diff --git a/board/qemu/nios2-10m50/linux-4.9.fragment b/board/qemu/nios2-10m50/linux-4.9.fragment
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+++ b/board/qemu/nios2-10m50/linux-4.9.fragment
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+# Embed the DTB in the kernel image
+CONFIG_NIOS2_DTB_SOURCE_BOOL=y
+CONFIG_NIOS2_DTB_SOURCE="arch/nios2/boot/dts/10m50_devboard.dts"
diff --git a/board/qemu/nios2-10m50/readme.txt b/board/qemu/nios2-10m50/readme.txt
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+++ b/board/qemu/nios2-10m50/readme.txt
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+Run the emulation with:
+
+  qemu-system-nios2 -kernel output/images/vmlinux -nographic
+
+The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
+
+Tested with the upcoming QEMU 2.9.0 [1]
+
+[1] http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;h=ae5045ae5b2bbd8ce1335d1b05f9ecacca83a6cf
diff --git a/configs/qemu_nios2_10m50_defconfig b/configs/qemu_nios2_10m50_defconfig
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+BR2_nios2=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="4.9.5"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="10m50"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES="board/qemu/nios2-10m50/linux-4.9.fragment"
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y