diff --git a/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c b/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c
index a3d1a1ba2a..4e98c20f23 100644
--- a/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c
+++ b/hw/moxie/moxiesim.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "hw/loader.h"
 #include "hw/char/serial.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "elf.h"
 
 #define PHYS_MEM_BASE 0x80000000
 
diff --git a/include/elf.h b/include/elf.h
index 79859f0cd8..66add810df 100644
--- a/include/elf.h
+++ b/include/elf.h
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ typedef int64_t  Elf64_Sxword;
 
 #define EM_TILEGX   191 /* TILE-Gx */
 
+#define EM_MOXIE           223     /* Moxie processor family */
+#define EM_MOXIE_OLD       0xFEED
+
 /* This is the info that is needed to parse the dynamic section of the file */
 #define DT_NULL		0
 #define DT_NEEDED	1
diff --git a/include/hw/elf_ops.h b/include/hw/elf_ops.h
index 0d41f249a0..0010c441d9 100644
--- a/include/hw/elf_ops.h
+++ b/include/hw/elf_ops.h
@@ -305,6 +305,14 @@ static int glue(load_elf, SZ)(const char *name, int fd,
                 }
             }
             break;
+        case EM_MOXIE:
+            if (ehdr.e_machine != EM_MOXIE) {
+                if (ehdr.e_machine != EM_MOXIE_OLD) {
+                    ret = ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ARCH;
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+            }
+            break;
         default:
             if (elf_machine != ehdr.e_machine) {
                 ret = ELF_LOAD_WRONG_ARCH;
diff --git a/target-moxie/cpu.h b/target-moxie/cpu.h
index 15ca15bf53..7d47e0d956 100644
--- a/target-moxie/cpu.h
+++ b/target-moxie/cpu.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 #define CPUArchState struct CPUMoxieState
 
-#define ELF_MACHINE     0xFEED /* EM_MOXIE */
+#define ELF_MACHINE     EM_MOXIE
 
 #define MOXIE_EX_DIV0        0
 #define MOXIE_EX_BAD         1