diff --git a/hw/realview.c b/hw/realview.c
index 14281b0..9a8e63c 100644
--- a/hw/realview.c
+++ b/hw/realview.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
     MemoryRegion *ram_hi = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *ram_alias = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
     MemoryRegion *ram_hack = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
-    DeviceState *dev, *sysctl, *gpio2;
+    DeviceState *dev, *sysctl, *gpio2, *pl041;
     SysBusDevice *busdev;
     qemu_irq *irqp;
     qemu_irq pic[64];
@@ -232,6 +232,12 @@
         pic[n] = qdev_get_gpio_in(dev, n);
     }
 
+    pl041 = qdev_create(NULL, "pl041");
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(pl041, "nc_fifo_depth", 512);
+    qdev_init_nofail(pl041);
+    sysbus_mmio_map(sysbus_from_qdev(pl041), 0, 0x10004000);
+    sysbus_connect_irq(sysbus_from_qdev(pl041), 0, pic[19]);
+
     sysbus_create_simple("pl050_keyboard", 0x10006000, pic[20]);
     sysbus_create_simple("pl050_mouse", 0x10007000, pic[21]);
 
diff --git a/hw/vexpress.c b/hw/vexpress.c
index c9766dd..0940a26 100644
--- a/hw/vexpress.c
+++ b/hw/vexpress.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 {
     CPUState *env = NULL;
     ram_addr_t ram_offset, vram_offset, sram_offset;
-    DeviceState *dev, *sysctl;
+    DeviceState *dev, *sysctl, *pl041;
     SysBusDevice *busdev;
     qemu_irq *irqp;
     qemu_irq pic[64];
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@
     /* 0x10001000 SP810 system control */
     /* 0x10002000 serial bus PCI */
     /* 0x10004000 PL041 audio */
+    pl041 = qdev_create(NULL, "pl041");
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(pl041, "nc_fifo_depth", 512);
+    qdev_init_nofail(pl041);
+    sysbus_mmio_map(sysbus_from_qdev(pl041), 0, 0x10004000);
+    sysbus_connect_irq(sysbus_from_qdev(pl041), 0, pic[11]);
 
     dev = sysbus_create_varargs("pl181", 0x10005000, pic[9], pic[10], NULL);
     /* Wire up MMC card detect and read-only signals */