diff --git a/qapi/machine-target.json b/qapi/machine-target.json
index b94fbdb65e..afc8c40894 100644
--- a/qapi/machine-target.json
+++ b/qapi/machine-target.json
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@
                    'TARGET_I386',
                    'TARGET_S390X',
                    'TARGET_MIPS',
-                   'TARGET_LOONGARCH64' ] } }
+                   'TARGET_LOONGARCH64',
+                   'TARGET_RISCV' ] } }
 
 ##
 # @query-cpu-definitions:
@@ -341,4 +342,5 @@
                    'TARGET_I386',
                    'TARGET_S390X',
                    'TARGET_MIPS',
-                   'TARGET_LOONGARCH64' ] } }
+                   'TARGET_LOONGARCH64',
+                   'TARGET_RISCV' ] } }
diff --git a/target/riscv/meson.build b/target/riscv/meson.build
index 5b7f813a3e..e1ff6d9b95 100644
--- a/target/riscv/meson.build
+++ b/target/riscv/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ riscv_softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'monitor.c',
   'machine.c',
   'pmu.c',
-  'time_helper.c'
+  'time_helper.c',
+  'riscv-qmp-cmds.c',
 ))
 
 target_arch += {'riscv': riscv_ss}
diff --git a/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c b/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..128677add9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU CPU QMP commands for RISC-V
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Ventana Micro Systems Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-machine-target.h"
+#include "cpu-qom.h"
+
+static void riscv_cpu_add_definition(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    ObjectClass *oc = data;
+    CpuDefinitionInfoList **cpu_list = user_data;
+    CpuDefinitionInfo *info = g_malloc0(sizeof(*info));
+    const char *typename = object_class_get_name(oc);
+
+    info->name = g_strndup(typename,
+                           strlen(typename) - strlen("-" TYPE_RISCV_CPU));
+    info->q_typename = g_strdup(typename);
+
+    QAPI_LIST_PREPEND(*cpu_list, info);
+}
+
+CpuDefinitionInfoList *qmp_query_cpu_definitions(Error **errp)
+{
+    CpuDefinitionInfoList *cpu_list = NULL;
+    GSList *list = object_class_get_list(TYPE_RISCV_CPU, false);
+
+    g_slist_foreach(list, riscv_cpu_add_definition, &cpu_list);
+    g_slist_free(list);
+
+    return cpu_list;
+}