diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in b/package/qemu/Config.in
index e960a062cb..15d6c7d6b5 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QEMU_ARCH_SUPPORTS_TARGET
 	default y if BR2_mipsel
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64le
+	default y if BR2_riscv
 	default y if BR2_x86_64
 
 comment "QEMU requires a toolchain with wchar, threads, gcc >= 8"