diff --git a/lib/acpi/Makefile b/lib/acpi/Makefile
index 1318e83..4674a92 100644
--- a/lib/acpi/Makefile
+++ b/lib/acpi/Makefile
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ACPIGEN) += acpi_dp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ACPIGEN) += acpi_table.o
 obj-y += acpi_writer.o
+
+# With QEMU the ACPI tables come from there, not from U-Boot
+ifndef CONFIG_QEMU
+obj-y += base.o
+endif
diff --git a/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c b/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c
index 284b5a9..f8642f9 100644
--- a/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c
+++ b/lib/acpi/acpi_table.c
@@ -201,81 +201,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void acpi_write_rsdp(struct acpi_rsdp *rsdp, struct acpi_rsdt *rsdt,
-		     struct acpi_xsdt *xsdt)
-{
-	memset(rsdp, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp));
-
-	memcpy(rsdp->signature, RSDP_SIG, 8);
-	memcpy(rsdp->oem_id, OEM_ID, 6);
-
-	rsdp->length = sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp);
-	rsdp->rsdt_address = map_to_sysmem(rsdt);
-
-	rsdp->xsdt_address = map_to_sysmem(xsdt);
-	rsdp->revision = ACPI_RSDP_REV_ACPI_2_0;
-
-	/* Calculate checksums */
-	rsdp->checksum = table_compute_checksum(rsdp, 20);
-	rsdp->ext_checksum = table_compute_checksum(rsdp,
-						    sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp));
-}
-
-static void acpi_write_rsdt(struct acpi_rsdt *rsdt)
-{
-	struct acpi_table_header *header = &rsdt->header;
-
-	/* Fill out header fields */
-	acpi_fill_header(header, "RSDT");
-	header->length = sizeof(struct acpi_rsdt);
-	header->revision = 1;
-
-	/* Entries are filled in later, we come with an empty set */
-
-	/* Fix checksum */
-	header->checksum = table_compute_checksum(rsdt,
-						  sizeof(struct acpi_rsdt));
-}
-
-static void acpi_write_xsdt(struct acpi_xsdt *xsdt)
-{
-	struct acpi_table_header *header = &xsdt->header;
-
-	/* Fill out header fields */
-	acpi_fill_header(header, "XSDT");
-	header->length = sizeof(struct acpi_xsdt);
-	header->revision = 1;
-
-	/* Entries are filled in later, we come with an empty set */
-
-	/* Fix checksum */
-	header->checksum = table_compute_checksum(xsdt,
-						  sizeof(struct acpi_xsdt));
-}
-
-void acpi_setup_base_tables(struct acpi_ctx *ctx)
-{
-	/* We need at least an RSDP and an RSDT Table */
-	ctx->rsdp = ctx->current;
-	acpi_inc_align(ctx, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp));
-	ctx->rsdt = ctx->current;
-	acpi_inc_align(ctx, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdt));
-	ctx->xsdt = ctx->current;
-	acpi_inc_align(ctx, sizeof(struct acpi_xsdt));
-
-	/* clear all table memory */
-	memset(ctx->base, '\0', ctx->current - ctx->base);
-
-	acpi_write_rsdp(ctx->rsdp, ctx->rsdt, ctx->xsdt);
-	acpi_write_rsdt(ctx->rsdt);
-	acpi_write_xsdt(ctx->xsdt);
-	/*
-	 * Per ACPI spec, the FACS table address must be aligned to a 64 byte
-	 * boundary (Windows checks this, but Linux does not).
-	 */
-	acpi_align64(ctx);
-}
-
 void acpi_create_dbg2(struct acpi_dbg2_header *dbg2,
 		      int port_type, int port_subtype,
 		      struct acpi_gen_regaddr *address, u32 address_size,
diff --git a/lib/acpi/acpi_writer.c b/lib/acpi/acpi_writer.c
index 53fc753..d2505e6 100644
--- a/lib/acpi/acpi_writer.c
+++ b/lib/acpi/acpi_writer.c
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@
 	if (ret)
 		return log_msg_ret("write", ret);
 
-	acpi_align(ctx);
+	if (entry->flags & ACPIWF_ALIGN64)
+		acpi_align64(ctx);
+	else
+		acpi_align(ctx);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/lib/acpi/base.c b/lib/acpi/base.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e8d703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/acpi/base.c
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Write base ACPI tables
+ *
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <acpi/acpi_table.h>
+#include <dm/acpi.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+#include <tables_csum.h>
+
+void acpi_write_rsdp(struct acpi_rsdp *rsdp, struct acpi_rsdt *rsdt,
+		     struct acpi_xsdt *xsdt)
+{
+	memset(rsdp, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp));
+
+	memcpy(rsdp->signature, RSDP_SIG, 8);
+	memcpy(rsdp->oem_id, OEM_ID, 6);
+
+	rsdp->length = sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp);
+	rsdp->rsdt_address = map_to_sysmem(rsdt);
+
+	rsdp->xsdt_address = map_to_sysmem(xsdt);
+	rsdp->revision = ACPI_RSDP_REV_ACPI_2_0;
+
+	/* Calculate checksums */
+	rsdp->checksum = table_compute_checksum(rsdp, 20);
+	rsdp->ext_checksum = table_compute_checksum(rsdp,
+						    sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp));
+}
+
+static void acpi_write_rsdt(struct acpi_rsdt *rsdt)
+{
+	struct acpi_table_header *header = &rsdt->header;
+
+	/* Fill out header fields */
+	acpi_fill_header(header, "RSDT");
+	header->length = sizeof(struct acpi_rsdt);
+	header->revision = 1;
+
+	/* Entries are filled in later, we come with an empty set */
+
+	/* Fix checksum */
+	header->checksum = table_compute_checksum(rsdt,
+						  sizeof(struct acpi_rsdt));
+}
+
+static void acpi_write_xsdt(struct acpi_xsdt *xsdt)
+{
+	struct acpi_table_header *header = &xsdt->header;
+
+	/* Fill out header fields */
+	acpi_fill_header(header, "XSDT");
+	header->length = sizeof(struct acpi_xsdt);
+	header->revision = 1;
+
+	/* Entries are filled in later, we come with an empty set */
+
+	/* Fix checksum */
+	header->checksum = table_compute_checksum(xsdt,
+						  sizeof(struct acpi_xsdt));
+}
+
+static int acpi_write_base(struct acpi_ctx *ctx,
+			   const struct acpi_writer *entry)
+{
+	/* We need at least an RSDP and an RSDT Table */
+	ctx->rsdp = ctx->current;
+	acpi_inc_align(ctx, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdp));
+	ctx->rsdt = ctx->current;
+	acpi_inc_align(ctx, sizeof(struct acpi_rsdt));
+	ctx->xsdt = ctx->current;
+	acpi_inc_align(ctx, sizeof(struct acpi_xsdt));
+
+	/* clear all table memory */
+	memset(ctx->base, '\0', ctx->current - ctx->base);
+
+	acpi_write_rsdp(ctx->rsdp, ctx->rsdt, ctx->xsdt);
+	acpi_write_rsdt(ctx->rsdt);
+	acpi_write_xsdt(ctx->xsdt);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+/*
+ * Per ACPI spec, the FACS table address must be aligned to a 64-byte boundary
+ * (Windows checks this, but Linux does not).
+ *
+ * Use the '0' prefix to put this one first
+ */
+ACPI_WRITER(0base, NULL, acpi_write_base, ACPIWF_ALIGN64);