diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c
index ada9eea..2482c63 100644
--- a/hw/core/machine.c
+++ b/hw/core/machine.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
+#include "sysemu/numa.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ static void machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
      * On Linux, each node's border has to be 8MB aligned
      */
     mc->numa_mem_align_shift = 23;
+    mc->numa_auto_assign_ram = numa_default_auto_assign_ram;
 
     object_class_property_add_str(oc, "accel",
         machine_get_accel, machine_set_accel, &error_abort);
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 9f102aa..e1dbded 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_2_9_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
     pc_i440fx_machine_options(m);
     m->alias = "pc";
     m->is_default = 1;
+    m->numa_auto_assign_ram = numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram;
 }
 
 DEFINE_I440FX_MACHINE(v2_9, "pc-i440fx-2.9", NULL,
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index dd792a8..b8a6fd7 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ static void pc_q35_2_9_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
     pc_q35_machine_options(m);
     m->alias = "q35";
+    m->numa_auto_assign_ram = numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram;
 }
 
 DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(v2_9, "pc-q35-2.9", NULL,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 80d12d0..bdc31ce 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -3242,6 +3242,7 @@ static void spapr_machine_2_9_class_options(MachineClass *mc)
 {
     spapr_machine_2_10_class_options(mc);
     SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(mc, SPAPR_COMPAT_2_9);
+    mc->numa_auto_assign_ram = numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram;
 }
 
 DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_9, "2.9", false);
diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
index 31d9c72..99458eb 100644
--- a/include/hw/boards.h
+++ b/include/hw/boards.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ struct MachineClass {
     int minimum_page_bits;
     bool has_hotpluggable_cpus;
     int numa_mem_align_shift;
+    void (*numa_auto_assign_ram)(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
+                                 int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
 
     HotplugHandler *(*get_hotplug_handler)(MachineState *machine,
                                            DeviceState *dev);
diff --git a/include/qemu/typedefs.h b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
index f08d327..7d85057 100644
--- a/include/qemu/typedefs.h
+++ b/include/qemu/typedefs.h
@@ -97,5 +97,6 @@ typedef struct SSIBus SSIBus;
 typedef struct uWireSlave uWireSlave;
 typedef struct VirtIODevice VirtIODevice;
 typedef struct Visitor Visitor;
+typedef struct node_info NodeInfo;
 
 #endif /* QEMU_TYPEDEFS_H */
diff --git a/include/sysemu/numa.h b/include/sysemu/numa.h
index 8f09dcf..6270384 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/numa.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/numa.h
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ struct numa_addr_range {
     QLIST_ENTRY(numa_addr_range) entry;
 };
 
-typedef struct node_info {
+struct node_info {
     uint64_t node_mem;
     unsigned long *node_cpu;
     struct HostMemoryBackend *node_memdev;
     bool present;
     QLIST_HEAD(, numa_addr_range) addr; /* List to store address ranges */
-} NodeInfo;
+};
 
 extern NodeInfo numa_info[MAX_NODES];
 void parse_numa_opts(MachineClass *mc);
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ extern QemuOptsList qemu_numa_opts;
 void numa_set_mem_node_id(ram_addr_t addr, uint64_t size, uint32_t node);
 void numa_unset_mem_node_id(ram_addr_t addr, uint64_t size, uint32_t node);
 uint32_t numa_get_node(ram_addr_t addr, Error **errp);
+void numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
+                                 int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
+void numa_default_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
+                                  int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size);
+
 
 /* on success returns node index in numa_info,
  * on failure returns nb_numa_nodes */
diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c
index 6fc2393..750fd95 100644
--- a/numa.c
+++ b/numa.c
@@ -294,6 +294,42 @@ static void validate_numa_cpus(void)
     g_free(seen_cpus);
 }
 
+void numa_legacy_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
+                                 int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size)
+{
+    int i;
+    uint64_t usedmem = 0;
+
+    /* Align each node according to the alignment
+     * requirements of the machine class
+     */
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_nodes - 1; i++) {
+        nodes[i].node_mem = (size / nb_nodes) &
+                            ~((1 << mc->numa_mem_align_shift) - 1);
+        usedmem += nodes[i].node_mem;
+    }
+    nodes[i].node_mem = size - usedmem;
+}
+
+void numa_default_auto_assign_ram(MachineClass *mc, NodeInfo *nodes,
+                                  int nb_nodes, ram_addr_t size)
+{
+    int i;
+    uint64_t usedmem = 0, node_mem;
+    uint64_t granularity = size / nb_nodes;
+    uint64_t propagate = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < nb_nodes - 1; i++) {
+        node_mem = (granularity + propagate) &
+                   ~((1 << mc->numa_mem_align_shift) - 1);
+        propagate = granularity + propagate - node_mem;
+        nodes[i].node_mem = node_mem;
+        usedmem += node_mem;
+    }
+    nodes[i].node_mem = ram_size - usedmem;
+}
+
 void parse_numa_opts(MachineClass *mc)
 {
     int i;
@@ -336,17 +372,8 @@ void parse_numa_opts(MachineClass *mc)
             }
         }
         if (i == nb_numa_nodes) {
-            uint64_t usedmem = 0;
-
-            /* Align each node according to the alignment
-             * requirements of the machine class
-             */
-            for (i = 0; i < nb_numa_nodes - 1; i++) {
-                numa_info[i].node_mem = (ram_size / nb_numa_nodes) &
-                                        ~((1 << mc->numa_mem_align_shift) - 1);
-                usedmem += numa_info[i].node_mem;
-            }
-            numa_info[i].node_mem = ram_size - usedmem;
+            assert(mc->numa_auto_assign_ram);
+            mc->numa_auto_assign_ram(mc, numa_info, nb_numa_nodes, ram_size);
         }
 
         numa_total = 0;
