diff --git a/configs/targets/aarch64-softmmu.c b/configs/targets/aarch64-softmmu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e1e2f64da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/targets/aarch64-softmmu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU binary/target API (qemu-system-aarch64)
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) Linaro
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/target-info-impl.h"
+#include "hw/arm/machines-qom.h"
+#include "target/arm/cpu-qom.h"
+
+static const TargetInfo target_info_aarch64_system = {
+    .target_name = "aarch64",
+    .target_arch = SYS_EMU_TARGET_AARCH64,
+    .long_bits = 64,
+    .cpu_type = TYPE_ARM_CPU,
+    .machine_typename = TYPE_TARGET_AARCH64_MACHINE,
+    .endianness = ENDIAN_MODE_LITTLE,
+};
+
+const TargetInfo *target_info(void)
+{
+    return &target_info_aarch64_system;
+}
diff --git a/configs/targets/arm-softmmu.c b/configs/targets/arm-softmmu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b3fdd2854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/targets/arm-softmmu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU binary/target API (qemu-system-arm)
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) Linaro
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/target-info-impl.h"
+#include "hw/arm/machines-qom.h"
+#include "target/arm/cpu-qom.h"
+
+static const TargetInfo target_info_arm_system = {
+    .target_name = "arm",
+    .target_arch = SYS_EMU_TARGET_ARM,
+    .long_bits = 32,
+    .cpu_type = TYPE_ARM_CPU,
+    .machine_typename = TYPE_TARGET_ARM_MACHINE,
+    .endianness = ENDIAN_MODE_LITTLE,
+};
+
+const TargetInfo *target_info(void)
+{
+    return &target_info_arm_system;
+}
diff --git a/configs/targets/meson.build b/configs/targets/meson.build
index a9f6b24ec0..cca2514eb5 100644
--- a/configs/targets/meson.build
+++ b/configs/targets/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 foreach target : [
+      'arm-softmmu', 'aarch64-softmmu',
   ]
   config_target_info += {target : files(target + '.c')}
 endforeach