diff --git a/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt b/board/qemu/ppc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
similarity index 89%
rename from board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
rename to board/qemu/ppc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
index 27b3beea42..7ba4832e8a 100644
--- a/board/qemu/powerpc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
+++ b/board/qemu/ppc-mpc8544ds/readme.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ Run the emulation with:
 
 The login prompt will appear in the terminal that started Qemu.
 
-Tested with QEMU 1.7.0
+Tested with QEMU 2.0.2
diff --git a/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig b/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig
index 6d7f24d83a..371fa92598 100644
--- a/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig
+++ b/configs/qemu_ppc_mpc8544ds_defconfig
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ BR2_powerpc_8548=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_INITRAMFS=y
 
-# Lock to 3.13 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
+# Lock to 3.17 headers to avoid breaking with newer kernels
 BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_VERSION=y
-BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.13.5"
-BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_13=y
+BR2_DEFAULT_KERNEL_VERSION="3.17"
+BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_LINUX_HEADERS_CUSTOM_3_17=y
 
 # Kernel
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
-BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.13.5"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="3.17"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DEFCONFIG="mpc85xx"
 BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_VMLINUX=y