diff --git a/hw/ppc/ppc4xx_devs.c b/hw/ppc/ppc4xx_devs.c
index 069b511951..f4d7ae9567 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/ppc4xx_devs.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/ppc4xx_devs.c
@@ -664,3 +664,44 @@ void ppc4xx_mal_init(CPUPPCState *env, uint8_t txcnum, uint8_t rxcnum,
                          mal, &dcr_read_mal, &dcr_write_mal);
     }
 }
+
+/* PPC4xx_DCR_DEVICE */
+
+void ppc4xx_dcr_register(Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState *dev, int dcrn, void *opaque,
+                         dcr_read_cb dcr_read, dcr_write_cb dcr_write)
+{
+    assert(dev->cpu);
+    ppc_dcr_register(&dev->cpu->env, dcrn, opaque, dcr_read, dcr_write);
+}
+
+bool ppc4xx_dcr_realize(Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState *dev, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
+                        Error **errp)
+{
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(dev), "cpu", OBJECT(cpu), &error_abort);
+    return sysbus_realize(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev), errp);
+}
+
+static Property ppc4xx_dcr_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_LINK("cpu", Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState, cpu, TYPE_POWERPC_CPU,
+                     PowerPCCPU *),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void ppc4xx_dcr_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(oc);
+
+    device_class_set_props(dc, ppc4xx_dcr_properties);
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo ppc4xx_types[] = {
+    {
+        .name           = TYPE_PPC4xx_DCR_DEVICE,
+        .parent         = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
+        .instance_size  = sizeof(Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState),
+        .class_init     = ppc4xx_dcr_class_init,
+        .abstract       = true,
+    }
+};
+
+DEFINE_TYPES(ppc4xx_types)
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/ppc4xx.h b/include/hw/ppc/ppc4xx.h
index 591e2421a3..a537a5567b 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/ppc4xx.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/ppc4xx.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "hw/ppc/ppc.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
 
 void ppc4xx_sdram_banks(MemoryRegion *ram, int nr_banks,
                         MemoryRegion ram_memories[],
@@ -44,4 +45,20 @@ void ppc4xx_mal_init(CPUPPCState *env, uint8_t txcnum, uint8_t rxcnum,
 
 #define TYPE_PPC4xx_PCI_HOST_BRIDGE "ppc4xx-pcihost"
 
+/*
+ * Generic DCR device
+ */
+#define TYPE_PPC4xx_DCR_DEVICE "ppc4xx-dcr-device"
+OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState, PPC4xx_DCR_DEVICE);
+struct Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState {
+    SysBusDevice parent_obj;
+
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu;
+};
+
+void ppc4xx_dcr_register(Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState *dev, int dcrn, void *opaque,
+                         dcr_read_cb dcr_read, dcr_write_cb dcr_write);
+bool ppc4xx_dcr_realize(Ppc4xxDcrDeviceState *dev, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
+                        Error **errp);
+
 #endif /* PPC4XX_H */