diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.c
index 2c9f024c2d..53e5c12c76 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "hw/ppc/spapr.h"
+#include "system/cpus.h"
 
 /*
  * Handle the "FADUMP_CMD_REGISTER" command in 'ibm,configure-kernel-dump'
@@ -121,3 +122,79 @@ uint32_t do_fadump_register(SpaprMachineState *spapr, target_ulong args)
 
     return RTAS_OUT_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+/* Preserve the memory locations registered for fadump */
+static bool fadump_preserve_mem(void)
+{
+    /*
+     * TODO: Implement preserving memory regions requested during fadump
+     * registration
+     */
+    return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Trigger a fadump boot, ie. next boot will be a crashkernel/fadump boot
+ * with fadump dump active.
+ *
+ * This is triggered by ibm,os-term RTAS call, if fadump was registered.
+ *
+ * It preserves the memory and sets 'FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_TRIGGERED' as
+ * fadump status, which can be used later to add the "ibm,kernel-dump"
+ * device tree node as presence of 'FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_TRIGGERED' signifies
+ * next boot as fadump boot in our case
+ */
+void trigger_fadump_boot(SpaprMachineState *spapr, target_ulong spapr_retcode)
+{
+    FadumpSectionHeader *header = &spapr->registered_fdm.header;
+
+    pause_all_vcpus();
+
+    /* Preserve the memory locations registered for fadump */
+    if (!fadump_preserve_mem()) {
+        /* Failed to preserve the registered memory regions */
+        rtas_st(spapr_retcode, 0, RTAS_OUT_HW_ERROR);
+
+        /* Cause a reboot */
+        qemu_system_guest_panicked(NULL);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Mark next boot as fadump boot
+     *
+     * Note: These is some bit of assumption involved here, as PAPR doesn't
+     * specify any use of the dump status flags, nor does the kernel use it
+     *
+     * But from description in Table 136 in PAPR v2.13, it looks like:
+     *   FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_TRIGGERED
+     *      = Dump was triggered by the previous system boot (PAPR says)
+     *      = Next boot will be a fadump boot (Assumed)
+     *
+     *   FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_PERFORMED
+     *      = Dump performed (Set to 0 by caller of the
+     *        ibm,configure-kernel-dump call) (PAPR says)
+     *      = Firmware has performed the copying/dump of requested regions
+     *        (Assumed)
+     *      = Dump is active for the next boot (Assumed)
+     */
+    header->dump_status_flag = cpu_to_be16(
+            FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_TRIGGERED |  /* Next boot will be fadump boot */
+            FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_PERFORMED    /* Dump is active */
+    );
+
+    /* Reset fadump_registered for next boot */
+    spapr->fadump_registered = false;
+    spapr->fadump_dump_active = true;
+
+    /*
+     * Then do a guest reset
+     *
+     * Requirement:
+     * GUEST_RESET is expected to NOT clear the memory, as is the case when
+     * this is merged
+     */
+    qemu_system_reset_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_GUEST_RESET);
+
+    rtas_st(spapr_retcode, 0, RTAS_OUT_SUCCESS);
+}
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
index 6042fc72e5..1f78fe406e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
@@ -420,6 +420,11 @@ static void rtas_ibm_os_term(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     target_ulong msgaddr = rtas_ld(args, 0);
     char msg[512];
 
+    if (spapr->fadump_registered) {
+        /* If fadump boot works, control won't come back here */
+        return trigger_fadump_boot(spapr, rets);
+    }
+
     cpu_physical_memory_read(msgaddr, msg, sizeof(msg) - 1);
     msg[sizeof(msg) - 1] = 0;
 
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.h
index f64f339204..1cb90c9d63 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr_fadump.h
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 
 #define FADUMP_VERSION                 1
 
+/* Dump status flags */
+#define FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_PERFORMED            0x8000
+#define FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_TRIGGERED            0x4000
+#define FADUMP_STATUS_DUMP_ERROR                0x2000
+
 /*
  * The Firmware Assisted Dump Memory structure supports a maximum of 10 sections
  * in the dump memory structure. Presently, three sections are used for
@@ -66,4 +71,5 @@ struct FadumpMemStruct {
 };
 
 uint32_t do_fadump_register(struct SpaprMachineState *, target_ulong);
+void     trigger_fadump_boot(struct SpaprMachineState *, target_ulong);
 #endif /* PPC_SPAPR_FADUMP_H */