diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index 8ca3e05..7af5c1c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
 # Check our reduced build configurations
 # requires libfdt: aarch64, arm, i386, loongarch64, microblaze, microblazeel,
 #   mips64el, or1k, ppc, ppc64, riscv32, riscv64, rx, x86_64
-# does not build without boards: i386, x86_64
+# fails qtest without boards: i386, x86_64
 build-without-defaults:
   extends: .native_build_job_template
   needs:
diff --git a/hw/intc/ioapic-stub.c b/hw/intc/ioapic-stub.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dcd862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/intc/ioapic-stub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ *  ioapic.c IOAPIC emulation logic
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Fabrice Bellard
+ *
+ *  Split the ioapic logic from apic.c
+ *  Xiantao Zhang <xiantao.zhang@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "hw/intc/ioapic.h"
+
+void ioapic_eoi_broadcast(int vector)
+{
+}
diff --git a/hw/intc/meson.build b/hw/intc/meson.build
index f4b540e..0d1b7d0 100644
--- a/hw/intc/meson.build
+++ b/hw/intc/meson.build
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_HEATHROW_PIC', if_true: files('heathrow_pic.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_I8259', if_true: files('i8259_common.c', 'i8259.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IMX', if_true: files('imx_avic.c', 'imx_gpcv2.c'))
-system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IOAPIC', if_true: files('ioapic_common.c'))
+system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_IOAPIC', if_true: files('ioapic_common.c'), if_false: files('ioapic-stub.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_OMAP', if_true: files('omap_intc.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_OPENPIC', if_true: files('openpic.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PL190', if_true: files('pl190.c'))
diff --git a/target/i386/Kconfig b/target/i386/Kconfig
index ad9291d..6b0feef 100644
--- a/target/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/target/i386/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config I386
     bool
+    select APIC
     # kvm_arch_fixup_msi_route() needs to access PCIDevice
     select PCI if KVM