diff --git a/include/target.mk b/include/target.mk
index 93c1c42552..d593a5f0df 100644
--- a/include/target.mk
+++ b/include/target.mk
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ ifeq ($(DUMP),1)
     CPU_CFLAGS += -mno-branch-likely
     CPU_CFLAGS_mips32 = -mips32 -mtune=mips32
     CPU_CFLAGS_mips64 = -mips64 -mtune=mips64 -mabi=64
+    CPU_CFLAGS_mips64r2 = -mips64r2 -mtune=mips64r2 -mabi=64
     CPU_CFLAGS_24kc = -mips32r2 -mtune=24kc
     CPU_CFLAGS_74kc = -mips32r2 -mtune=74kc
     CPU_CFLAGS_octeonplus = -march=octeon+ -mabi=64
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/README b/target/linux/malta/README
index 0bb1a1e35a..bbe806de3d 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/README
+++ b/target/linux/malta/README
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ For the 32 bit big-endian image:
 qemu-system-mips -kernel bin/targets/malta/be/openwrt-malta-be-vmlinux-initramfs.elf -nographic -m 256
 
 For the 64 bit little-endian image:
-qemu-system-mips64el -kernel bin/targets/malta/le64/openwrt-malta-le64-vmlinux-initramfs.elf -nographic -m 256
+qemu-system-mips64el -kernel bin/targets/malta/le64/openwrt-malta-le64-vmlinux-initramfs.elf -cpu MIPS64R2-generic -nographic -m 256
 
 For the 64 bit big-endian image:
-qemu-system-mips64 -kernel bin/targets/malta/be64/openwrt-malta-be64-vmlinux-initramfs.elf -nographic -m 256
+qemu-system-mips64 -kernel bin/targets/malta/be64/openwrt-malta-be64-vmlinux-initramfs.elf -cpu MIPS64R2-generic -nographic -m 256
 
 and enjoy the system bootin.
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default b/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default
index e7352e68ee..fee1bc8c9d 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be64/config-default
@@ -6,18 +6,27 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX=18
 CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN=12
 CONFIG_ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF=y
 CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN=y
+CONFIG_CPU_HAS_RIXI=y
 # CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN is not set
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64=y
-CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_HUGEPAGES=y
+CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_MSA=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_EBPF_JIT=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y
 # CONFIG_MIPS32_N32 is not set
 # CONFIG_MIPS32_O32 is not set
+CONFIG_MIPS_EBPF_JIT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_PGD_C0_CONTEXT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_SPRAM=y
 # CONFIG_MIPS_VA_BITS_48 is not set
 CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA=y
 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS=3
 CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_ISA_REV=2
 CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32=y
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
index 3a5bb6a6dc..e992c2c698 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/be64/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARCH:=mips64
-CPU_TYPE:=mips64
+CPU_TYPE:=mips64r2
 SUBTARGET:=be64
 FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Big Endian (64-bits)
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default b/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default
index 23e838aaba..531d93d58e 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le64/config-default
@@ -5,18 +5,27 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS=12
 CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX=18
 CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN=12
 CONFIG_ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF=y
+CONFIG_CPU_HAS_RIXI=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64=y
-CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R1=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPS64_R2=y
+CONFIG_CPU_MIPSR2=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_HUGEPAGES=y
+CONFIG_CPU_SUPPORTS_MSA=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_EBPF_JIT=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_VIRT_CPU_ACCOUNTING_GEN=y
 # CONFIG_MIPS32_N32 is not set
 # CONFIG_MIPS32_O32 is not set
+CONFIG_MIPS_EBPF_JIT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_PGD_C0_CONTEXT=y
+CONFIG_MIPS_SPRAM=y
 # CONFIG_MIPS_VA_BITS_48 is not set
 CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA=y
 CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS=3
 CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_ISA_REV=2
 CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32=y
diff --git a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
index a0a55af5f7..59dcc86bef 100644
--- a/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
+++ b/target/linux/malta/le64/target.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ARCH:=mips64el
-CPU_TYPE:=mips64
+CPU_TYPE:=mips64r2
 SUBTARGET:=le64
 FEATURES+=source-only
 BOARDNAME:=Little Endian (64-bits)