diff --git a/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c
index 4704bb8a96..b6f0ad5835 100644
--- a/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c
+++ b/src/cpu/qemu-x86/qemu.c
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@
 
 #include <cpu/cpu.h>
 #include <device/device.h>
+#include <cpu/x86/lapic.h>
+
+static void qemu_cpu_init(struct device *dev)
+{
+	setup_lapic();
+}
 
 static struct device_operations cpu_dev_ops = {
+	.init = qemu_cpu_init,
 };
 
 static struct cpu_device_id cpu_table[] = {