diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
index 30f9239..cad3e86 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
@@ -184,6 +185,44 @@ int dump_task_fpu (struct task_struct *tsk, elf_fpregset_t *r)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Idle thread support
+ *
+ * Detect when running on QEMU with SeaBIOS PDC Firmware and let
+ * QEMU idle the host too.
+ */
+
+int running_on_qemu __read_mostly;
+
+void __cpuidle arch_cpu_idle_dead(void)
+{
+	/* nop on real hardware, qemu will offline CPU. */
+	asm volatile("or %%r31,%%r31,%%r31\n":::);
+}
+
+void __cpuidle arch_cpu_idle(void)
+{
+	local_irq_enable();
+
+	/* nop on real hardware, qemu will idle sleep. */
+	asm volatile("or %%r10,%%r10,%%r10\n":::);
+}
+
+static int __init parisc_idle_init(void)
+{
+	const char *marker;
+
+	/* check QEMU/SeaBIOS marker in PAGE0 */
+	marker = (char *) &PAGE0->pad0;
+	running_on_qemu = (memcmp(marker, "SeaBIOS", 8) == 0);
+
+	if (!running_on_qemu)
+		cpu_idle_poll_ctrl(1);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+arch_initcall(parisc_idle_init);
+
+/*
  * Copy architecture-specific thread state
  */
 int