diff --git a/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c b/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c
index 43dc0a12de..b0ca81cea3 100644
--- a/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c
+++ b/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.c
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ static void aw_a10_init(Object *obj)
         qemu_check_nic_model(&nd_table[0], TYPE_AW_EMAC);
         qdev_set_nic_properties(DEVICE(&s->emac), &nd_table[0]);
     }
+
+    object_initialize(&s->sata, sizeof(s->sata), TYPE_ALLWINNER_AHCI);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->sata), sysbus_get_default());
 }
 
 static void aw_a10_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
@@ -93,6 +96,14 @@ static void aw_a10_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     sysbus_mmio_map(sysbusdev, 0, AW_A10_EMAC_BASE);
     sysbus_connect_irq(sysbusdev, 0, s->irq[55]);
 
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->sata), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->sata), 0, AW_A10_SATA_BASE);
+    sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->sata), 0, s->irq[56]);
+
     /* FIXME use a qdev chardev prop instead of serial_hds[] */
     serial_mm_init(get_system_memory(), AW_A10_UART0_REG_BASE, 2, s->irq[1],
                    115200, serial_hds[0], DEVICE_NATIVE_ENDIAN);
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h b/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h
index 01a189bcdc..6b32a99e21 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/allwinner-a10.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include "hw/timer/allwinner-a10-pit.h"
 #include "hw/intc/allwinner-a10-pic.h"
 #include "hw/net/allwinner_emac.h"
+#include "hw/ide/pci.h"
+#include "hw/ide/ahci.h"
 
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 #define AW_A10_PIT_REG_BASE     0x01c20c00
 #define AW_A10_UART0_REG_BASE   0x01c28000
 #define AW_A10_EMAC_BASE        0x01c0b000
+#define AW_A10_SATA_BASE        0x01c18000
 
 #define AW_A10_SDRAM_BASE       0x40000000
 
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ typedef struct AwA10State {
     AwA10PITState timer;
     AwA10PICState intc;
     AwEmacState emac;
+    AllwinnerAHCIState sata;
 } AwA10State;
 
 #define ALLWINNER_H_