diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index ba0d1906aa..a7de5e2d12 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1163,8 +1163,8 @@ Sun4v
 M: Artyom Tarasenko <atar4qemu@gmail.com>
 S: Maintained
 F: hw/sparc64/niagara.c
-F: hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.c
-F: include/hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.h
+F: hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.c
+F: include/hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.h
 
 Leon3
 M: Fabien Chouteau <chouteau@adacore.com>
diff --git a/hw/rtc/Kconfig b/hw/rtc/Kconfig
index 434b20b2b1..cc7fead764 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ config PL031
 
 config MC146818RTC
     bool
+
+config SUN4V_RTC
+    bool
diff --git a/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs b/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs
index 89e8e48c64..4621b37bc2 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/rtc/Makefile.objs
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_M48T59) += m48t59-isa.o
 endif
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_PL031) += pl031.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MC146818RTC) += mc146818rtc.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_SUN4V_RTC) += sun4v-rtc.o
diff --git a/hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.c b/hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.c
similarity index 98%
rename from hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.c
rename to hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.c
index 54272a822f..ada01b5774 100644
--- a/hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.c
+++ b/hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
-#include "hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 
 
diff --git a/hw/rtc/trace-events b/hw/rtc/trace-events
index 54c94ac557..ac9e0e0fba 100644
--- a/hw/rtc/trace-events
+++ b/hw/rtc/trace-events
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # See docs/devel/tracing.txt for syntax documentation.
 
+# sun4v-rtc.c
+sun4v_rtc_read(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "read: addr 0x%" PRIx64 " value 0x%" PRIx64
+sun4v_rtc_write(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "write: addr 0x%" PRIx64 " value 0x%" PRIx64
+
 # pl031.c
 pl031_irq_state(int level) "irq state %d"
 pl031_read(uint32_t addr, uint32_t value) "addr 0x%08x value 0x%08x"
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/niagara.c b/hw/sparc64/niagara.c
index 5987693659..5eb2d097b9 100644
--- a/hw/sparc64/niagara.c
+++ b/hw/sparc64/niagara.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include "hw/misc/unimp.h"
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/sparc/sparc64.h"
-#include "hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.h"
+#include "hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 #include "sysemu/block-backend.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
diff --git a/hw/timer/Kconfig b/hw/timer/Kconfig
index a6b668b255..b04c928136 100644
--- a/hw/timer/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/timer/Kconfig
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ config ALLWINNER_A10_PIT
 config STM32F2XX_TIMER
     bool
 
-config SUN4V_RTC
-    bool
-
 config CMSDK_APB_TIMER
     bool
     select PTIMER
diff --git a/hw/timer/Makefile.objs b/hw/timer/Makefile.objs
index 2fb12162a6..034bd30255 100644
--- a/hw/timer/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/timer/Makefile.objs
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ common-obj-$(CONFIG_ALLWINNER_A10_PIT) += allwinner-a10-pit.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_STM32F2XX_TIMER) += stm32f2xx_timer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_SOC) += aspeed_timer.o aspeed_rtc.o
 
-common-obj-$(CONFIG_SUN4V_RTC) += sun4v-rtc.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_CMSDK_APB_TIMER) += cmsdk-apb-timer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_CMSDK_APB_DUALTIMER) += cmsdk-apb-dualtimer.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_MSF2) += mss-timer.o
diff --git a/hw/timer/trace-events b/hw/timer/trace-events
index 6936fe8573..ce34b967db 100644
--- a/hw/timer/trace-events
+++ b/hw/timer/trace-events
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@ cmsdk_apb_dualtimer_reset(void) "CMSDK APB dualtimer: reset"
 aspeed_rtc_read(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "addr 0x%02" PRIx64 " value 0x%08" PRIx64
 aspeed_rtc_write(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "addr 0x%02" PRIx64 " value 0x%08" PRIx64
 
-# sun4v-rtc.c
-sun4v_rtc_read(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "read: addr 0x%" PRIx64 " value 0x%" PRIx64
-sun4v_rtc_write(uint64_t addr, uint64_t value) "write: addr 0x%" PRIx64 " value 0x%" PRIx64
-
 # xlnx-zynqmp-rtc.c
 xlnx_zynqmp_rtc_gettime(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int min, int sec) "Get time from host: %d-%d-%d %2d:%02d:%02d"
 
diff --git a/include/hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.h b/include/hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd868f6ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/rtc/sun4v-rtc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU sun4v Real Time Clock device
+ *
+ * The sun4v_rtc device (sun4v tod clock)
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Artyom Tarasenko
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or (at your option) any later
+ * version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_RTC_SUN4V
+#define HW_RTC_SUN4V
+
+#include "exec/hwaddr.h"
+
+void sun4v_rtc_init(hwaddr addr);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.h b/include/hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 407278f918..0000000000
--- a/include/hw/timer/sun4v-rtc.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-void sun4v_rtc_init(hwaddr addr);