diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
index 6cfce26210..4e5a471e30 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h"
 #include "hw/intc/arm_gic_common.h"
+#include "hw/misc/unimp.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@
 #define DPDMA_ADDR          0xfd4c0000
 #define DPDMA_IRQ           116
 
+#define APU_ADDR            0xfd5c0000
+#define APU_SIZE            0x100
+
 #define IPI_ADDR            0xFF300000
 #define IPI_IRQ             64
 
@@ -222,6 +226,32 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_create_rpu(MachineState *ms, XlnxZynqMPState *s,
     qdev_realize(DEVICE(&s->rpu_cluster), NULL, &error_fatal);
 }
 
+static void xlnx_zynqmp_create_unimp_mmio(XlnxZynqMPState *s)
+{
+    static const struct UnimpInfo {
+        const char *name;
+        hwaddr base;
+        hwaddr size;
+    } unimp_areas[ARRAY_SIZE(s->mr_unimp)] = {
+        { .name = "apu", APU_ADDR, APU_SIZE },
+    };
+    unsigned int nr;
+
+    for (nr = 0; nr < ARRAY_SIZE(unimp_areas); nr++) {
+        const struct UnimpInfo *info = &unimp_areas[nr];
+        DeviceState *dev = qdev_new(TYPE_UNIMPLEMENTED_DEVICE);
+        SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
+
+        assert(info->name && info->base && info->size > 0);
+        qdev_prop_set_string(dev, "name", info->name);
+        qdev_prop_set_uint64(dev, "size", info->size);
+        object_property_add_child(OBJECT(s), info->name, OBJECT(dev));
+
+        sysbus_realize_and_unref(sbd, &error_fatal);
+        sysbus_mmio_map(sbd, 0, info->base);
+    }
+}
+
 static void xlnx_zynqmp_init(Object *obj)
 {
     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
@@ -596,6 +626,8 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->rtc), 0, RTC_ADDR);
     sysbus_connect_irq(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->rtc), 0, gic_spi[RTC_IRQ]);
 
+    xlnx_zynqmp_create_unimp_mmio(s);
+
     for (i = 0; i < XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GDMA_CH; i++) {
         if (!object_property_set_uint(OBJECT(&s->gdma[i]), "bus-width", 128,
                                       errp)) {
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h b/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
index d3e2ef97f6..c84fe15996 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(XlnxZynqMPState, XLNX_ZYNQMP)
 #define XLNX_ZYNQMP_MAX_RAM_SIZE (XLNX_ZYNQMP_MAX_LOW_RAM_SIZE + \
                                   XLNX_ZYNQMP_MAX_HIGH_RAM_SIZE)
 
+/*
+ * Unimplemented mmio regions needed to boot some images.
+ */
+#define XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_UNIMP_AREAS 1
+
 struct XlnxZynqMPState {
     /*< private >*/
     DeviceState parent_obj;
@@ -96,6 +101,8 @@ struct XlnxZynqMPState {
     MemoryRegion *ddr_ram;
     MemoryRegion ddr_ram_low, ddr_ram_high;
 
+    MemoryRegion mr_unimp[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_UNIMP_AREAS];
+
     CadenceGEMState gem[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_GEMS];
     CadenceUARTState uart[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_UARTS];
     XlnxZynqMPCANState can[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_CAN];