diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index cb00a1b..aaa80e5 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -218,44 +218,34 @@ void build_extop_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op)
     build_prepend_byte(package, 0x5B); /* ExtOpPrefix */
 }
 
-void build_append_value(GArray *table, uint32_t value, int size)
+static void build_append_int_noprefix(GArray *table, uint64_t value, int size)
 {
-    uint8_t prefix;
     int i;
 
-    switch (size) {
-    case 1:
-        prefix = 0x0A; /* BytePrefix */
-        break;
-    case 2:
-        prefix = 0x0B; /* WordPrefix */
-        break;
-    case 4:
-        prefix = 0x0C; /* DWordPrefix */
-        break;
-    default:
-        assert(0);
-        return;
-    }
-    build_append_byte(table, prefix);
     for (i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
         build_append_byte(table, value & 0xFF);
         value = value >> 8;
     }
 }
 
-void build_append_int(GArray *table, uint32_t value)
+void build_append_int(GArray *table, uint64_t value)
 {
     if (value == 0x00) {
         build_append_byte(table, 0x00); /* ZeroOp */
     } else if (value == 0x01) {
         build_append_byte(table, 0x01); /* OneOp */
     } else if (value <= 0xFF) {
-        build_append_value(table, value, 1);
+        build_append_byte(table, 0x0A); /* BytePrefix */
+        build_append_int_noprefix(table, value, 1);
     } else if (value <= 0xFFFF) {
-        build_append_value(table, value, 2);
+        build_append_byte(table, 0x0B); /* WordPrefix */
+        build_append_int_noprefix(table, value, 2);
+    } else if (value <= 0xFFFFFFFF) {
+        build_append_byte(table, 0x0C); /* DWordPrefix */
+        build_append_int_noprefix(table, value, 4);
     } else {
-        build_append_value(table, value, 4);
+        build_append_byte(table, 0x0E); /* QWordPrefix */
+        build_append_int_noprefix(table, value, 8);
     }
 }
 
@@ -366,6 +356,17 @@ Aml *aml_scope(const char *name_format, ...)
 }
 
 /*
+ * ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.3 Data Objects Encoding:
+ * encodes: ByteConst, WordConst, DWordConst, QWordConst, ZeroOp, OneOp
+ */
+Aml *aml_int(const uint64_t val)
+{
+    Aml *var = aml_alloc();
+    build_append_int(var->buf, val);
+    return var;
+}
+
+/*
  * helper to construct NameString, which returns Aml object
  * for using with aml_append or other aml_* terms
  */
diff --git a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
index c66fe56..bf34415 100644
--- a/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
+++ b/hw/i386/acpi-build.c
@@ -304,14 +304,14 @@ static void build_append_and_cleanup_method(GArray *device, GArray *method)
 
 static void build_append_notify_target_ifequal(GArray *method,
                                                GArray *target_name,
-                                               uint32_t value, int size)
+                                               uint32_t value)
 {
     GArray *notify = build_alloc_array();
     uint8_t op = 0xA0; /* IfOp */
 
     build_append_byte(notify, 0x93); /* LEqualOp */
     build_append_byte(notify, 0x68); /* Arg0Op */
-    build_append_value(notify, value, size);
+    build_append_int(notify, value);
     build_append_byte(notify, 0x86); /* NotifyOp */
     build_append_array(notify, target_name);
     build_append_byte(notify, 0x69); /* Arg1Op */
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ build_append_notify_method(GArray *device, const char *name,
         GArray *target = build_alloc_array();
         build_append_namestring(target, format, i);
         assert(i < 256); /* Fits in 1 byte */
-        build_append_notify_target_ifequal(method, target, i, 1);
+        build_append_notify_target_ifequal(method, target, i);
         build_free_array(target);
     }
 
@@ -715,11 +715,11 @@ static void build_pci_bus_end(PCIBus *bus, void *bus_state)
                              bus->parent_dev->devfn);
         build_append_byte(bus_table, 0x08); /* NameOp */
         build_append_namestring(bus_table, "_SUN");
-        build_append_value(bus_table, PCI_SLOT(bus->parent_dev->devfn), 1);
+        build_append_int(bus_table, PCI_SLOT(bus->parent_dev->devfn));
         build_append_byte(bus_table, 0x08); /* NameOp */
         build_append_namestring(bus_table, "_ADR");
-        build_append_value(bus_table, (PCI_SLOT(bus->parent_dev->devfn) << 16) |
-                           PCI_FUNC(bus->parent_dev->devfn), 4);
+        build_append_int(bus_table, (PCI_SLOT(bus->parent_dev->devfn) << 16) |
+                           PCI_FUNC(bus->parent_dev->devfn));
     } else {
         op = 0x10; /* ScopeOp */;
         build_append_namestring(bus_table, "PCI0");
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
index 946aece..a385132 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void aml_append(Aml *parent_ctx, Aml *child);
 /* non block AML object primitives */
 Aml *aml_name(const char *name_format, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 Aml *aml_name_decl(const char *name, Aml *val);
+Aml *aml_int(const uint64_t val);
 
 /* Block AML object primitives */
 Aml *aml_scope(const char *name_format, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@ build_append_namestring(GArray *array, const char *format, ...);
 
 void build_prepend_package_length(GArray *package);
 void build_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op);
-void build_append_value(GArray *table, uint32_t value, int size);
-void build_append_int(GArray *table, uint32_t value);
+void build_append_int(GArray *table, uint64_t value);
 void build_extop_package(GArray *package, uint8_t op);
 
 #endif
