diff --git a/src/include/cpu/generic/i386/arch/stdint.h b/src/include/cpu/generic/i386/arch/stdint.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2c2ea2d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/cpu/generic/i386/arch/stdint.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* data types */
+typedef unsigned long u32;
+typedef unsigned short u16;
+typedef unsigned char u8;
+
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/mainboard.c b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/mainboard.c
index c742fbe96b..3992196080 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/mainboard.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/qemu-i386/mainboard.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <device/pci.h>
 #include <device/pci_ids.h>
 #include <device/pci_ops.h>
+#include <arch/stdint.h>
 #include "dtc.h"
 
 struct chip_operations mainboard_emulation_qemu_i386_ops = {