is not set
+CONFIG_OF_PRIOR_STAGE=y
diff --git a/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig b/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3f5e29d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/qemu-riscv64_spl_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+CONFIG_RISCV=y
+CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
+CONFIG_SPL=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_VIRT=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_RV64I=y
+CONFIG_RISCV_SMODE=y
+CONFIG_DISTRO_DEFAULTS=y
+CONFIG_FIT=y
+CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO=y
+CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO=y
+# CONFIG_CMD_MII is not set
+CONFIG_OF_PRIOR_STAGE=y
diff --git a/include/configs/qemu-riscv.h b/include/configs/qemu-riscv.h
index ecea1d4765..fa9b9af934 100644
--- a/include/configs/qemu-riscv.h
+++ b/include/configs/qemu-riscv.h
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
 
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE		0x00100000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0x84000000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x00100000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START	0x84100000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE	0x00100000
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT_ADDRESS	0x80200000
+
+#endif
+
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE		0x80000000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR		(CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + SZ_2M)
 
@@ -22,6 +34,7 @@
 /* Environment options */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			SZ_128K
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES(func) \
 	func(QEMU, qemu, na) \
 	func(VIRTIO, virtio, 0) \
@@ -47,5 +60,6 @@
 	"pxefile_addr_r=0x88200000\0" \
 	"ramdisk_addr_r=0x88300000\0" \
 	BOOTENV
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __CONFIG_H */