diff --git a/hw/riscv/cbqri_example_soc.c b/hw/riscv/cbqri_example_soc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a61a90a20ccf771ac278572812a04b4c9968b989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/riscv/cbqri_example_soc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * RISC-V Capacity and Bandwidth QoS Register Interface
+ * URL: https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-cbqri
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 BayLibre SAS
+ *
+ * This file contains an hypothetical CBQRI configuration instantiation
+ * for testing purposes. This may also be configured from the command
+ * line.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ * this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/log.h"
+#include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+#include "target/riscv/cpu.h"
+#include "hw/riscv/cbqri.h"
+
+/*
+ * Example hardware:
+ *
+ * - Global
+ *   - Number of RCIDs - 64
+ *   - Number of MCIDs - 256
+ * - L2 cache
+ *   - NCBLKS - 12
+ *   - Number of access types - 2 (code and data)
+ *   - Usage monitoring not supported
+ *   - Capacity allocation operations - CONFIG_LIMIT, READ_LIMIT
+ * - LLC
+ *   - NCBLKS - 16
+ *   - Number of access types - 2 (code and data)
+ *   - Usage monitoring operations - CONFIG_EVENT, READ_COUNTER
+ *   - Event IDs supported - None, Occupancy
+ *   - Capacity allocation operations - CONFIG_LIMIT, READ_LIMIT, FLUSH_RCID
+ * - Memory controllers
+ *   - NBWBLKS - 1024
+ *   - MRBWB - 80 (80%)
+ *   - Usage monitoring operations - CONFIG_EVENT, READ_COUNTER
+ *   - Event IDs supported - None, Total read/write byte count,
+ *   - total read byte count, total write byte count
+ *   - Bandwidth allocation operations - CONFIG_LIMIT, READ_LIMIT
+ *   - Number of access types - 1 (no code/data differentiation)
+ *
+ * 0x04820000  Cluster 0 L2 cache controller
+ * 0x04821000  Cluster 1 L2 cache controller
+ * 0x0482B000  Shared LLC controller
+ * 0x04828000  Memory controller 0
+ * 0x04829000  Memory controller 1
+ * 0x0482A000  Memory controller 2
+ */
+
+#define CBQRI_NB_MCIDS  256
+#define CBQRI_NB_RCIDS  64
+
+static const RiscvCbqriCapacityCaps example_soc_L2_cluster = {
+    .nb_mcids = CBQRI_NB_MCIDS,
+    .nb_rcids = CBQRI_NB_RCIDS,
+    .ncblks = 12,
+    .supports_at_data = true,
+    .supports_at_code = true,
+    .supports_alloc_op_config_limit = true,
+    .supports_alloc_op_read_limit = true,
+};
+
+static const RiscvCbqriCapacityCaps example_soc_LLC = {
+    .nb_mcids = CBQRI_NB_MCIDS,
+    .nb_rcids = CBQRI_NB_RCIDS,
+    .ncblks = 16,
+    .supports_at_data = true,
+    .supports_at_code = true,
+    .supports_alloc_op_config_limit = true,
+    .supports_alloc_op_read_limit = true,
+    .supports_alloc_op_flush_rcid = true,
+    .supports_mon_op_config_event = true,
+    .supports_mon_op_read_counter = true,
+    .supports_mon_evt_id_none = true,
+    .supports_mon_evt_id_occupancy = true,
+};
+
+static const RiscvCbqriBandwidthCaps example_soc_memory = {
+    .nb_mcids = CBQRI_NB_MCIDS,
+    .nb_rcids = CBQRI_NB_RCIDS,
+    .nbwblks = 1024,
+    .mrbwb = 1024 * 80 / 100,
+    .supports_alloc_op_config_limit = true,
+    .supports_alloc_op_read_limit = true,
+    .supports_mon_op_config_event = true,
+    .supports_mon_op_read_counter = true,
+    .supports_mon_evt_id_none = true,
+    .supports_mon_evt_id_rdwr_count = true,
+    .supports_mon_evt_id_rdonly_count = true,
+    .supports_mon_evt_id_wronly_count = true,
+};
+
+void example_soc_cbqri_init(void)
+{
+    riscv_cbqri_cc_create(0x04820000, &example_soc_L2_cluster,
+                          "cluster 0 L2 cache controller");
+    riscv_cbqri_cc_create(0x04821000, &example_soc_L2_cluster,
+                          "cluster 1 L2 cache controller");
+    riscv_cbqri_cc_create(0x0482B000, &example_soc_LLC,
+                          "shared LLC controller");
+    riscv_cbqri_bc_create(0x04828000, &example_soc_memory,
+                          "memory controller 0");
+    riscv_cbqri_bc_create(0x04829000, &example_soc_memory,
+                          "memory controller 1");
+    riscv_cbqri_bc_create(0x0482a000, &example_soc_memory,
+                          "memory controller 2");
+}
diff --git a/include/hw/riscv/cbqri.h b/include/hw/riscv/cbqri.h
index 8e13999943688551579253a3f7c60d64fcf84e69..49738187aacdb7657ab685ff24cc52e5fb51c756 100644
--- a/include/hw/riscv/cbqri.h
+++ b/include/hw/riscv/cbqri.h
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@ DeviceState *riscv_cbqri_cc_create(hwaddr addr,
 DeviceState *riscv_cbqri_bc_create(hwaddr addr,
                                    const RiscvCbqriBandwidthCaps *caps,
                                    const char *target_name);
+
+void example_soc_cbqri_init(void);
 #endif