diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/cbmem.c b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-power8/cbmem.c
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+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * This software is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation, and
+ * may be copied, distributed, and modified under those terms.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include <cbmem.h>
+
+void *cbmem_top(void)
+{
+	/* Top of cbmem is at lowest usable DRAM address below 4GiB. */
+	/* For now, last 1M of 4G */
+	void *ptr = (void *) ((1ULL << 32) - 1048576);
+	return ptr;
+}
+