diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.c b/target/riscv/cpu.c
index 78fc7b22ed..cfdfe787de 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.c
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@ static void riscv_cpu_set_irq(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
         case IRQ_VS_TIMER:
         case IRQ_M_TIMER:
         case IRQ_U_EXT:
-        case IRQ_S_EXT:
         case IRQ_VS_EXT:
         case IRQ_M_EXT:
             if (kvm_enabled()) {
@@ -717,6 +716,15 @@ static void riscv_cpu_set_irq(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
                 riscv_cpu_update_mip(cpu, 1 << irq, BOOL_TO_MASK(level));
             }
              break;
+        case IRQ_S_EXT:
+            if (kvm_enabled()) {
+                kvm_riscv_set_irq(cpu, irq, level);
+            } else {
+                env->external_seip = level;
+                riscv_cpu_update_mip(cpu, 1 << irq,
+                                     BOOL_TO_MASK(level | env->software_seip));
+            }
+            break;
         default:
             g_assert_not_reached();
         }
diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.h b/target/riscv/cpu.h
index e129c3da7d..b90ca8268e 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.h
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.h
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ struct CPUArchState {
     uint64_t mstatus;
 
     uint64_t mip;
+    /*
+     * MIP contains the software writable version of SEIP ORed with the
+     * external interrupt value. The MIP register is always up-to-date.
+     * To keep track of the current source, we also save booleans of the values
+     * here.
+     */
+    bool external_seip;
+    bool software_seip;
 
     uint64_t miclaim;
 
diff --git a/target/riscv/csr.c b/target/riscv/csr.c
index 8b6a1b90f1..a09126a011 100644
--- a/target/riscv/csr.c
+++ b/target/riscv/csr.c
@@ -1498,10 +1498,14 @@ static RISCVException rmw_mip64(CPURISCVState *env, int csrno,
                                 uint64_t new_val, uint64_t wr_mask)
 {
     RISCVCPU *cpu = env_archcpu(env);
-    /* Allow software control of delegable interrupts not claimed by hardware */
-    uint64_t old_mip, mask = wr_mask & delegable_ints & ~env->miclaim;
+    uint64_t old_mip, mask = wr_mask & delegable_ints;
     uint32_t gin;
 
+    if (mask & MIP_SEIP) {
+        env->software_seip = new_val & MIP_SEIP;
+        new_val |= env->external_seip * MIP_SEIP;
+    }
+
     if (mask) {
         old_mip = riscv_cpu_update_mip(cpu, mask, (new_val & mask));
     } else {