diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/qemu.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/qemu.bbclass
index e9fe757c7f..f83faf8049 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/qemu.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/qemu.bbclass
@@ -10,48 +10,13 @@
 #
 
 def qemu_target_binary(data):
-    package_arch = data.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCH")
-    qemu_target_binary = (data.getVar("QEMU_TARGET_BINARY_%s" % package_arch) or "")
-    if qemu_target_binary:
-        return qemu_target_binary
-
-    target_arch = data.getVar("TARGET_ARCH")
-    if target_arch in ("i486", "i586", "i686"):
-        target_arch = "i386"
-    elif target_arch == "powerpc":
-        target_arch = "ppc"
-    elif target_arch == "powerpc64":
-        target_arch = "ppc64"
-    elif target_arch == "powerpc64le":
-        target_arch = "ppc64le"
-
-    return "qemu-" + target_arch
+    return oe.qemu.qemu_target_binary(data)
 
 def qemu_wrapper_cmdline(data, rootfs_path, library_paths):
-    import string
-
-    qemu_binary = qemu_target_binary(data)
-    if qemu_binary == "qemu-allarch":
-        qemu_binary = "qemuwrapper"
-
-    qemu_options = data.getVar("QEMU_OPTIONS") or ""
-
-    return "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 " + qemu_binary + " " + qemu_options + " -L " + rootfs_path\
-            + " -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + ":".join(library_paths) + " "
+    return oe.qemu.qemu_wrapper_cmdline(data, rootfs_path, library_paths)
 
-# Next function will return a string containing the command that is needed to
-# to run a certain binary through qemu. For example, in order to make a certain
-# postinstall scriptlet run at do_rootfs time and running the postinstall is
-# architecture dependent, we can run it through qemu. For example, in the
-# postinstall scriptlet, we could use the following:
-#
-# ${@qemu_run_binary(d, '$D', '/usr/bin/test_app')} [test_app arguments]
-#
 def qemu_run_binary(data, rootfs_path, binary):
-    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir", False)
-    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir", False)
-
-    return qemu_wrapper_cmdline(data, rootfs_path, [libdir, base_libdir]) + rootfs_path + binary
+    return oe.qemu.qemu_run_binary(data, rootfs_path, binary)
 
 # QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS is not meant to be directly used, the extensions are
 # PACKAGE_ARCH, *NOT* overrides.
@@ -59,6 +24,5 @@ def qemu_run_binary(data, rootfs_path, binary):
 # enough and a PACKAGE_ARCH specific -cpu option is needed (hence we have to do
 # this dance). For others (e.g. arm) a -cpu option is not necessary, since the
 # qemu-arm default CPU supports all required architecture levels.
-
 QEMU_OPTIONS = "-r ${OLDEST_KERNEL} ${@d.getVar("QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS:tune-%s" % d.getVar('TUNE_PKGARCH')) or ""}"
 QEMU_OPTIONS[vardeps] += "QEMU_EXTRAOPTIONS:tune-${TUNE_PKGARCH}"
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
index a55694669d..dd094a874a 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
 # Modules with vistorcode need to go first else anything depending on them won't be
 # processed correctly (e.g. qa)
 BBIMPORTS = ["qa", "data", "path", "utils", "types", "package", "packagedata", \
-             "packagegroup", "sstatesig", "lsb", "cachedpath", "license", \
+             "packagegroup", "sstatesig", "lsb", "cachedpath", "license", "qemu", \
              "reproducible", "rust", "buildcfg", "go", "spdx30_tasks", "spdx_common", \
              "cve_check"]
diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/qemu.py b/meta/lib/oe/qemu.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..769865036c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/qemu.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+
+def qemu_target_binary(d):
+    package_arch = d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCH")
+    qemu_target_binary = (d.getVar("QEMU_TARGET_BINARY_%s" % package_arch) or "")
+    if qemu_target_binary:
+        return qemu_target_binary
+
+    target_arch = d.getVar("TARGET_ARCH")
+    if target_arch in ("i486", "i586", "i686"):
+        target_arch = "i386"
+    elif target_arch == "powerpc":
+        target_arch = "ppc"
+    elif target_arch == "powerpc64":
+        target_arch = "ppc64"
+    elif target_arch == "powerpc64le":
+        target_arch = "ppc64le"
+
+    return "qemu-" + target_arch
+
+def qemu_wrapper_cmdline(d, rootfs_path, library_paths, qemu_options=None):
+    import string
+
+    package_arch = d.getVar("PACKAGE_ARCH")
+    if package_arch == "all":
+        return "false"
+
+    qemu_binary = qemu_target_binary(d)
+    if qemu_binary == "qemu-allarch":
+        qemu_binary = "qemuwrapper"
+
+    if qemu_options == None:
+        qemu_options = d.getVar("QEMU_OPTIONS") or ""
+
+    return "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 " + qemu_binary + " " + qemu_options + " -L " + rootfs_path\
+            + " -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + ":".join(library_paths) + " "
+
+# Next function will return a string containing the command that is needed to
+# to run a certain binary through qemu. For example, in order to make a certain
+# postinstall scriptlet run at do_rootfs time and running the postinstall is
+# architecture dependent, we can run it through qemu. For example, in the
+# postinstall scriptlet, we could use the following:
+#
+# ${@qemu_run_binary(d, '$D', '/usr/bin/test_app')} [test_app arguments]
+#
+def qemu_run_binary(d, rootfs_path, binary):
+    libdir = rootfs_path + d.getVar("libdir", False)
+    base_libdir = rootfs_path + d.getVar("base_libdir", False)
+
+    return qemu_wrapper_cmdline(d, rootfs_path, [libdir, base_libdir]) + rootfs_path + binary