diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.13.config b/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.13.config
deleted file mode 100644
index df0fd1c..0000000
--- a/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.13.config
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
-CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
-CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
-CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
-CONFIG_HZ_100=y
-CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
-CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
-CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
-CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
-CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
-CONFIG_RELAY=y
-CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
-# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLAB=y
-CONFIG_MODULES=y
-CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
-CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
-CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
-CONFIG_PCI=y
-CONFIG_NET=y
-CONFIG_PACKET=y
-CONFIG_UNIX=y
-CONFIG_INET=y
-CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
-# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT is not set
-# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL is not set
-# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET is not set
-# CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
-# CONFIG_INET_DIAG is not set
-# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
-# CONFIG_WIRELESS is not set
-CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
-CONFIG_IDE=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
-CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
-CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
-CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
-CONFIG_PCNET32=y
-# CONFIG_WLAN is not set
-# CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set
-# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
-# CONFIG_SERIO_I8042 is not set
-CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y
-CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
-CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
-# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
-# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
-CONFIG_FB=y
-CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS=y
-# CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set
-# CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set
-CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
-CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
-CONFIG_QUOTA=y
-CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
-CONFIG_TMPFS=y
-CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
-CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.15.config b/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.15.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1fe825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.15.config
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_HZ_100=y
+CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
+CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
+CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=15
+CONFIG_NAMESPACES=y
+CONFIG_RELAY=y
+CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+# CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
+CONFIG_SLAB=y
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL=y
+# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
+CONFIG_PCI=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
+CONFIG_UNIX=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
+# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_XFRM_MODE_BEET is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
+# CONFIG_INET_DIAG is not set
+# CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
+# CONFIG_WIRELESS is not set
+CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_IDE=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
+CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PIIX=y
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_PCNET32=y
+# CONFIG_WLAN is not set
+# CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set
+# CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set
+# CONFIG_SERIO_I8042 is not set
+CONFIG_VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+# CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set
+# CONFIG_HWMON is not set
+CONFIG_FB=y
+CONFIG_FB_CIRRUS=y
+# CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set
+# CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set
+CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
+CONFIG_QUOTA=y
+CONFIG_PROC_KCORE=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
+CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
diff --git a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt b/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
index 719a624..da20770 100644
--- a/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/mips-malta/readme.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu. The
 graphical window is the framebuffer. No keyboard support has been
 enabled.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.7.0
+Tested with QEMU 2.0.0
diff --git a/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig b/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
index 3c1532c..be647eb 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_mips_malta_defconfig
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ BR2_mips_32r2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 
-# Lock to 3.13 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+# Lock to 3.15 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.13.5"
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_13=y
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.15.6"
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_15=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.13.5"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.15.6"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.13.config"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/qemu/mips-malta/linux-3.15.config"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y
 
 # Serial port config
