diff --git a/ports/qemu/boards/VIRT_RV64/mpconfigboard.mk b/ports/qemu/boards/VIRT_RV64/mpconfigboard.mk
index dae4ca3e03..38939b032c 100644
--- a/ports/qemu/boards/VIRT_RV64/mpconfigboard.mk
+++ b/ports/qemu/boards/VIRT_RV64/mpconfigboard.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ CFLAGS += -DMICROPY_HW_MCU_NAME='"$(RV64_ARCH)"'
 
 LDSCRIPT = mcu/rv64/virt.ld
 
+# If the ROMFS partition size is not enough, remember to change
+# ports/qemu/mcu/rv64/virt.ld to resize the ROMFS section as well.
+
+MICROPY_HW_ROMFS_PART0_START = 0x80620000
+MICROPY_HW_ROMFS_PART0_SIZE = 0x00400000
+
 SRC_BOARD_O += shared/runtime/gchelper_native.o shared/runtime/gchelper_rv64i.o
 
 MPY_CROSS_FLAGS += -march=rv64imc
diff --git a/ports/qemu/mcu/rv64/virt.ld b/ports/qemu/mcu/rv64/virt.ld
index 7727839e0d..4373be30c1 100644
--- a/ports/qemu/mcu/rv64/virt.ld
+++ b/ports/qemu/mcu/rv64/virt.ld
@@ -38,12 +38,14 @@ OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-littleriscv", "elf64-littleriscv", "elf64-littleriscv");
  * 0x0000_0000_8060_0000: .stack
  * 0x0000_0000_8060_0000: _sstack
  * 0x0000_0000_8061_FFFF: _estack
+ * 0x0000_0000_8062_0000: .romfs
  */
 MEMORY
 {
-    ROM   (xr)  : ORIGIN = 0x0000000080000000,        LENGTH = 4M
-    RAM   (xrw) : ORIGIN = ORIGIN(ROM) + LENGTH(ROM), LENGTH = 2M
-    STACK (rw)  : ORIGIN = ORIGIN(RAM) + LENGTH(RAM), LENGTH = 128K
+    ROM   (xr)  : ORIGIN = 0x0000000080000000,            LENGTH = 4M
+    RAM   (xrw) : ORIGIN = ORIGIN(ROM) + LENGTH(ROM),     LENGTH = 2M
+    STACK (rw)  : ORIGIN = ORIGIN(RAM) + LENGTH(RAM),     LENGTH = 128K
+    ROMFS (xr)  : ORIGIN = ORIGIN(STACK) + LENGTH(STACK), LENGTH = 4M
 }
 
 SECTIONS