diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
index c195040350..c67ac2e64a 100644
--- a/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
+++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.c
@@ -178,12 +178,19 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_create_rpu(XlnxZynqMPState *s, const char *boot_cpu,
     int i;
     int num_rpus = MIN(smp_cpus - XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS, XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_RPU_CPUS);
 
+    object_initialize_child(OBJECT(s), "rpu-cluster", &s->rpu_cluster,
+                            sizeof(s->rpu_cluster), TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER,
+                            &error_abort, NULL);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->rpu_cluster), "cluster-id", 1);
+
+    qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(&s->rpu_cluster));
+
     for (i = 0; i < num_rpus; i++) {
         char *name;
 
         object_initialize(&s->rpu_cpu[i], sizeof(s->rpu_cpu[i]),
                           "cortex-r5f-" TYPE_ARM_CPU);
-        object_property_add_child(OBJECT(s), "rpu-cpu[*]",
+        object_property_add_child(OBJECT(&s->rpu_cluster), "rpu-cpu[*]",
                                   OBJECT(&s->rpu_cpu[i]), &error_abort);
 
         name = object_get_canonical_path_component(OBJECT(&s->rpu_cpu[i]));
@@ -213,10 +220,16 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_init(Object *obj)
     int i;
     int num_apus = MIN(smp_cpus, XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS);
 
+    object_initialize_child(obj, "apu-cluster", &s->apu_cluster,
+                            sizeof(s->apu_cluster), TYPE_CPU_CLUSTER,
+                            &error_abort, NULL);
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->apu_cluster), "cluster-id", 0);
+
     for (i = 0; i < num_apus; i++) {
-        object_initialize_child(obj, "apu-cpu[*]", &s->apu_cpu[i],
-                                sizeof(s->apu_cpu[i]),
-                                "cortex-a53-" TYPE_ARM_CPU, &error_abort, NULL);
+        object_initialize_child(OBJECT(&s->apu_cluster), "apu-cpu[*]",
+                                &s->apu_cpu[i], sizeof(s->apu_cpu[i]),
+                                "cortex-a53-" TYPE_ARM_CPU, &error_abort,
+                                NULL);
     }
 
     sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "gic", &s->gic, sizeof(s->gic),
@@ -333,6 +346,8 @@ static void xlnx_zynqmp_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     qdev_prop_set_bit(DEVICE(&s->gic),
                       "has-virtualization-extensions", s->virt);
 
+    qdev_init_nofail(DEVICE(&s->apu_cluster));
+
     /* Realize APUs before realizing the GIC. KVM requires this.  */
     for (i = 0; i < num_apus; i++) {
         char *name;
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h b/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
index 98f925ab84..591515c760 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/xlnx-zynqmp.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "hw/display/xlnx_dp.h"
 #include "hw/intc/xlnx-zynqmp-ipi.h"
 #include "hw/timer/xlnx-zynqmp-rtc.h"
+#include "hw/cpu/cluster.h"
 
 #define TYPE_XLNX_ZYNQMP "xlnx,zynqmp"
 #define XLNX_ZYNQMP(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(XlnxZynqMPState, (obj), \
@@ -77,6 +78,8 @@ typedef struct XlnxZynqMPState {
     DeviceState parent_obj;
 
     /*< public >*/
+    CPUClusterState apu_cluster;
+    CPUClusterState rpu_cluster;
     ARMCPU apu_cpu[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS];
     ARMCPU rpu_cpu[XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_RPU_CPUS];
     GICState gic;