diff --git a/libkvm/libkvm-powerpc.c b/libkvm/libkvm-powerpc.c
--- a/libkvm/libkvm-powerpc.c
+++ b/libkvm/libkvm-powerpc.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "kvm-powerpc.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 int handle_dcr(struct kvm_run *run,  kvm_context_t kvm)
 {
@@ -110,3 +111,55 @@ int kvm_arch_run(struct kvm_run *run, kv
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int kvm_get_tlb(kvm_context_t kvm, int vcpu, struct kvm_tlb *tlb)
+{
+	int r = 0;
+
+	r = ioctl(kvm->vcpu_fd[vcpu], KVM_GET_TLB, tlb);
+	if (r) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"%s failed (r='%d')\n",__func__,r);
+	}
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+int kvm_set_tlb(kvm_context_t kvm, int vcpu, struct kvm_tlb *tlb)
+{
+	int r = 0;
+
+	r = ioctl(kvm->vcpu_fd[vcpu], KVM_SET_TLB, tlb);
+	if (r) {
+		fprintf(stderr,"%s - failed (r='%d')\n",__func__,r);
+	}
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+static void print_tlb(struct tlbe tlb[PPC44x_TLB_SIZE], char* name, char* flag)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	fprintf(stderr,"%s:\n",name);
+	fprintf(stderr,"| %2s | %8s | %8s | %8s | %8s |\n","nr"," tid ",
+						"word0","word1","word2");
+	for (i = 0; i < PPC44x_TLB_SIZE; i++) {
+		if (tlb[i].word0 & PPC44x_TLB_VALID)
+			fprintf(stderr,"%s%2d | %08X | %08X | %08X | %08X |\n",
+				flag,i,
+				tlb[i].tid,
+				tlb[i].word0,
+				tlb[i].word1,
+				tlb[i].word2);
+	}
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+void kvm_dump_tlb(kvm_context_t kvm, int vcpu)
+{
+	struct kvm_tlb tlb;
+	kvm_get_tlb(kvm, vcpu, &tlb);
+
+	print_tlb(tlb.guest_tlb,"Guest TLB","G");
+	print_tlb(tlb.shadow_tlb,"Shadow TLB","S");
+}
diff --git a/libkvm/libkvm.h b/libkvm/libkvm.h
--- a/libkvm/libkvm.h
+++ b/libkvm/libkvm.h
@@ -556,4 +556,10 @@ int kvm_enable_vapic(kvm_context_t kvm, 
 
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__powerpc__)
+int kvm_get_tlb(kvm_context_t kvm, int vcpu, struct kvm_tlb *tlb);
+int kvm_set_tlb(kvm_context_t kvm, int vcpu, struct kvm_tlb *tlb);
+void kvm_dump_tlb(kvm_context_t kvm, int vcpu);
 #endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/qemu/hw/ppc440_boards_kvm.c b/qemu/hw/ppc440_boards_kvm.c
--- a/qemu/hw/ppc440_boards_kvm.c
+++ b/qemu/hw/ppc440_boards_kvm.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ void ppc440_init(CPUState *env,
 	ppc_dcr_register(env, DCRN_CPR0_CFGDATA, cpr0, dcr_read_cpr0, NULL);
 }
 
-
 static void bambooKVM_init(ram_addr_t ram_size, int vga_ram_size, 
 			const char *boot_device, DisplayState *ds,  
 			const char *kernel_filename,
@@ -220,7 +219,9 @@ static void bambooKVM_init(ram_addr_t ra
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* XXX insert TLB entries */
+	/* insert initial TLB entry state */
+	kvm_ppc440_tlb_init(env);
+	/* set up initial stack pointer */
 	env->gpr[1] = (16<<20) - 8;
 	env->gpr[4] = initrd_base;
 	env->gpr[5] = initrd_size;
diff --git a/qemu/qemu-kvm-powerpc.c b/qemu/qemu-kvm-powerpc.c
--- a/qemu/qemu-kvm-powerpc.c
+++ b/qemu/qemu-kvm-powerpc.c
@@ -204,4 +204,27 @@ int handle_powerpc_dcr_write(uint32_t dc
     return 0; /* XXX ignore failed DCR ops */
 }
 
+void kvm_ppc440_tlb_init(CPUState *env)
+{
+    static struct kvm_tlb tlb;
+    struct tlbe *gtlbe = &(tlb.guest_tlb[0]);
+
+    /* get/modify/write to preserve the shadow tlb state */
+    kvm_get_tlb(kvm_context, env->cpu_index, &tlb);
+
+    gtlbe->tid = 0;
+    gtlbe->word0 = PPC44x_TLB_16M | PPC44x_TLB_VALID;
+    gtlbe->word1 = 0;
+    gtlbe->word2 = PPC44x_TLB_SX | PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR;
+
+    gtlbe++;
+    gtlbe->tid = 0;
+    gtlbe->word0 = 0xef600000 | PPC44x_TLB_4K | PPC44x_TLB_VALID;
+    gtlbe->word1 = 0xef600000;
+    gtlbe->word2 = PPC44x_TLB_SX | PPC44x_TLB_SW | PPC44x_TLB_SR
+                   | PPC44x_TLB_I | PPC44x_TLB_G;
+
+    kvm_set_tlb(kvm_context, env->cpu_index, &tlb);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/qemu/qemu-kvm.h b/qemu/qemu-kvm.h
--- a/qemu/qemu-kvm.h
+++ b/qemu/qemu-kvm.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ int handle_tpr_access(void *opaque, int 
 #ifdef TARGET_PPC
 int handle_powerpc_dcr_read(uint32_t dcrn, uint32_t *data);
 int handle_powerpc_dcr_write(uint32_t dcrn, uint32_t data);
+void kvm_ppc440_tlb_init(CPUState *env);
 #endif
 
 #define ALIGN(x, y)  (((x)+(y)-1) & ~((y)-1))