diff --git a/boot-qemu.py b/boot-qemu.py
index 331a986..bfcbb53 100755
--- a/boot-qemu.py
+++ b/boot-qemu.py
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ def get_qemu_args(cfg):
         qemu = "qemu-system-ppc64"
         qemu_args += ["-device", "ipmi-bmc-sim,id=bmc0"]
         qemu_args += ["-device", "isa-ipmi-bt,bmc=bmc0,irq=10"]
-        qemu_args += ["-machine", "powernv8"]
+        qemu_args += ["-machine", "powernv"]
         ram = "2G"
 
     elif arch == "riscv":