diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
index a87dee5c99..e1ed3bbd4d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/qemu/qemu.inc
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "arch"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}/icons"
 
+python populate_packages:prepend() {
+    archdir = d.expand('${bindir}/')
+    do_split_packages(d, archdir, r'^qemu-system-(.*)$', '${PN}-system-%s', 'QEMU full system emulation binaries(%s)', extra_depends='${PN}', prepend=True)
+}
+
 # Put the guest agent in a separate package
 PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-guest-agent"
 SUMMARY:${PN}-guest-agent = "QEMU guest agent"