diff --git a/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c b/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c
index 30683e7..2069891 100644
--- a/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c
+++ b/hw/ppce500_mpc8544ds.c
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ static int mpc8544_load_device_tree(CPUPPCState *env,
     uint32_t pci_ranges[12] = { 0x2000000, 0x0, 0xc0000000, 0xc0000000, 0x0,
                                 0x20000000, 0x1000000, 0x0, 0x0, 0xe1000000,
                                 0x0, 0x10000 };
+    QemuOpts *machine_opts;
+    const char *dumpdtb = NULL;
 
     fdt = create_device_tree(&fdt_size);
     if (fdt == NULL) {
@@ -300,6 +302,22 @@ static int mpc8544_load_device_tree(CPUPPCState *env,
     qemu_devtree_setprop_cell(fdt, pci, "#address-cells", 3);
     qemu_devtree_setprop_string(fdt, "/aliases", "pci0", pci);
 
+    machine_opts = qemu_opts_find(qemu_find_opts("machine"), 0);
+    if (machine_opts) {
+        dumpdtb = qemu_opt_get(machine_opts, "dumpdtb");
+    }
+    if (dumpdtb) {
+        /* Dump the dtb to a file and quit */
+        FILE *f = fopen(dumpdtb, "wb");
+        size_t len;
+        len = fwrite(fdt, fdt_size, 1, f);
+        fclose(f);
+        if (len != fdt_size) {
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        exit(0);
+    }
+
     ret = rom_add_blob_fixed(BINARY_DEVICE_TREE_FILE, fdt, fdt_size, addr);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out;
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index be84a03..ef4714e 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -582,6 +582,10 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
             .name = "dtb",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
             .help = "Linux kernel device tree file",
+        }, {
+            .name = "dumpdtb",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+            .help = "Dump current dtb to a file and quit",
         },
         { /* End of list */ }
     },