diff --git a/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/inc b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/inc
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..728cc03bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/inc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemu-riscv64-virt/inc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/objects.mk b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/objects.mk
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..9f389cff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/objects.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemu-riscv64-virt/objects.mk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/platform.mk b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/platform.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1281a8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/platform.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ARCH_SUB:=riscv32
+include $(current_directory)/../qemu-riscv64-virt/platform.mk
diff --git a/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/virt_desc.c b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/virt_desc.c
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..3b3bc7e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/qemu-riscv32-virt/virt_desc.c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../qemu-riscv64-virt/virt_desc.c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/platform/qemu-riscv64-virt/virt_desc.c b/src/platform/qemu-riscv64-virt/virt_desc.c
index fc982299b..8313e234b 100644
--- a/src/platform/qemu-riscv64-virt/virt_desc.c
+++ b/src/platform/qemu-riscv64-virt/virt_desc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 #include <platform.h>
 #include <interrupts.h>
 
+#if RV32
+// We use only 1 GiB for the rv32, due to limitations on how the physical memory must
+// be identity mapped by the hypervisor and the fact that the hypervisor reserves for 
+// itsel the upper GB of the 4GB address space.
+#define QEMU_VIRT_MEM_REG_SIZE  (0x40000000 - 0x200000)
+#else
+#define QEMU_VIRT_MEM_REG_SIZE  (0x100000000 - 0x200000)
+#endif
+
 struct platform platform = {
 
     .cpu_num = 4,
@@ -14,7 +23,7 @@ struct platform platform = {
     .regions =  (struct mem_region[]) {
         {
             .base = 0x80200000,
-            .size = 0x100000000 - 0x200000,
+            .size = QEMU_VIRT_MEM_REG_SIZE,
         },
     },