diff --git a/arch/powerpc/dts/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/dts/Makefile
index ceaa8ce5c8..66d22ae8a4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/dts/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_P2041RDB) += p2041rdb.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_P3041DS) += p3041ds.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_P4080DS) += p4080ds.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_P5040DS) += p5040ds.dtb
+dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_PPCE500) += qemu-ppce500.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_SOCRATES) += socrates.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_T1024RDB) += t1024rdb.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_TARGET_T1042D4RDB) += t1042d4rdb.dtb
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/dts/qemu-ppce500.dts b/arch/powerpc/dts/qemu-ppce500.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e88e09e179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/dts/qemu-ppce500.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ OR MIT
+/*
+ * Empty device tree for qemu-ppce400
+ *
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ */
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+};
diff --git a/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig b/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
index f386f52654..ae4cd8b961 100644
--- a/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu-ppce500_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_PPC=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0xf01000
 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x2000
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="qemu-ppce500"
 CONFIG_MPC85xx=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_ERRATA is not set
 CONFIG_TARGET_QEMU_PPCE500=y