diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/arm/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/arm/target_vmparam.h
index bc50fbb..19044e2 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/arm/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/arm/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"arm"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH	"armv6"
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 					/* KERNBASE - 512 MB */
 #define TARGET_VM_MAXUSER_ADDRESS	(0xc0000000 - (512 * 1024 * 1024))
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/i386/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/i386/target_vmparam.h
index ea7546c..78a03d0 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/i386/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/i386/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"i386"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH	"i386"
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 
 #define	TARGET_USRSTACK	(0xbfc00000)
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips/target_vmparam.h
index 8abc26c..ee88974 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"mips"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH	"mips"
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #define	TARGET_VM_MINUSER_ADDRESS	(0x00000000)
 #define	TARGET_VM_MAXUSER_ADDRESS	(0x80000000)
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips64/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips64/target_vmparam.h
index 55ed254..0cd8cd3 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips64/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/mips64/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"mips"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH	"mips64"
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 
 #define	TARGET_VM_MINUSER_ADDRESS	(0x0000000000000000UL)
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc/target_vmparam.h
index 82c29ed..c91f611 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"sparc"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH	"sparc"
+
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 struct target_ps_strings {
         abi_ulong ps_argvstr;
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc64/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc64/target_vmparam.h
index 7f2b464..a24b80e 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc64/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/sparc64/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"sparc"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH  "sparc64"
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #define	TARGET_VM_MINUSER_ADDRESS	(0x0000000000000000UL)
 #define	TARGET_VM_MAXUSER_ADDRESS	(0x000007fe00000000UL)
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/syscall.c b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/syscall.c
index 697cb46..1328caa 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/syscall.c
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/syscall.c
@@ -568,6 +568,22 @@ static abi_long do_freebsd_sysctl(abi_ulong namep, int32_t namelen, abi_ulong ol
 	    }
             break;
 
+    case CTL_HW:
+	    switch(snamep[1]) {
+	    case HW_MACHINE:
+		strlcpy(holdp, TARGET_HW_MACHINE, oldlen);
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+
+	    case HW_MACHINE_ARCH:
+		strlcpy(holdp, TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH, oldlen);
+		ret = 0;
+		goto out;
+
+	    default:
+		break;
+	    }
+
     default:
 	    break;
     }
diff --git a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/x86_64/target_vmparam.h b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/x86_64/target_vmparam.h
index ff9f534..47e35cf 100644
--- a/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/x86_64/target_vmparam.h
+++ b/work/qemu-1.4.0/bsd-user/x86_64/target_vmparam.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 #define _TARGET_VMPARAM_H_
 
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE	"amd64"
+#define	TARGET_HW_MACHINE_ARCH	"amd64"
+
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__)
 #define	TARGET_VM_MAXUSER_ADDRESS	(0x0000800000000000UL)