diff --git a/package/qemu/Config.in.host b/package/qemu/Config.in.host
index effe58b211..b1c3ab685e 100644
--- a/package/qemu/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/qemu/Config.in.host
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_microblazebe
 	default y if BR2_mips
 	default y if BR2_mipsel
+	default y if BR2_nios2
 	default y if BR2_powerpc
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64le
diff --git a/package/qemu/qemu.mk b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
index 2c11f64ad0..c5d33d7d3c 100644
--- a/package/qemu/qemu.mk
+++ b/package/qemu/qemu.mk
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ HOST_QEMU_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-zlib host-libglib2 host-pixman
 #       mipsel          mipsel
 #       mips64          mips64
 #       mips64el        mips64el
+#       nios2           nios2
 #       powerpc         ppc
 #       powerpc64       ppc64
 #       powerpc64le     ppc64 (system) / ppc64le (usermode)