diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 6e8b997..9b0cf74 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ libobj-y += cpu_init.o
 endif
 libobj-$(TARGET_SPARC) += int32_helper.o
 libobj-$(TARGET_SPARC64) += int64_helper.o
+libobj-$(TARGET_UNICORE32) += cpu.o
 libobj-$(TARGET_ALPHA) += int_helper.o fpu_helper.o sys_helper.o mem_helper.o
 
 libobj-y += disas.o
diff --git a/target-unicore32/cpu-qom.h b/target-unicore32/cpu-qom.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..342d85e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target-unicore32/cpu-qom.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU UniCore32 CPU
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, or (at your option) any
+ * later version. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef QEMU_UC32_CPU_QOM_H
+#define QEMU_UC32_CPU_QOM_H
+
+#include "qemu/cpu.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+
+#define TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU "unicore32-cpu"
+
+#define UNICORE32_CPU_CLASS(klass) \
+    OBJECT_CLASS_CHECK(UniCore32CPUClass, (klass), TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU)
+#define UNICORE32_CPU(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(UniCore32CPU, (obj), TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU)
+#define UNICORE32_CPU_GET_CLASS(obj) \
+    OBJECT_GET_CLASS(UniCore32CPUClass, (obj), TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU)
+
+/**
+ * UniCore32CPUClass:
+ *
+ * A UniCore32 CPU model.
+ */
+typedef struct UniCore32CPUClass {
+    /*< private >*/
+    CPUClass parent_class;
+    /*< public >*/
+} UniCore32CPUClass;
+
+/**
+ * UniCore32CPU:
+ * @env: #CPUUniCore32State
+ *
+ * A UniCore32 CPU.
+ */
+typedef struct UniCore32CPU {
+    /*< private >*/
+    CPUState parent_obj;
+    /*< public >*/
+
+    CPUUniCore32State env;
+} UniCore32CPU;
+
+static inline UniCore32CPU *uc32_env_get_cpu(CPUUniCore32State *env)
+{
+    return UNICORE32_CPU(container_of(env, UniCore32CPU, env));
+}
+
+#define ENV_GET_CPU(e) CPU(uc32_env_get_cpu(e))
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/target-unicore32/cpu.c b/target-unicore32/cpu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..189b6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target-unicore32/cpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU UniCore32 CPU
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010-2011 GUAN Xue-tao
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Contributions from 2012-04-01 on are considered under GPL version 2,
+ * or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "cpu-qom.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+
+/* CPU models */
+
+typedef struct UniCore32CPUInfo {
+    const char *name;
+    void (*instance_init)(Object *obj);
+} UniCore32CPUInfo;
+
+static void unicore_ii_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
+{
+    UniCore32CPU *cpu = UNICORE32_CPU(obj);
+    CPUUniCore32State *env = &cpu->env;
+
+    env->cp0.c0_cpuid = 0x40010863;
+}
+
+static void uc32_any_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
+{
+    UniCore32CPU *cpu = UNICORE32_CPU(obj);
+    CPUUniCore32State *env = &cpu->env;
+
+    env->cp0.c0_cpuid = 0xffffffff;
+}
+
+static const UniCore32CPUInfo uc32_cpus[] = {
+    { .name = "UniCore-II", .instance_init = unicore_ii_cpu_initfn },
+    { .name = "any",        .instance_init = uc32_any_cpu_initfn },
+};
+
+static void uc32_cpu_initfn(Object *obj)
+{
+    UniCore32CPU *cpu = UNICORE32_CPU(obj);
+    CPUUniCore32State *env = &cpu->env;
+
+    cpu_exec_init(env);
+    env->cpu_model_str = object_get_typename(obj);
+
+    env->uncached_asr = ASR_MODE_USER;
+    env->regs[31] = 0;
+
+    tlb_flush(env, 1);
+}
+
+static void uc32_register_cpu_type(const UniCore32CPUInfo *info)
+{
+    TypeInfo type_info = {
+        .name = info->name,
+        .parent = TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU,
+        .instance_init = info->instance_init,
+    };
+
+    type_register_static(&type_info);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo uc32_cpu_type_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_UNICORE32_CPU,
+    .parent = TYPE_CPU,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(UniCore32CPU),
+    .instance_init = uc32_cpu_initfn,
+    .abstract = true,
+    .class_size = sizeof(UniCore32CPUClass),
+};
+
+static void uc32_cpu_register_types(void)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    type_register_static(&uc32_cpu_type_info);
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(uc32_cpus); i++) {
+        uc32_register_cpu_type(&uc32_cpus[i]);
+    }
+}
+
+type_init(uc32_cpu_register_types)
diff --git a/target-unicore32/cpu.h b/target-unicore32/cpu.h
index 8ec0d2f..81c14ff 100644
--- a/target-unicore32/cpu.h
+++ b/target-unicore32/cpu.h
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static inline void cpu_set_tls(CPUUniCore32State *env, target_ulong newtls)
 }
 
 #include "cpu-all.h"
+#include "cpu-qom.h"
 #include "exec-all.h"
 
 static inline void cpu_pc_from_tb(CPUUniCore32State *env, TranslationBlock *tb)
diff --git a/target-unicore32/helper.c b/target-unicore32/helper.c
index 18a9cbb..0f23a40 100644
--- a/target-unicore32/helper.c
+++ b/target-unicore32/helper.c
@@ -19,43 +19,20 @@ static inline void set_feature(CPUUniCore32State *env, int feature)
     env->features |= feature;
 }
 
-struct uc32_cpu_t {
-    uint32_t id;
-    const char *name;
-};
-
-static const struct uc32_cpu_t uc32_cpu_names[] = {
-    { UC32_CPUID_UCV2, "UniCore-II"},
-    { UC32_CPUID_ANY, "any"},
-    { 0, NULL}
-};
-
-/* return 0 if not found */
-static uint32_t uc32_cpu_find_by_name(const char *name)
-{
-    int i;
-    uint32_t id;
-
-    id = 0;
-    for (i = 0; uc32_cpu_names[i].name; i++) {
-        if (strcmp(name, uc32_cpu_names[i].name) == 0) {
-            id = uc32_cpu_names[i].id;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    return id;
-}
-
 CPUUniCore32State *uc32_cpu_init(const char *cpu_model)
 {
+    UniCore32CPU *cpu;
     CPUUniCore32State *env;
     uint32_t id;
     static int inited = 1;
 
-    env = g_malloc0(sizeof(CPUUniCore32State));
-    cpu_exec_init(env);
+    if (object_class_by_name(cpu_model) == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    cpu = UNICORE32_CPU(object_new(cpu_model));
+    env = &cpu->env;
 
-    id = uc32_cpu_find_by_name(cpu_model);
+    id = env->cp0.c0_cpuid;
     switch (id) {
     case UC32_CPUID_UCV2:
         set_feature(env, UC32_HWCAP_CMOV);
@@ -72,17 +49,11 @@ CPUUniCore32State *uc32_cpu_init(const char *cpu_model)
         cpu_abort(env, "Bad CPU ID: %x\n", id);
     }
 
-    env->cpu_model_str = cpu_model;
-    env->cp0.c0_cpuid = id;
-    env->uncached_asr = ASR_MODE_USER;
-    env->regs[31] = 0;
-
     if (inited) {
         inited = 0;
         uc32_translate_init();
     }
 
-    tlb_flush(env, 1);
     qemu_init_vcpu(env);
     return env;
 }
