diff --git a/hw/arm/armv7m.c b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
index 878613994d..4bf9131b81 100644
--- a/hw/arm/armv7m.c
+++ b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
      */
     qdev_pass_gpios(DEVICE(&s->nvic), dev, NULL);
     qdev_pass_gpios(DEVICE(&s->nvic), dev, "SYSRESETREQ");
+    qdev_pass_gpios(DEVICE(&s->nvic), dev, "NMI");
 
     /* Wire the NVIC up to the CPU */
     sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->nvic);
diff --git a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
index 351b69ab40..0d816fdd2c 100644
--- a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
@@ -774,6 +774,24 @@ static void set_irq_level(void *opaque, int n, int level)
     }
 }
 
+/* callback when external NMI line is changed */
+static void nvic_nmi_trigger(void *opaque, int n, int level)
+{
+    NVICState *s = opaque;
+
+    trace_nvic_set_nmi_level(level);
+
+    /*
+     * The architecture doesn't specify whether NMI should share
+     * the normal-interrupt behaviour of being resampled on
+     * exception handler return. We choose not to, so just
+     * set NMI pending here and don't track the current level.
+     */
+    if (level) {
+        armv7m_nvic_set_pending(s, ARMV7M_EXCP_NMI, false);
+    }
+}
+
 static uint32_t nvic_readl(NVICState *s, uint32_t offset, MemTxAttrs attrs)
 {
     ARMCPU *cpu = s->cpu;
@@ -2382,6 +2400,7 @@ static void armv7m_nvic_instance_init(Object *obj)
     qdev_init_gpio_out_named(dev, &nvic->sysresetreq, "SYSRESETREQ", 1);
     qdev_init_gpio_in_named(dev, nvic_systick_trigger, "systick-trigger",
                             M_REG_NUM_BANKS);
+    qdev_init_gpio_in_named(dev, nvic_nmi_trigger, "NMI", 1);
 }
 
 static void armv7m_nvic_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/intc/trace-events b/hw/intc/trace-events
index 81c7c399f7..7769869a13 100644
--- a/hw/intc/trace-events
+++ b/hw/intc/trace-events
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ nvic_acknowledge_irq(int irq, int prio) "NVIC acknowledge IRQ: %d now active (pr
 nvic_get_pending_irq_info(int irq, bool secure) "NVIC next IRQ %d: targets_secure: %d"
 nvic_complete_irq(int irq, bool secure) "NVIC complete IRQ %d (secure %d)"
 nvic_set_irq_level(int irq, int level) "NVIC external irq %d level set to %d"
+nvic_set_nmi_level(int level) "NVIC external NMI level set to %d"
 nvic_sysreg_read(uint64_t addr, uint32_t value, unsigned size) "NVIC sysreg read addr 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx32 " size %u"
 nvic_sysreg_write(uint64_t addr, uint32_t value, unsigned size) "NVIC sysreg write addr 0x%" PRIx64 " data 0x%" PRIx32 " size %u"