diff --git a/hw/spapr.c b/hw/spapr.c
index c07af19..6c64de8 100644
--- a/hw/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/spapr.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void *spapr_create_fdt(int *fdt_size, ram_addr_t ramsize,
     uint32_t start_prop = cpu_to_be32(initrd_base);
     uint32_t end_prop = cpu_to_be32(initrd_base + initrd_size);
     uint32_t pft_size_prop[] = {0, cpu_to_be32(hash_shift)};
-    char hypertas_prop[] = "hcall-pft\0hcall-term";
+    char hypertas_prop[] = "hcall-pft\0hcall-term\0hcall-dabr";
     int i;
     char *modelname;
     int ret;
diff --git a/hw/spapr_hcall.c b/hw/spapr_hcall.c
index d8c721e..a47a97b 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_hcall.c
+++ b/hw/spapr_hcall.c
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@ static target_ulong h_protect(CPUState *env, sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
     return H_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static target_ulong h_set_dabr(CPUState *env, sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                               target_ulong opcode, target_ulong *args)
+{
+    /* FIXME: actually implement this */
+    return H_HARDWARE;
+}
+
 static target_ulong h_rtas(CPUState *env, sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
                            target_ulong opcode, target_ulong *args)
 {
@@ -317,6 +324,9 @@ static void hypercall_init(void)
     spapr_register_hypercall(H_REMOVE, h_remove);
     spapr_register_hypercall(H_PROTECT, h_protect);
 
+    /* hcall-dabr */
+    spapr_register_hypercall(H_SET_DABR, h_set_dabr);
+
     /* qemu/KVM-PPC specific hcalls */
     spapr_register_hypercall(KVMPPC_H_RTAS, h_rtas);
 }
diff --git a/hw/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/spapr_rtas.c
index 3f090f5..7226853 100644
--- a/hw/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -38,6 +38,58 @@
 #define TOKEN_BASE      0x2000
 #define TOKEN_MAX       0x100
 
+static void rtas_display_character(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                                   uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs,
+                                   target_ulong args,
+                                   uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
+{
+    uint8_t c = rtas_ld(args, 0);
+    VIOsPAPRDevice *sdev = spapr_vio_find_by_reg(spapr->vio_bus, 0);
+
+    if (!sdev) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -1);
+    } else {
+        vty_putchars(sdev, &c, sizeof(c));
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+static void rtas_get_time_of_day(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                                 uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs,
+                                 target_ulong args,
+                                 uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
+{
+    struct tm tm;
+
+    if (nret != 8) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    qemu_get_timedate(&tm, 0);
+
+    rtas_st(rets, 0, 0); /* Success */
+    rtas_st(rets, 1, tm.tm_year + 1900);
+    rtas_st(rets, 2, tm.tm_mon + 1);
+    rtas_st(rets, 3, tm.tm_mday);
+    rtas_st(rets, 4, tm.tm_hour);
+    rtas_st(rets, 5, tm.tm_min);
+    rtas_st(rets, 6, tm.tm_sec);
+    rtas_st(rets, 7, 0); /* we don't do nanoseconds */
+}
+
+static void rtas_power_off(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
+                           uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs, target_ulong args,
+                           uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
+{
+    if (nargs != 2 || nret != 1) {
+        rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
+        return;
+    }
+    qemu_system_shutdown_request();
+    rtas_st(rets, 0, 0);
+}
+
 static struct rtas_call {
     const char *name;
     spapr_rtas_fn fn;
@@ -59,6 +111,15 @@ target_ulong spapr_rtas_call(sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
         }
     }
 
+    /* HACK: Some Linux early debug code uses RTAS display-character,
+     * but assumes the token value is 0xa (which it is on some real
+     * machines) without looking it up in the device tree.  This
+     * special case makes this work */
+    if (token == 0xa) {
+        rtas_display_character(spapr, 0xa, nargs, args, nret, rets);
+        return H_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
     hcall_dprintf("Unknown RTAS token 0x%x\n", token);
     rtas_st(rets, 0, -3);
     return H_PARAMETER;
@@ -129,3 +190,11 @@ int spapr_rtas_device_tree_setup(void *fdt, target_phys_addr_t rtas_addr,
     }
     return 0;
 }
+
+static void register_core_rtas(void)
+{
+    spapr_rtas_register("display-character", rtas_display_character);
+    spapr_rtas_register("get-time-of-day", rtas_get_time_of_day);
+    spapr_rtas_register("power-off", rtas_power_off);
+}
+device_init(register_core_rtas);
