diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index 6dbbc85..0bb96ad 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -257,6 +257,20 @@ static void machine_set_usb(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
     ms->usb_disabled = !value;
 }
 
+static bool machine_get_graphics(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
+
+    return ms->enable_graphics;
+}
+
+static void machine_set_graphics(Object *obj, bool value, Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
+
+    ms->enable_graphics = value;
+}
+
 static bool machine_get_igd_gfx_passthru(Object *obj, Error **errp)
 {
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(obj);
@@ -382,6 +396,7 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
     ms->kvm_shadow_mem = -1;
     ms->dump_guest_core = true;
     ms->mem_merge = true;
+    ms->enable_graphics = true;
 
     object_property_add_str(obj, "accel",
                             machine_get_accel, machine_set_accel, NULL);
@@ -460,6 +475,12 @@ static void machine_initfn(Object *obj)
     object_property_set_description(obj, "usb",
                                     "Set on/off to enable/disable usb",
                                     NULL);
+    object_property_add_bool(obj, "graphics",
+                             machine_get_graphics,
+                             machine_set_graphics, NULL);
+    object_property_set_description(obj, "graphics",
+                                    "Set on/off to enable/disable graphics emulation",
+                                    NULL);
     object_property_add_bool(obj, "igd-passthru",
                              machine_get_igd_gfx_passthru,
                              machine_set_igd_gfx_passthru, NULL);
diff --git a/hw/lm32/milkymist.c b/hw/lm32/milkymist.c
index 694dac3..1abdf6e 100644
--- a/hw/lm32/milkymist.c
+++ b/hw/lm32/milkymist.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ milkymist_init(MachineState *machine)
     milkymist_memcard_create(0x60004000);
     milkymist_ac97_create(0x60005000, irq[4], irq[5], irq[6], irq[7]);
     milkymist_pfpu_create(0x60006000, irq[8]);
-    if (display_type != DT_NOGRAPHIC) {
+    if (machine->enable_graphics) {
         milkymist_tmu2_create(0x60007000, irq[9]);
     }
     milkymist_minimac2_create(0x60008000, 0x30000000, irq[10], irq[11]);
diff --git a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
index 999f480..cdbdfb5 100644
--- a/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
+++ b/hw/nvram/fw_cfg.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "hw/hw.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "hw/isa/isa.h"
 #include "hw/nvram/fw_cfg.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
@@ -868,16 +869,17 @@ static void fw_cfg_machine_ready(struct Notifier *n, void *data)
 static void fw_cfg_init1(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     FWCfgState *s = FW_CFG(dev);
+    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
 
     assert(!object_resolve_path(FW_CFG_PATH, NULL));
 
-    object_property_add_child(qdev_get_machine(), FW_CFG_NAME, OBJECT(s), NULL);
+    object_property_add_child(OBJECT(machine), FW_CFG_NAME, OBJECT(s), NULL);
 
     qdev_init_nofail(dev);
 
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(s, FW_CFG_SIGNATURE, (char *)"QEMU", 4);
     fw_cfg_add_bytes(s, FW_CFG_UUID, qemu_uuid, 16);
-    fw_cfg_add_i16(s, FW_CFG_NOGRAPHIC, (uint16_t)(display_type == DT_NOGRAPHIC));
+    fw_cfg_add_i16(s, FW_CFG_NOGRAPHIC, (uint16_t)!machine->enable_graphics);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(s, FW_CFG_NB_CPUS, (uint16_t)smp_cpus);
     fw_cfg_add_i16(s, FW_CFG_BOOT_MENU, (uint16_t)boot_menu);
     fw_cfg_bootsplash(s);
diff --git a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
index 7bfc00a..478fda8 100644
--- a/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
+++ b/hw/sparc/sun4m.c
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ static void sun4m_hw_init(const struct sun4m_hwdef *hwdef,
     slavio_timer_init_all(hwdef->counter_base, slavio_irq[19], slavio_cpu_irq, smp_cpus);
 
     slavio_serial_ms_kbd_init(hwdef->ms_kb_base, slavio_irq[14],
-                              display_type == DT_NOGRAPHIC, ESCC_CLOCK, 1);
+                              !machine->enable_graphics, ESCC_CLOCK, 1);
     /* Slavio TTYA (base+4, Linux ttyS0) is the first QEMU serial device
        Slavio TTYB (base+0, Linux ttyS1) is the second QEMU serial device */
     escc_init(hwdef->serial_base, slavio_irq[15], slavio_irq[15],
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 8d4fe56..f968a25 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ struct MachineState {
     bool iommu;
     bool suppress_vmdesc;
     bool enforce_config_section;
+    bool enable_graphics;
 
     ram_addr_t ram_size;
     ram_addr_t maxram_size;
diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 90766da..6076b80 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ typedef enum DisplayType
     DT_SDL,
     DT_COCOA,
     DT_GTK,
-    DT_NOGRAPHIC,
     DT_NONE,
 } DisplayType;
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 732914b..c59cf0a 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2960,6 +2960,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     int show_vnc_port = 0;
     bool defconfig = true;
     bool userconfig = true;
+    bool nographic = false;
     const char *log_mask = NULL;
     const char *log_file = NULL;
     char *trace_file = NULL;
@@ -3204,7 +3205,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 display_type = select_display(optarg);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_nographic:
-                display_type = DT_NOGRAPHIC;
+                olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
+                qemu_opts_parse_noisily(olist, "graphics=off", false);
+                nographic = true;
+                display_type = DT_NONE;
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_curses:
 #ifdef CONFIG_CURSES
@@ -4165,7 +4169,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
          * -nographic _and_ redirects all ports explicitly - this is valid
          * usage, -nographic is just a no-op in this case.
          */
-        if (display_type == DT_NOGRAPHIC
+        if (nographic
             && (default_parallel || default_serial
                 || default_monitor || default_virtcon)) {
             error_report("-nographic cannot be used with -daemonize");
@@ -4179,7 +4183,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #endif
     }
 
-    if (display_type == DT_NOGRAPHIC) {
+    if (nographic) {
         if (default_parallel)
             add_device_config(DEV_PARALLEL, "null");
         if (default_serial && default_monitor) {
@@ -4531,9 +4535,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     /* init local displays */
     switch (display_type) {
-    case DT_NOGRAPHIC:
-        (void)ds;	/* avoid warning if no display is configured */
-        break;
     case DT_CURSES:
         curses_display_init(ds, full_screen);
         break;
