diff --git a/hw/display/ati.c b/hw/display/ati.c
index a365e2455d..87ad18664d 100644
--- a/hw/display/ati.c
+++ b/hw/display/ati.c
@@ -243,6 +243,21 @@ static uint64_t ati_i2c(bitbang_i2c_interface *i2c, uint64_t data, int base)
     return data;
 }
 
+static void ati_vga_update_irq(ATIVGAState *s)
+{
+    pci_set_irq(&s->dev, !!(s->regs.gen_int_status & s->regs.gen_int_cntl));
+}
+
+static void ati_vga_vblank_irq(void *opaque)
+{
+    ATIVGAState *s = opaque;
+
+    timer_mod(&s->vblank_timer, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) +
+              NANOSECONDS_PER_SECOND / 60);
+    s->regs.gen_int_status |= CRTC_VBLANK_INT;
+    ati_vga_update_irq(s);
+}
+
 static inline uint64_t ati_reg_read_offs(uint32_t reg, int offs,
                                          unsigned int size)
 {
@@ -283,6 +298,12 @@ static uint64_t ati_mm_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
                                 addr - (BIOS_0_SCRATCH + i * 4), size);
         break;
     }
+    case GEN_INT_CNTL:
+        val = s->regs.gen_int_cntl;
+        break;
+    case GEN_INT_STATUS:
+        val = s->regs.gen_int_status;
+        break;
     case CRTC_GEN_CNTL ... CRTC_GEN_CNTL + 3:
         val = ati_reg_read_offs(s->regs.crtc_gen_cntl,
                                 addr - CRTC_GEN_CNTL, size);
@@ -512,6 +533,21 @@ static void ati_mm_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr,
                            addr - (BIOS_0_SCRATCH + i * 4), data, size);
         break;
     }
+    case GEN_INT_CNTL:
+        s->regs.gen_int_cntl = data;
+        if (data & CRTC_VBLANK_INT) {
+            ati_vga_vblank_irq(s);
+        } else {
+            timer_del(&s->vblank_timer);
+            ati_vga_update_irq(s);
+        }
+        break;
+    case GEN_INT_STATUS:
+        data &= (s->dev_id == PCI_DEVICE_ID_ATI_RAGE128_PF ?
+                 0x000f040fUL : 0xfc080effUL);
+        s->regs.gen_int_status &= ~data;
+        ati_vga_update_irq(s);
+        break;
     case CRTC_GEN_CNTL ... CRTC_GEN_CNTL + 3:
     {
         uint32_t val = s->regs.crtc_gen_cntl;
@@ -902,12 +938,19 @@ static void ati_vga_realize(PCIDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     pci_register_bar(dev, 0, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_MEM_PREFETCH, &vga->vram);
     pci_register_bar(dev, 1, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO, &s->io);
     pci_register_bar(dev, 2, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_SPACE_MEMORY, &s->mm);
+
+    /* most interrupts are not yet emulated but MacOS needs at least VBlank */
+    dev->config[PCI_INTERRUPT_PIN] = 1;
+    timer_init_ns(&s->vblank_timer, QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL, ati_vga_vblank_irq, s);
 }
 
 static void ati_vga_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     ATIVGAState *s = ATI_VGA(dev);
 
+    timer_del(&s->vblank_timer);
+    ati_vga_update_irq(s);
+
     /* reset vga */
     vga_common_reset(&s->vga);
     s->mode = VGA_MODE;
@@ -917,6 +960,7 @@ static void ati_vga_exit(PCIDevice *dev)
 {
     ATIVGAState *s = ATI_VGA(dev);
 
+    timer_del(&s->vblank_timer);
     graphic_console_close(s->vga.con);
 }
 
diff --git a/hw/display/ati_dbg.c b/hw/display/ati_dbg.c
index 7e59c41ac2..0ebbd36f14 100644
--- a/hw/display/ati_dbg.c
+++ b/hw/display/ati_dbg.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static struct ati_regdesc ati_reg_names[] = {
     {"BUS_CNTL", 0x0030},
     {"BUS_CNTL1", 0x0034},
     {"GEN_INT_CNTL", 0x0040},
+    {"GEN_INT_STATUS", 0x0044},
     {"CRTC_GEN_CNTL", 0x0050},
     {"CRTC_EXT_CNTL", 0x0054},
     {"DAC_CNTL", 0x0058},
diff --git a/hw/display/ati_int.h b/hw/display/ati_int.h
index 5b4d3be1e6..2a16708e4f 100644
--- a/hw/display/ati_int.h
+++ b/hw/display/ati_int.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef ATI_INT_H
 #define ATI_INT_H
 
+#include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "hw/pci/pci.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/bitbang_i2c.h"
 #include "vga_int.h"
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@
 typedef struct ATIVGARegs {
     uint32_t mm_index;
     uint32_t bios_scratch[8];
+    uint32_t gen_int_cntl;
+    uint32_t gen_int_status;
     uint32_t crtc_gen_cntl;
     uint32_t crtc_ext_cntl;
     uint32_t dac_cntl;
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ typedef struct ATIVGAState {
     uint16_t cursor_size;
     uint32_t cursor_offset;
     QEMUCursor *cursor;
+    QEMUTimer vblank_timer;
     bitbang_i2c_interface bbi2c;
     MemoryRegion io;
     MemoryRegion mm;
diff --git a/hw/display/ati_regs.h b/hw/display/ati_regs.h
index 02046e97c2..ebd37ee30d 100644
--- a/hw/display/ati_regs.h
+++ b/hw/display/ati_regs.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #define BUS_CNTL                                0x0030
 #define BUS_CNTL1                               0x0034
 #define GEN_INT_CNTL                            0x0040
+#define GEN_INT_STATUS                          0x0044
 #define CRTC_GEN_CNTL                           0x0050
 #define CRTC_EXT_CNTL                           0x0054
 #define DAC_CNTL                                0x0058
@@ -316,6 +317,11 @@
 #define XPLL_FB_DIV_MASK                        0x0000FF00
 #define X_MPLL_REF_DIV_MASK                     0x000000FF
 
+/* GEN_INT_CNTL) */
+#define CRTC_VBLANK_INT                         0x00000001
+#define CRTC_VLINE_INT                          0x00000002
+#define CRTC_VSYNC_INT                          0x00000004
+
 /* Config control values (CONFIG_CNTL) */
 #define APER_0_ENDIAN                           0x00000003
 #define APER_1_ENDIAN                           0x0000000c
