diff --git a/hw/pci-host/prep.c b/hw/pci-host/prep.c
index 0c948e2..94fdffa 100644
--- a/hw/pci-host/prep.c
+++ b/hw/pci-host/prep.c
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 #include "hw/pci/pci_bus.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci_host.h"
 #include "hw/i386/pc.h"
+#include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "elf.h"
 
 #define TYPE_RAVEN_PCI_DEVICE "raven"
 #define TYPE_RAVEN_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE "raven-pcihost"
@@ -38,6 +40,10 @@
 
 typedef struct RavenPCIState {
     PCIDevice dev;
+
+    uint32_t elf_machine;
+    char *bios_name;
+    MemoryRegion bios;
 } RavenPCIState;
 
 #define RAVEN_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(obj) \
@@ -52,6 +58,8 @@ typedef struct PRePPCIState {
     RavenPCIState pci_dev;
 } PREPPCIState;
 
+#define BIOS_SIZE (1024 * 1024)
+
 static inline uint32_t PPC_PCIIO_config(hwaddr addr)
 {
     int i;
@@ -169,10 +177,45 @@ static void raven_pcihost_initfn(Object *obj)
 
 static int raven_init(PCIDevice *d)
 {
+    RavenPCIState *s = RAVEN_PCI_DEVICE(d);
+    char *filename;
+    int bios_size = -1;
+
     d->config[0x0C] = 0x08; // cache_line_size
     d->config[0x0D] = 0x10; // latency_timer
     d->config[0x34] = 0x00; // capabilities_pointer
 
+    memory_region_init_ram(&s->bios, OBJECT(s), "bios", BIOS_SIZE);
+    memory_region_set_readonly(&s->bios, true);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(get_system_memory(), (uint32_t)(-BIOS_SIZE),
+                                &s->bios);
+    vmstate_register_ram_global(&s->bios);
+    if (s->bios_name) {
+        filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, s->bios_name);
+        if (filename) {
+            if (s->elf_machine != EM_NONE) {
+                bios_size = load_elf(filename, NULL, NULL, NULL,
+                                     NULL, NULL, 1, s->elf_machine, 0);
+            }
+            if (bios_size < 0) {
+                bios_size = get_image_size(filename);
+                if (bios_size > 0 && bios_size <= BIOS_SIZE) {
+                    hwaddr bios_addr;
+                    bios_size = (bios_size + 0xfff) & ~0xfff;
+                    bios_addr = (uint32_t)(-BIOS_SIZE);
+                    bios_size = load_image_targphys(filename, bios_addr,
+                                                    bios_size);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (bios_size < 0 || bios_size > BIOS_SIZE) {
+            hw_error("qemu: could not load bios image '%s'\n", s->bios_name);
+        }
+        if (filename) {
+            g_free(filename);
+        }
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -212,12 +255,20 @@ static const TypeInfo raven_info = {
     .class_init = raven_class_init,
 };
 
+static Property raven_pcihost_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("elf-machine", PREPPCIState, pci_dev.elf_machine,
+                       EM_NONE),
+    DEFINE_PROP_STRING("bios-name", PREPPCIState, pci_dev.bios_name),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST()
+};
+
 static void raven_pcihost_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
 {
     DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
 
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_BRIDGE, dc->categories);
     dc->realize = raven_pcihost_realizefn;
+    dc->props = raven_pcihost_properties;
     dc->fw_name = "pci";
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/ppc/prep.c b/hw/ppc/prep.c
index 9f8538c..81e13cb 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/prep.c
@@ -456,7 +456,6 @@ static void ppc_prep_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
     PowerPCCPU *cpu = NULL;
     CPUPPCState *env = NULL;
-    char *filename;
     nvram_t nvram;
     M48t59State *m48t59;
     MemoryRegion *PPC_io_memory = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
@@ -464,9 +463,8 @@ static void ppc_prep_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 #if 0
     MemoryRegion *xcsr = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
 #endif
-    int linux_boot, i, nb_nics1, bios_size;
+    int linux_boot, i, nb_nics1;
     MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-    MemoryRegion *bios = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     uint32_t kernel_base, initrd_base;
     long kernel_size, initrd_size;
     DeviceState *dev;
@@ -509,43 +507,6 @@ static void ppc_prep_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     vmstate_register_ram_global(ram);
     memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, ram);
 
-    /* allocate and load BIOS */
-    memory_region_init_ram(bios, NULL, "ppc_prep.bios", BIOS_SIZE);
-    memory_region_set_readonly(bios, true);
-    memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, (uint32_t)(-BIOS_SIZE), bios);
-    vmstate_register_ram_global(bios);
-    if (bios_name == NULL)
-        bios_name = BIOS_FILENAME;
-    filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, bios_name);
-    if (filename) {
-        bios_size = load_elf(filename, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-                             NULL, NULL, 1, ELF_MACHINE, 0);
-        if (bios_size < 0) {
-            bios_size = get_image_size(filename);
-            if (bios_size > 0 && bios_size <= BIOS_SIZE) {
-                hwaddr bios_addr;
-                bios_size = (bios_size + 0xfff) & ~0xfff;
-                bios_addr = (uint32_t)(-bios_size);
-                bios_size = load_image_targphys(filename, bios_addr, bios_size);
-            }
-            if (bios_size > BIOS_SIZE) {
-                fprintf(stderr, "qemu: PReP bios '%s' is too large (0x%x)\n",
-                        bios_name, bios_size);
-                exit(1);
-            }
-        }
-    } else {
-        bios_size = -1;
-    }
-    if (bios_size < 0 && !qtest_enabled()) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load PPC PReP bios '%s'\n",
-                bios_name);
-        exit(1);
-    }
-    if (filename) {
-        g_free(filename);
-    }
-
     if (linux_boot) {
         kernel_base = KERNEL_LOAD_ADDR;
         /* now we can load the kernel */
@@ -593,6 +554,11 @@ static void ppc_prep_init(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
     }
 
     dev = qdev_create(NULL, "raven-pcihost");
+    if (bios_name == NULL) {
+        bios_name = BIOS_FILENAME;
+    }
+    qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "bios-name", bios_name);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(dev, "elf-machine", ELF_MACHINE);
     pcihost = PCI_HOST_BRIDGE(dev);
     object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), "raven", OBJECT(dev), NULL);
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
