diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390-virtio.c
index c36a8b2..91a3065 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio.c
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 #define INITRD_PARM_SIZE                0x010410UL
 #define PARMFILE_START                  0x001000UL
 
+#define ZIPL_START			0x001000UL
+#define ZIPL_LOAD_ADDR			0x001000UL
+#define ZIPL_FILENAME			"s390-zipl.rom"
+
 #define MAX_BLK_DEVS                    10
 
 static VirtIOS390Bus *s390_bus;
@@ -140,6 +144,8 @@ static void s390_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     ram_addr_t kernel_size = 0;
     ram_addr_t initrd_offset;
     ram_addr_t initrd_size = 0;
+    ram_addr_t bios_size = 0;
+    char *bios_filename;
     int i;
 
     /* XXX we only work on KVM for now */
@@ -178,6 +184,20 @@ static void s390_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
     env->halted = 0;
     env->exception_index = 0;
 
+    /* Load zipl bootloader */
+    if (bios_name == NULL)
+        bios_name = ZIPL_FILENAME;
+
+    bios_filename = qemu_find_file(QEMU_FILE_TYPE_BIOS, bios_name);
+    bios_size = load_image(bios_filename, qemu_get_ram_ptr(ZIPL_LOAD_ADDR));
+
+    if ((long)bios_size < 0) {
+        hw_error("could not load bootloader '%s'\n", bios_name);
+    }
+
+    env->psw.addr = ZIPL_START;
+    env->psw.mask = 0x0000000180000000ULL;
+
     if (kernel_filename) {
         kernel_size = load_image(kernel_filename, qemu_get_ram_ptr(0));