diff --git a/src/dev/qemu/QemuFwCfg.py b/src/dev/qemu/QemuFwCfg.py
index 3a21063df1..0851ef0f40 100644
--- a/src/dev/qemu/QemuFwCfg.py
+++ b/src/dev/qemu/QemuFwCfg.py
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ class QemuFwCfgItemString(QemuFwCfgItem):
     # The string which directly populates this item.
     string = Param.String('String to export')
 
+class QemuFwCfgItemBytes(QemuFwCfgItem):
+    type = 'QemuFwCfgItemBytes'
+    cxx_class = 'gem5::qemu::FwCfgItemFactory<gem5::qemu::FwCfgItemBytes>'
+    cxx_template_params = ['class ItemType']
+    cxx_header = 'dev/qemu/fw_cfg.hh'
+
+    data = VectorParam.UInt8('Bytes to export')
+
 class QemuFwCfg(PioDevice):
     type = 'QemuFwCfg'
     cxx_class = 'gem5::qemu::FwCfg'
diff --git a/src/dev/qemu/SConscript b/src/dev/qemu/SConscript
index a2fff02231..59a50cf108 100644
--- a/src/dev/qemu/SConscript
+++ b/src/dev/qemu/SConscript
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 Import('*')
 
 SimObject('QemuFwCfg.py', sim_objects=[
-    'QemuFwCfgItem', 'QemuFwCfgItemFile', 'QemuFwCfgItemString',
+    'QemuFwCfgItem',
+    'QemuFwCfgItemBytes', 'QemuFwCfgItemFile', 'QemuFwCfgItemString',
     'QemuFwCfg', 'QemuFwCfgIo', 'QemuFwCfgMmio'])
 Source('fw_cfg.cc')
 
diff --git a/src/dev/qemu/fw_cfg.hh b/src/dev/qemu/fw_cfg.hh
index 4c780b3fea..c196eb6c1f 100644
--- a/src/dev/qemu/fw_cfg.hh
+++ b/src/dev/qemu/fw_cfg.hh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "params/QemuFwCfg.hh"
 #include "params/QemuFwCfgIo.hh"
 #include "params/QemuFwCfgItem.hh"
+#include "params/QemuFwCfgItemBytes.hh"
 #include "params/QemuFwCfgItemFile.hh"
 #include "params/QemuFwCfgItemString.hh"
 #include "params/QemuFwCfgMmio.hh"
@@ -134,6 +135,26 @@ class FwCfgItemString : public FwCfgItemFixed
     }
 };
 
+// An item who's value comes from an array of bytes.
+class FwCfgItemBytes : public FwCfgItemFixed
+{
+  private:
+    std::vector<uint8_t> data;
+
+  public:
+    FwCfgItemBytes(const std::string &new_path, bool arch_specific,
+            const std::vector<uint8_t> &_data, uint16_t new_index=0) :
+        FwCfgItemFixed(new_path, arch_specific, new_index), data(_data)
+    {}
+
+    FwCfgItemBytes(const QemuFwCfgItemBytesParams &p) :
+        FwCfgItemBytes(p.path, p.arch_specific, p.data, p.index)
+    {}
+
+    const void *bytes() const override { return (void *)data.data(); }
+    uint64_t length() const override { return data.size(); }
+};
+
 /*
  * Base and template classes for creating SimObject wrappers for item types.
  */