diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c
index 7dc96abf72cf2b9a..c88c8850fbe00bdb 100644
--- a/hw/arm/virt.c
+++ b/hw/arm/virt.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "hw/arm/primecell.h"
 #include "hw/arm/virt.h"
 #include "hw/block/flash.h"
+#include "hw/gpio/pl061.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-calxeda-xgmac.h"
 #include "hw/vfio/vfio-amd-xgbe.h"
 #include "hw/display/ramfb.h"
@@ -807,30 +808,16 @@ static void virt_powerdown_req(Notifier *n, void *opaque)
 
 static void create_gpio(const VirtMachineState *vms)
 {
-    char *nodename;
     DeviceState *pl061_dev;
     hwaddr base = vms->memmap[VIRT_GPIO].base;
     hwaddr size = vms->memmap[VIRT_GPIO].size;
     int irq = vms->irqmap[VIRT_GPIO];
-    const char compat[] = "arm,pl061\0arm,primecell";
 
     pl061_dev = sysbus_create_simple("pl061", base,
                                      qdev_get_gpio_in(vms->gic, irq));
 
-    uint32_t phandle = qemu_fdt_alloc_phandle(vms->fdt);
-    nodename = g_strdup_printf("/pl061@%" PRIx64, base);
-    qemu_fdt_add_subnode(vms->fdt, nodename);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells(vms->fdt, nodename, "reg",
-                                 2, base, 2, size);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop(vms->fdt, nodename, "compatible", compat, sizeof(compat));
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(vms->fdt, nodename, "#gpio-cells", 2);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop(vms->fdt, nodename, "gpio-controller", NULL, 0);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(vms->fdt, nodename, "interrupts",
-                           GIC_FDT_IRQ_TYPE_SPI, irq,
-                           GIC_FDT_IRQ_FLAGS_LEVEL_HI);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(vms->fdt, nodename, "clocks", vms->clock_phandle);
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(vms->fdt, nodename, "clock-names", "apb_pclk");
-    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(vms->fdt, nodename, "phandle", phandle);
+    uint32_t phandle = pl061_create_fdt(vms->fdt, "", 2, base, size, irq,
+                                        vms->clock_phandle);
 
     gpio_key_dev = sysbus_create_simple("gpio-key", -1,
                                         qdev_get_gpio_in(pl061_dev, 3));
@@ -846,7 +833,6 @@ static void create_gpio(const VirtMachineState *vms)
                           KEY_POWER);
     qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(vms->fdt, "/gpio-keys/poweroff",
                            "gpios", phandle, 3, 0);
-    g_free(nodename);
 }
 
 static void create_virtio_devices(const VirtMachineState *vms)
diff --git a/hw/gpio/pl061.c b/hw/gpio/pl061.c
index e776c09e474216ef..74ba733a8a5e8ca5 100644
--- a/hw/gpio/pl061.c
+++ b/hw/gpio/pl061.c
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/arm/fdt.h"
 #include "hw/gpio/pl061.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "migration/vmstate.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "sysemu/device_tree.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_PL061 1
 
@@ -397,3 +399,43 @@ static void pl061_register_types(void)
 }
 
 type_init(pl061_register_types)
+
+/*
+ * pl061_create_fdt: Create a DT node for a PL061 GPIO controller
+ * @fdt: device tree blob
+ * @parent: name of the parent node
+ * @n_cells: value of #address-cells and #size-cells
+ * @base: base address of the controller's register block
+ * @size: size of the controller's register block
+ * @irq: interrupt number
+ * @clock: phandle of the apb-pclk clock
+ *
+ * Return value: a phandle referring to the created DT node.
+ *
+ * See the DT Binding Documentation in the Linux kernel source tree:
+ * Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/pl061-gpio.yaml
+ */
+uint32_t pl061_create_fdt(void *fdt, const char *parent, unsigned int n_cells,
+                          hwaddr base, hwaddr size, int irq, uint32_t clock)
+{
+    char *nodename = g_strdup_printf("%s/gpio@%" PRIx64, parent, base);
+    static const char compat[] = "arm,pl061\0arm,primecell";
+    uint32_t phandle = qemu_fdt_alloc_phandle(fdt);
+
+    qemu_fdt_add_subnode(fdt, nodename);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_sized_cells(fdt, nodename, "reg", n_cells, base, n_cells,
+                                 size);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, nodename, "compatible", compat, sizeof(compat));
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, nodename, "#gpio-cells", 2);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, nodename, "gpio-controller", NULL, 0);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, nodename, "#interrupt-cells", 2);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop(fdt, nodename, "interrupt-controller", NULL, 0);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_cells(fdt, nodename, "interrupts", GIC_FDT_IRQ_TYPE_SPI,
+                           irq, GIC_FDT_IRQ_FLAGS_LEVEL_HI);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, nodename, "clocks", clock);
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_string(fdt, nodename, "clock-names", "apb_pclk");
+    qemu_fdt_setprop_cell(fdt, nodename, "phandle", phandle);
+    g_free(nodename);
+
+    return phandle;
+}
diff --git a/include/hw/gpio/pl061.h b/include/hw/gpio/pl061.h
index 78cc40c52679dc4e..f98c6e24e0e68662 100644
--- a/include/hw/gpio/pl061.h
+++ b/include/hw/gpio/pl061.h
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 #ifndef PL061_GPIO_H
 #define PL061_GPIO_H
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#include "exec/hwaddr.h"
+
 #define TYPE_PL061 "pl061"
 
+uint32_t pl061_create_fdt(void *fdt, const char *parent, unsigned int n_cells,
+                          hwaddr addr, hwaddr size, int irq, uint32_t clock);
+
 #endif /* PL061_GPIO_H */
