diff --git a/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak b/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak
index 311584fd74eb..2ff27c2e1d5a 100644
--- a/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak
+++ b/default-configs/arm-softmmu.mak
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ CONFIG_STM32F2XX_SYSCFG=y
 CONFIG_STM32F2XX_ADC=y
 CONFIG_STM32F2XX_SPI=y
 CONFIG_STM32F205_SOC=y
+CONFIG_NRF51_SOC=y
 
 CONFIG_CMSDK_APB_TIMER=y
 CONFIG_CMSDK_APB_UART=y
diff --git a/hw/arm/Makefile.objs b/hw/arm/Makefile.objs
index 2902f47b4c4c..ae4e20373b9e 100644
--- a/hw/arm/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/arm/Makefile.objs
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IOTKIT) += iotkit.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_IMX7) += fsl-imx7.o mcimx7d-sabre.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SMMUV3) += smmu-common.o smmuv3.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FSL_IMX6UL) += fsl-imx6ul.o mcimx6ul-evk.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NRF51_SOC) += nrf51_soc.o
diff --git a/hw/arm/nrf51_soc.c b/hw/arm/nrf51_soc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f9649c7807d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/arm/nrf51_soc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+/*
+ * Nordic Semiconductor nRF51 SoC
+ * http://infocenter.nordicsemi.com/pdf/nRF51_RM_v3.0.1.pdf
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "hw/arm/arm.h"
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "hw/boards.h"
+#include "hw/devices.h"
+#include "hw/misc/unimp.h"
+#include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "qemu/log.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+
+#include "hw/arm/nrf51_soc.h"
+
+#define IOMEM_BASE      0x40000000
+#define IOMEM_SIZE      0x20000000
+
+#define FICR_BASE       0x10000000
+#define FICR_SIZE       0x000000fc
+
+#define FLASH_BASE      0x00000000
+#define SRAM_BASE       0x20000000
+
+/* The size and base is for the NRF51822 part. If other parts
+ * are supported in the future, add a sub-class of NRF51SoC for
+ * the specific variants */
+#define NRF51822_FLASH_SIZE     (256 * 1024)
+#define NRF51822_SRAM_SIZE      (16 * 1024)
+
+static void nrf51_soc_realize(DeviceState *dev_soc, Error **errp)
+{
+    NRF51State *s = NRF51_SOC(dev_soc);
+    Error *err = NULL;
+
+    if (!s->board_memory) {
+        error_setg(errp, "memory property was not set");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&s->cpu), OBJECT(&s->container), "memory",
+            &err);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->cpu), true, "realized", &err);
+
+    memory_region_add_subregion_overlap(&s->container, 0, s->board_memory, -1);
+
+    memory_region_init_ram(&s->flash, OBJECT(s), "nrf51.flash", s->flash_size,
+            &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    memory_region_set_readonly(&s->flash, true);
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&s->container, FLASH_BASE, &s->flash);
+
+    memory_region_init_ram(&s->sram, NULL, "nrf51.sram", s->sram_size, &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    memory_region_add_subregion(&s->container, SRAM_BASE, &s->sram);
+
+    create_unimplemented_device("nrf51_soc.io", IOMEM_BASE, IOMEM_SIZE);
+    create_unimplemented_device("nrf51_soc.ficr", FICR_BASE, FICR_SIZE);
+    create_unimplemented_device("nrf51_soc.private", 0xF0000000, 0x10000000);
+}
+
+static void nrf51_soc_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    NRF51State *s = NRF51_SOC(obj);
+
+    memory_region_init(&s->container, obj, "nrf51-container", UINT64_MAX);
+
+    object_initialize(&s->cpu, sizeof(s->cpu), TYPE_ARMV7M);
+    object_property_add_child(OBJECT(s), "armv6m", OBJECT(&s->cpu), &error_abort);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->cpu), sysbus_get_default());
+    qdev_prop_set_string(DEVICE(&s->cpu), "cpu-type", ARM_CPU_TYPE_NAME("cortex-m0"));
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->cpu), "num-irq", 32);
+}
+
+static Property nrf51_soc_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_LINK("memory", NRF51State, board_memory, TYPE_MEMORY_REGION,
+                     MemoryRegion *),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("sram-size", NRF51State, sram_size, NRF51822_SRAM_SIZE),
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("flash-size", NRF51State, flash_size, NRF51822_FLASH_SIZE),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void nrf51_soc_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+
+    dc->realize = nrf51_soc_realize;
+    dc->props = nrf51_soc_properties;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo nrf51_soc_info = {
+    .name          = TYPE_NRF51_SOC,
+    .parent        = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(NRF51State),
+    .instance_init = nrf51_soc_init,
+    .class_init    = nrf51_soc_class_init,
+};
+
+static void nrf51_soc_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&nrf51_soc_info);
+}
+type_init(nrf51_soc_types)
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/nrf51_soc.h b/include/hw/arm/nrf51_soc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e380ec26b8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/arm/nrf51_soc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Nordic Semiconductor nRF51  SoC
+ *
+ * Copyright 2018 Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef NRF51_SOC_H
+#define NRF51_SOC_H
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "hw/arm/armv7m.h"
+
+#define TYPE_NRF51_SOC "nrf51-soc"
+#define NRF51_SOC(obj) \
+    OBJECT_CHECK(NRF51State, (obj), TYPE_NRF51_SOC)
+
+typedef struct NRF51State {
+    /*< private >*/
+    SysBusDevice parent_obj;
+
+    /*< public >*/
+    ARMv7MState cpu;
+
+    MemoryRegion iomem;
+    MemoryRegion sram;
+    MemoryRegion flash;
+
+    uint32_t sram_size;
+    uint32_t flash_size;
+
+    MemoryRegion *board_memory;
+
+    MemoryRegion container;
+
+} NRF51State;
+
+#endif
+
