diff --git a/hw/pci_host.c b/hw/pci_host.c
index 8041778..3950e94 100644
--- a/hw/pci_host.c
+++ b/hw/pci_host.c
@@ -165,4 +165,16 @@ const MemoryRegionOps pci_host_data_be_ops = {
     .endianness = DEVICE_BIG_ENDIAN,
 };
 
+static const TypeInfo pci_host_type_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE,
+    .parent = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
+    .abstract = true,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(PCIHostState),
+};
+
+static void pci_host_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&pci_host_type_info);
+}
 
+type_init(pci_host_register_types)
diff --git a/hw/pci_host.h b/hw/pci_host.h
index 359e38f..4b9c300 100644
--- a/hw/pci_host.h
+++ b/hw/pci_host.h
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@
 
 #include "sysbus.h"
 
+#define TYPE_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE "pci-host-bridge"
+#define PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(PCIHostState, (obj), TYPE_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE)
+
 struct PCIHostState {
     SysBusDevice busdev;
+
     MemoryRegion conf_mem;
     MemoryRegion data_mem;
     MemoryRegion mmcfg;