diff --git a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/classes/qemuboot-xilinx.bbclass b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/classes/qemuboot-xilinx.bbclass
index 124454a..62ecbdf 100644
--- a/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/classes/qemuboot-xilinx.bbclass
+++ b/meta-xilinx/meta-xilinx-bsp/classes/qemuboot-xilinx.bbclass
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@
 OVERRIDES .= ":qemuboot-xilinx"
 
 # Default machine targets for Xilinx QEMU (FDT Generic)
-QB_MACHINE_aarch64 = "-machine arm-generic-fdt"
-QB_MACHINE_arm = "-machine arm-generic-fdt-7series"
-QB_MACHINE_microblaze = "-machine microblaze-generic-fdt-plnx"
+# Allow QB_MACHINE to be overridden by a BSP config
+QB_MACHINE ?= "${QB_MACHINE_XILINX}"
+
+QB_MACHINE_XILINX_aarch64 = "-machine arm-generic-fdt"
+QB_MACHINE_XILINX_arm = "-machine arm-generic-fdt-7series"
+QB_MACHINE_XILINX_microblaze = "-machine microblaze-fdt-plnx"
 
 # defaults
 QB_DEFAULT_KERNEL ?= "none"