2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/profiles/arch/riscv/package.accept_keywords b/profiles/arch/riscv/package.accept_keywords
index 245de3d..b166f7b 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/riscv/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/profiles/arch/riscv/package.accept_keywords
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 # we need python patched for riscv
 dev-lang/python -amd64 -~amd64
+
+# we need static qemu *from* ~amd64
+app-emulation/qemu-riscv64-bin ~amd64
diff --git a/profiles/arch/riscv/packages b/profiles/arch/riscv/packages
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cef240a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/arch/riscv/packages
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# For now we add the x86-64 qemu-riscv64 static binary to all
+# stages. This makes life somewhat simpler for working without
+# real hardware.
+*app-emulation/qemu-riscv64-bin