diff --git a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
index 62c6fe4cf12d7f019021dab56dba34f71630b835..01392dc945f13be46ea50dd1d790dc6f47a9bb1a 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/arch_init.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ enum {
     QEMU_ARCH_NIOS2 = (1 << 17),
     QEMU_ARCH_HPPA = (1 << 18),
     QEMU_ARCH_RISCV = (1 << 19),
+
+    QEMU_ARCH_NONE = (1 << 31),
 };
 
 extern const uint32_t arch_type;
diff --git a/stubs/Makefile.objs b/stubs/Makefile.objs
index 7afbe5fb61d31dd2c84859d77fa52a2c6db3a5cc..24062ce7d9e4b4ed99ce7895b1e3e0c4da0cf12e 100644
--- a/stubs/Makefile.objs
+++ b/stubs/Makefile.objs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+stub-obj-y += arch_type.o
 stub-obj-y += bdrv-next-monitor-owned.o
 stub-obj-y += blk-commit-all.o
 stub-obj-y += blockdev-close-all-bdrv-states.o
diff --git a/stubs/arch_type.c b/stubs/arch_type.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fc5423bc98ac38368e6e82debe3e6c5f1e7fac1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stubs/arch_type.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "sysemu/arch_init.h"
+
+const uint32_t arch_type = QEMU_ARCH_NONE;