diff --git a/include/monitor/hmp-target.h b/include/monitor/hmp-target.h
index 213566c..bc2c9c0 100644
--- a/include/monitor/hmp-target.h
+++ b/include/monitor/hmp-target.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct MonitorDef {
 };
 
 const MonitorDef *target_monitor_defs(void);
+int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval);
 
 CPUArchState *mon_get_cpu_env(void);
 CPUState *mon_get_cpu(void);
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 4f1ba2f..83e126a 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -2104,6 +2104,8 @@ static int get_monitor_def(target_long *pval, const char *name)
 {
     const MonitorDef *md = target_monitor_defs();
     void *ptr;
+    uint64_t tmp = 0;
+    int ret;
 
     if (md == NULL) {
         return -1;
@@ -2131,7 +2133,13 @@ static int get_monitor_def(target_long *pval, const char *name)
             return 0;
         }
     }
-    return -1;
+
+    ret = target_get_monitor_def(mon_get_cpu(), name, &tmp);
+    if (!ret) {
+        *pval = (target_long) tmp;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
 }
 
 static void next(void)
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 85e4e81..91bcdbb 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -39,3 +39,4 @@ stub-obj-y += cpus.o
 stub-obj-y += kvm.o
 stub-obj-y += qmp_pc_dimm_device_list.o
 stub-obj-y += target-monitor-defs.o
+stub-obj-y += target-get-monitor-def.o
diff --git a/stubs/target-get-monitor-def.c b/stubs/target-get-monitor-def.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..711a9ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/target-get-monitor-def.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ *  Stub for target_get_monitor_def.
+ *
+ *  Copyright IBM Corp., 2015
+ *
+ *  Author: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@ozlabs.ru>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
+ *  or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "stdint.h"
+
+typedef struct CPUState CPUState;
+
+int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval);
+
+int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval)
+{
+    return -1;
+}
diff --git a/target-ppc/cpu-qom.h b/target-ppc/cpu-qom.h
index 6967a80..bc20504 100644
--- a/target-ppc/cpu-qom.h
+++ b/target-ppc/cpu-qom.h
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ void ppc_cpu_dump_state(CPUState *cpu, FILE *f, fprintf_function cpu_fprintf,
                         int flags);
 void ppc_cpu_dump_statistics(CPUState *cpu, FILE *f,
                              fprintf_function cpu_fprintf, int flags);
+int ppc_cpu_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name,
+                            uint64_t *pval);
 hwaddr ppc_cpu_get_phys_page_debug(CPUState *cpu, vaddr addr);
 int ppc_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
 int ppc_cpu_gdb_read_register_apple(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
diff --git a/target-ppc/monitor.c b/target-ppc/monitor.c
index 9cb1fe9..98417f0 100644
--- a/target-ppc/monitor.c
+++ b/target-ppc/monitor.c
@@ -76,176 +76,21 @@ void hmp_info_tlb(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
     dump_mmu((FILE*)mon, (fprintf_function)monitor_printf, env1);
 }
 
-
 const MonitorDef monitor_defs[] = {
-    /* General purpose registers */
-    { "r0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[0]) },
-    { "r1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[1]) },
-    { "r2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[2]) },
-    { "r3", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[3]) },
-    { "r4", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[4]) },
-    { "r5", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[5]) },
-    { "r6", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[6]) },
-    { "r7", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[7]) },
-    { "r8", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[8]) },
-    { "r9", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[9]) },
-    { "r10", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[10]) },
-    { "r11", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[11]) },
-    { "r12", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[12]) },
-    { "r13", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[13]) },
-    { "r14", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[14]) },
-    { "r15", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[15]) },
-    { "r16", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[16]) },
-    { "r17", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[17]) },
-    { "r18", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[18]) },
-    { "r19", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[19]) },
-    { "r20", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[20]) },
-    { "r21", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[21]) },
-    { "r22", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[22]) },
-    { "r23", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[23]) },
-    { "r24", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[24]) },
-    { "r25", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[25]) },
-    { "r26", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[26]) },
-    { "r27", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[27]) },
-    { "r28", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[28]) },
-    { "r29", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[29]) },
-    { "r30", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[30]) },
-    { "r31", offsetof(CPUPPCState, gpr[31]) },
-    /* Floating point registers */
-    { "f0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[0]) },
-    { "f1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[1]) },
-    { "f2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[2]) },
-    { "f3", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[3]) },
-    { "f4", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[4]) },
-    { "f5", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[5]) },
-    { "f6", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[6]) },
-    { "f7", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[7]) },
-    { "f8", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[8]) },
-    { "f9", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[9]) },
-    { "f10", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[10]) },
-    { "f11", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[11]) },
-    { "f12", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[12]) },
-    { "f13", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[13]) },
-    { "f14", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[14]) },
-    { "f15", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[15]) },
-    { "f16", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[16]) },
-    { "f17", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[17]) },
-    { "f18", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[18]) },
-    { "f19", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[19]) },
-    { "f20", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[20]) },
-    { "f21", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[21]) },
-    { "f22", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[22]) },
-    { "f23", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[23]) },
-    { "f24", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[24]) },
-    { "f25", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[25]) },
-    { "f26", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[26]) },
-    { "f27", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[27]) },
-    { "f28", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[28]) },
-    { "f29", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[29]) },
-    { "f30", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[30]) },
-    { "f31", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpr[31]) },
     { "fpscr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, fpscr) },
     /* Next instruction pointer */
     { "nip|pc", offsetof(CPUPPCState, nip) },
     { "lr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, lr) },
     { "ctr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, ctr) },
+    { "xer", offsetof(CPUPPCState, xer) },
+    { "msr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, msr) },
     { "decr", 0, &monitor_get_decr, },
-    { "ccr", 0, &monitor_get_ccr, },
+    { "ccr|cr", 0, &monitor_get_ccr, },
     /* Machine state register */
     { "msr", 0, &monitor_get_msr, },
     { "xer", 0, &monitor_get_xer, },
     { "tbu", 0, &monitor_get_tbu, },
     { "tbl", 0, &monitor_get_tbl, },
-    /* Segment registers */
-    { "sdr1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SDR1]) },
-    { "sr0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[0]) },
-    { "sr1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[1]) },
-    { "sr2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[2]) },
-    { "sr3", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[3]) },
-    { "sr4", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[4]) },
-    { "sr5", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[5]) },
-    { "sr6", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[6]) },
-    { "sr7", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[7]) },
-    { "sr8", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[8]) },
-    { "sr9", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[9]) },
-    { "sr10", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[10]) },
-    { "sr11", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[11]) },
-    { "sr12", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[12]) },
-    { "sr13", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[13]) },
-    { "sr14", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[14]) },
-    { "sr15", offsetof(CPUPPCState, sr[15]) },
-    /* Too lazy to put BATs... */
-    { "pvr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_PVR]) },
-
-    { "srr0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SRR0]) },
-    { "srr1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SRR1]) },
-    { "dar", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_DAR]) },
-    { "dsisr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_DSISR]) },
-    { "cfar", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_CFAR]) },
-    { "sprg0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG0]) },
-    { "sprg1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG1]) },
-    { "sprg2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG2]) },
-    { "sprg3", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG3]) },
-    { "sprg4", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG4]) },
-    { "sprg5", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG5]) },
-    { "sprg6", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG6]) },
-    { "sprg7", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_SPRG7]) },
-    { "pid", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_PID]) },
-    { "csrr0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_CSRR0]) },
-    { "csrr1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_CSRR1]) },
-    { "esr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_ESR]) },
-    { "dear", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_DEAR]) },
-    { "mcsr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MCSR]) },
-    { "tsr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_TSR]) },
-    { "tcr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_TCR]) },
-    { "vrsave", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_VRSAVE]) },
-    { "pir", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_PIR]) },
-    { "mcsrr0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MCSRR0]) },
-    { "mcsrr1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MCSRR1]) },
-    { "decar", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_DECAR]) },
-    { "ivpr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVPR]) },
-    { "epcr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_EPCR]) },
-    { "sprg8", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_SPRG8]) },
-    { "ivor0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR0]) },
-    { "ivor1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR1]) },
-    { "ivor2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR2]) },
-    { "ivor3", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR3]) },
-    { "ivor4", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR4]) },
-    { "ivor5", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR5]) },
-    { "ivor6", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR6]) },
-    { "ivor7", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR7]) },
-    { "ivor8", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR8]) },
-    { "ivor9", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR9]) },
-    { "ivor10", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR10]) },
-    { "ivor11", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR11]) },
-    { "ivor12", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR12]) },
-    { "ivor13", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR13]) },
-    { "ivor14", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR14]) },
-    { "ivor15", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR15]) },
-    { "ivor32", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR32]) },
-    { "ivor33", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR33]) },
-    { "ivor34", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR34]) },
-    { "ivor35", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR35]) },
-    { "ivor36", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR36]) },
-    { "ivor37", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_IVOR37]) },
-    { "mas0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS0]) },
-    { "mas1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS1]) },
-    { "mas2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS2]) },
-    { "mas3", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS3]) },
-    { "mas4", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS4]) },
-    { "mas6", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS6]) },
-    { "mas7", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_MAS7]) },
-    { "mmucfg", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_MMUCFG]) },
-    { "tlb0cfg", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_TLB0CFG]) },
-    { "tlb1cfg", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_TLB1CFG]) },
-    { "epr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_EPR]) },
-    { "eplc", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_EPLC]) },
-    { "epsc", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_EPSC]) },
-    { "svr", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_E500_SVR]) },
-    { "mcar", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_Exxx_MCAR]) },
-    { "pid1", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_PID1]) },
-    { "pid2", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_BOOKE_PID2]) },
-    { "hid0", offsetof(CPUPPCState, spr[SPR_HID0]) },
     { NULL },
 };
 
@@ -253,3 +98,61 @@ const MonitorDef *target_monitor_defs(void)
 {
     return monitor_defs;
 }
+
+static bool ppc_cpu_get_reg(target_ulong *regs, const char *numstr, int maxnum,
+                            uint64_t *pval)
+{
+    char *endptr = NULL;
+    int regnum;
+
+    if (!*numstr) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    regnum = strtoul(numstr, &endptr, 10);
+    if (*endptr || (regnum >= maxnum)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    *pval = regs[regnum];
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+int target_get_monitor_def(CPUState *cs, const char *name, uint64_t *pval)
+{
+    int i;
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
+    CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
+
+    /* General purpose registers */
+    if ((tolower(name[0]) == 'r') &&
+        ppc_cpu_get_reg(env->gpr, name + 1, ARRAY_SIZE(env->gpr), pval)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Floating point registers */
+    if ((tolower(name[0]) == 'f') &&
+        ppc_cpu_get_reg(env->fpr, name + 1, ARRAY_SIZE(env->fpr), pval)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    /* Special purpose registers */
+    for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env->spr_cb); ++i) {
+        ppc_spr_t *spr = &env->spr_cb[i];
+
+        if (spr->name && (strcasecmp(name, spr->name) == 0)) {
+            *pval = env->spr[i];
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Segment registers */
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+    if ((strncasecmp(name, "sr", 2) == 0) &&
+        ppc_cpu_get_reg(env->sr, name + 2, ARRAY_SIZE(env->sr), pval)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return -EINVAL;
+}
