diff --git a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
index a2cd7a5830bd..d33ce8954aa6 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/aml-build.c
@@ -634,6 +634,19 @@ Aml *aml_to_buffer(Aml *src, Aml *dst)
     return var;
 }
 
+/* ACPI 2.0a: 17.2.4.4 Type 2 Opcodes Encoding: DefToDecimalString */
+Aml *aml_to_decimalstring(Aml *src, Aml *dst)
+{
+    Aml *var = aml_opcode(0x97 /* ToDecimalStringOp */);
+    aml_append(var, src);
+    if (dst) {
+        aml_append(var, dst);
+    } else {
+        build_append_byte(var->buf, 0x00 /* NullNameOp */);
+    }
+    return var;
+}
+
 /* ACPI 1.0b: 16.2.5.4 Type 2 Opcodes Encoding: DefStore */
 Aml *aml_store(Aml *val, Aml *target)
 {
@@ -835,6 +848,21 @@ Aml *aml_call5(const char *method, Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *arg3, Aml *arg4,
     return var;
 }
 
+/* helper to call method with 5 arguments */
+Aml *aml_call6(const char *method, Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *arg3, Aml *arg4,
+               Aml *arg5, Aml *arg6)
+{
+    Aml *var = aml_alloc();
+    build_append_namestring(var->buf, "%s", method);
+    aml_append(var, arg1);
+    aml_append(var, arg2);
+    aml_append(var, arg3);
+    aml_append(var, arg4);
+    aml_append(var, arg5);
+    aml_append(var, arg6);
+    return var;
+}
+
 /*
  * ACPI 5.0: 6.4.3.8.1 GPIO Connection Descriptor
  * Type 1, Large Item Name 0xC
diff --git a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
index 380d3e392400..e652106e26e7 100644
--- a/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
+++ b/include/hw/acpi/aml-build.h
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ Aml *aml_arg(int pos);
 Aml *aml_to_integer(Aml *arg);
 Aml *aml_to_hexstring(Aml *src, Aml *dst);
 Aml *aml_to_buffer(Aml *src, Aml *dst);
+Aml *aml_to_decimalstring(Aml *src, Aml *dst);
 Aml *aml_store(Aml *val, Aml *target);
 Aml *aml_and(Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *dst);
 Aml *aml_or(Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *dst);
@@ -323,6 +324,8 @@ Aml *aml_call3(const char *method, Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *arg3);
 Aml *aml_call4(const char *method, Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *arg3, Aml *arg4);
 Aml *aml_call5(const char *method, Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *arg3, Aml *arg4,
                Aml *arg5);
+Aml *aml_call6(const char *method, Aml *arg1, Aml *arg2, Aml *arg3, Aml *arg4,
+               Aml *arg5, Aml *arg6);
 Aml *aml_gpio_int(AmlConsumerAndProducer con_and_pro,
                   AmlLevelAndEdge edge_level,
                   AmlActiveHighAndLow active_level, AmlShared shared,