diff --git a/meta-zephyr-bsp/conf/machine/qemu-cortex-a9.conf b/meta-zephyr-bsp/conf/machine/qemu-cortex-a9.conf
index 4e42695..a04e058 100644
--- a/meta-zephyr-bsp/conf/machine/qemu-cortex-a9.conf
+++ b/meta-zephyr-bsp/conf/machine/qemu-cortex-a9.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #@NAME: qemu-cortex-a9
 #@DESCRIPTION: Machine for Zephyr BOARD qemu_cortex_a9
 
-DEFAULTTUNE ?= "cortexa9"
+DEFAULTTUNE ?= "cortexa9hf-neon"
 require conf/machine/include/qemu.inc
 require conf/machine/include/arm/armv7a/tune-cortexa9.inc