diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/Makefile
index ef7637a..4094785 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/Makefile
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@
 obj-y	+= cpu_init.o
 obj-y	+= cpu_init_early.o
 obj-y	+= interrupts.o
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_QEMU_E500),y)
 obj-y	+= speed.o
+endif
 obj-y	+= tlb.o
 obj-y	+= traps.o
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c
index 3e99b07..2c8126c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV 8
 #endif
-unsigned long get_tbclk (void)
+__weak unsigned long get_tbclk (void)
 {
 	unsigned long tbclk_div = CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV;
 
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@
 	!defined(CONFIG_SYS_INIT_L2_ADDR)
 phys_size_t initdram(int board_type)
 {
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM) || defined(CONFIG_DDR_SPD)
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM) || defined(CONFIG_DDR_SPD) || \
+	defined(CONFIG_QEMU_E500)
 	return fsl_ddr_sdram_size();
 #else
 	return (phys_size_t)CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_SIZE * 1024 * 1024;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init_early.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init_early.c
index 993b8b8..998781b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init_early.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu_init_early.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* We run cpu_init_early_f in AS = 1 */
-void cpu_init_early_f(void)
+void cpu_init_early_f(void *fdt)
 {
 	u32 mas0, mas1, mas2, mas3, mas7;
 	int i;
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < sizeof(gd_t); i++)
 		((char *)gd)[i] = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS below may use gd->fdt_blob on ePAPR systems,
+	 * so we need to populate it before it accesses it.
+	 */
+	gd->fdt_blob = fdt;
+
 	mas0 = MAS0_TLBSEL(1) | MAS0_ESEL(13);
 	mas1 = MAS1_VALID | MAS1_TID(0) | MAS1_TS | MAS1_TSIZE(BOOKE_PAGESZ_1M);
 	mas2 = FSL_BOOKE_MAS2(CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR, MAS2_I|MAS2_G);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S
index 691bd3a..6b0380f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@
 	li	r1,MSR_DE
 	mtmsr 	r1
 
+	/*
+	 * If we got an ePAPR device tree pointer passed in as r3, we need that
+	 * later in cpu_init_early_f(). Save it to a safe register before we
+	 * clobber it so that we can fetch it from there later.
+	 */
+	mr	r24, r3
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
 	mfspr	r3,SPRN_SVR
 	rlwinm	r3,r3,0,0xff
@@ -1142,6 +1149,10 @@
 	mr	r1,r3		/* Transfer to SP(r1) */
 
 	GET_GOT
+
+	/* Pass our potential ePAPR device tree pointer to cpu_init_early_f */
+	mr	r3, r24
+
 	bl	cpu_init_early_f
 
 	/* switch back to AS = 0 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/tlb.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/tlb.c
index fed8df9..129ec66 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/tlb.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		mtspr(MMUCSR0, 0x2);
 }
 
-void init_tlbs(void)
+__weak void init_tlbs(void)
 {
 	int i;