diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/machine/qemuamd64-cip.conf b/meta-isar/conf/machine/qemuamd64-cip.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1a63fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/machine/qemuamd64-cip.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This software is a part of ISAR.
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2024
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+DISTRO_ARCH ?= "amd64"
+
+KERNEL_NAME ?= "cip"
+
+IMAGE_FSTYPES ?= "wic"
+WKS_FILE ?= "sdimage-efi"
+IMAGER_INSTALL:wic += "${GRUB_BOOTLOADER_INSTALL}"
+
+QEMU_ARCH ?= "x86_64"
+QEMU_MACHINE ?= "q35"
+QEMU_CPU ?= ""
+QEMU_DISK_ARGS ?= "-hda ##ROOTFS_IMAGE## -bios /usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd"
+
+MACHINE_SERIAL ?= "ttyS0"
+BAUDRATE_TTY ?= "115200"
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/mc.conf b/meta-isar/conf/mc.conf
index 212d3e4d..2a7b69f3 100644
--- a/meta-isar/conf/mc.conf
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/mc.conf
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BBMULTICONFIG = " \
     qemuamd64-bullseye \
     qemuamd64-sb-bullseye \
     qemuamd64-bookworm \
+    qemuamd64-cip-bookworm \
     qemuamd64-trixie \
     container-amd64-buster \
     container-amd64-bullseye \
diff --git a/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/qemuamd64-cip-bookworm.conf b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/qemuamd64-cip-bookworm.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6eaedd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-isar/conf/multiconfig/qemuamd64-cip-bookworm.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This software is a part of ISAR.
+
+MACHINE ?= "qemuamd64-cip"
+DISTRO ?= "debian-bookworm"
diff --git a/meta-isar/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.166-cip29.bb b/meta-isar/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.166-cip29.bb
index 4e8fc08a..873ca7b0 100644
--- a/meta-isar/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.166-cip29.bb
+++ b/meta-isar/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-cip_4.4.166-cip29.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Example recipe for building the CIP 4.4 kernel
 #
 # This software is a part of ISAR.
-# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2018
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2024
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ SRC_URI += " \
 
 SRCREV = "af3adf9f9c633ac0e1d68487d7fad22285dda8a3"
 
-KERNEL_DEFCONFIG:qemuamd64 = "x86_64_defconfig"
+KERNEL_DEFCONFIG:qemuamd64-cip = "x86_64_defconfig"
diff --git a/testsuite/start_vm.py b/testsuite/start_vm.py
index 2c986344..76814ee3 100755
--- a/testsuite/start_vm.py
+++ b/testsuite/start_vm.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def start_qemu(arch, build, distro, image, out, pid, enforce_pcbios):
 
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    arch_names = ['arm', 'arm64', 'amd64', 'amd64-sb', 'i386', 'mipsel']
+    arch_names = ['arm', 'arm64', 'amd64', 'amd64-sb', 'amd64-cip', 'i386', 'mipsel']
     distro_names = [
         'buster',
         'bullseye',