diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index a3eab4b..12a314e 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
 universal-obj-y += $(qom-obj-y)
 
 #######################################################################
+# Core hw code (qdev core)
+hw-core-obj-y += hw/
+hw-core-obj-y += qemu-option.o
+
+universal-obj-y += $(hw-core-obj-y)
+
+#######################################################################
 # oslib-obj-y is code depending on the OS (win32 vs posix)
 oslib-obj-y = osdep.o cutils.o qemu-timer-common.o
 oslib-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += oslib-win32.o qemu-thread-win32.o
@@ -182,6 +189,7 @@
 	user-obj-y \
 	common-obj-y \
 	universal-obj-y \
+	hw-core-obj-y \
 	extra-obj-y \
 	trace-obj-y
 dummy := $(call unnest-vars)
diff --git a/hw/Makefile.objs b/hw/Makefile.objs
index b8bbed3..6b8a68c 100644
--- a/hw/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# core qdev-related obj files, also used by *-user:
+hw-core-obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o
+# irq.o needed for qdev GPIO handling:
+hw-core-obj-y += irq.o
+
+
 common-obj-y = usb/ ide/ pci/
 common-obj-y += loader.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO) += virtio-console.o
@@ -154,7 +160,6 @@
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_REALLY_VIRTFS) += 9pfs/
 
 common-obj-y += usb/
-common-obj-y += irq.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_PTIMER) += ptimer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_MAX7310) += max7310.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_WM8750) += wm8750.o
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@
 common-obj-y += bt.o bt-l2cap.o bt-sdp.o bt-hci.o bt-hid.o
 common-obj-y += bt-hci-csr.o
 common-obj-y += msmouse.o ps2.o
-common-obj-y += qdev.o qdev-properties.o qdev-monitor.o
+common-obj-y += qdev-monitor.o
 common-obj-y += qdev-properties-system.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o