diff --git a/softmmu/cpus.c b/softmmu/cpus.c
index fd5bd6d809..cadaec5b95 100644
--- a/softmmu/cpus.c
+++ b/softmmu/cpus.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "exec/gdbstub.h"
 #include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
-#include "sysemu/hax.h"
 #include "sysemu/hvf.h"
 #include "sysemu/whpx.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
@@ -179,9 +178,6 @@ void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
     if (cpus_accel && cpus_accel->synchronize_state) {
         cpus_accel->synchronize_state(cpu);
     }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
-    }
     if (whpx_enabled()) {
         whpx_cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
     }
@@ -192,9 +188,6 @@ void cpu_synchronize_post_reset(CPUState *cpu)
     if (cpus_accel && cpus_accel->synchronize_post_reset) {
         cpus_accel->synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
     }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
-    }
     if (whpx_enabled()) {
         whpx_cpu_synchronize_post_reset(cpu);
     }
@@ -205,9 +198,6 @@ void cpu_synchronize_post_init(CPUState *cpu)
     if (cpus_accel && cpus_accel->synchronize_post_init) {
         cpus_accel->synchronize_post_init(cpu);
     }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
-    }
     if (whpx_enabled()) {
         whpx_cpu_synchronize_post_init(cpu);
     }
@@ -218,9 +208,6 @@ void cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(CPUState *cpu)
     if (cpus_accel && cpus_accel->synchronize_pre_loadvm) {
         cpus_accel->synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
     }
-    if (hax_enabled()) {
-        hax_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
-    }
     if (hvf_enabled()) {
         hvf_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm(cpu);
     }
@@ -416,35 +403,6 @@ void qemu_wait_io_event(CPUState *cpu)
     qemu_wait_io_event_common(cpu);
 }
 
-static void *qemu_hax_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
-{
-    CPUState *cpu = arg;
-    int r;
-
-    rcu_register_thread();
-    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
-    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
-
-    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    current_cpu = cpu;
-    hax_init_vcpu(cpu);
-    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
-    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
-
-    do {
-        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
-            r = hax_smp_cpu_exec(cpu);
-            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
-                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
-            }
-        }
-
-        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
-    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
-    rcu_unregister_thread();
-    return NULL;
-}
-
 /* The HVF-specific vCPU thread function. This one should only run when the host
  * CPU supports the VMX "unrestricted guest" feature. */
 static void *qemu_hvf_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
@@ -529,12 +487,6 @@ static void *qemu_whpx_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-static void CALLBACK dummy_apc_func(ULONG_PTR unused)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
 void cpus_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -553,10 +505,6 @@ void cpus_kick_thread(CPUState *cpu)
     if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu)) {
         if (whpx_enabled()) {
             whpx_vcpu_kick(cpu);
-        } else if (!QueueUserAPC(dummy_apc_func, cpu->hThread, 0)) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: QueueUserAPC failed with error %lu\n",
-                    __func__, GetLastError());
-            exit(1);
         }
     }
 #endif
@@ -567,14 +515,7 @@ void qemu_cpu_kick(CPUState *cpu)
     qemu_cond_broadcast(cpu->halt_cond);
     if (cpus_accel && cpus_accel->kick_vcpu_thread) {
         cpus_accel->kick_vcpu_thread(cpu);
-    } else {
-        if (hax_enabled()) {
-            /*
-             * FIXME: race condition with the exit_request check in
-             * hax_vcpu_hax_exec
-             */
-            cpu->exit_request = 1;
-        }
+    } else { /* default */
         cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
     }
 }
@@ -722,23 +663,6 @@ void cpu_remove_sync(CPUState *cpu)
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
 }
 
-static void qemu_hax_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
-{
-    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
-
-    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
-    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
-    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
-
-    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/HAX",
-             cpu->cpu_index);
-    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_hax_cpu_thread_fn,
-                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
-#endif
-}
-
 static void qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
@@ -800,8 +724,6 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
     if (cpus_accel) {
         /* accelerator already implements the CpusAccel interface */
         cpus_accel->create_vcpu_thread(cpu);
-    } else if (hax_enabled()) {
-        qemu_hax_start_vcpu(cpu);
     } else if (hvf_enabled()) {
         qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(cpu);
     } else if (whpx_enabled()) {
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-all.c b/target/i386/hax-all.c
index c93bb23a44..b66ddeb8bf 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/hax-all.c
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@
 #include "sysemu/accel.h"
 #include "sysemu/reset.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
-#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "hw/boards.h"
 
+#include "hax-cpus.h"
+
 #define DEBUG_HAX 0
 
 #define DPRINTF(fmt, ...) \
@@ -374,6 +375,9 @@ static int hax_accel_init(MachineState *ms)
                 !ret ? "working" : "not working",
                 !ret ? "fast virt" : "emulation");
     }
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        cpus_register_accel(&hax_cpus);
+    }
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-cpus.c b/target/i386/hax-cpus.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9aad98bc7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/hax-cpus.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * QEMU HAX support
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
+ *           Red Hat, Inc. 2008
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *  Glauber Costa     <gcosta@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Intel Corporation
+ *  Written by:
+ *  Jiang Yunhong<yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
+ *  Xin Xiaohui<xiaohui.xin@intel.com>
+ *  Zhang Xiantao<xiantao.zhang@intel.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
+#include "hax-i386.h"
+#include "sysemu/runstate.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+#include "qemu/guest-random.h"
+
+#include "hax-cpus.h"
+
+static void *hax_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = arg;
+    int r;
+
+    rcu_register_thread();
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+    qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
+
+    cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
+    hax_init_vcpu(cpu);
+    cpu_thread_signal_created(cpu);
+    qemu_guest_random_seed_thread_part2(cpu->random_seed);
+
+    do {
+        if (cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            r = hax_smp_cpu_exec(cpu);
+            if (r == EXCP_DEBUG) {
+                cpu_handle_guest_debug(cpu);
+            }
+        }
+
+        qemu_wait_io_event(cpu);
+    } while (!cpu->unplug || cpu_can_run(cpu));
+    rcu_unregister_thread();
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static void hax_start_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    char thread_name[VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE];
+
+    cpu->thread = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuThread));
+    cpu->halt_cond = g_malloc0(sizeof(QemuCond));
+    qemu_cond_init(cpu->halt_cond);
+
+    snprintf(thread_name, VCPU_THREAD_NAME_SIZE, "CPU %d/HAX",
+             cpu->cpu_index);
+    qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, hax_cpu_thread_fn,
+                       cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
+#endif
+}
+
+const CpusAccel hax_cpus = {
+    .create_vcpu_thread = hax_start_vcpu_thread,
+    .kick_vcpu_thread = hax_kick_vcpu_thread,
+
+    .synchronize_post_reset = hax_cpu_synchronize_post_reset,
+    .synchronize_post_init = hax_cpu_synchronize_post_init,
+    .synchronize_state = hax_cpu_synchronize_state,
+    .synchronize_pre_loadvm = hax_cpu_synchronize_pre_loadvm,
+};
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-cpus.h b/target/i386/hax-cpus.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a64417fe2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/i386/hax-cpus.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Accelerator CPUS Interface
+ *
+ * Copyright 2020 SUSE LLC
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HAX_CPUS_H
+#define HAX_CPUS_H
+
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
+extern const CpusAccel hax_cpus;
+
+#endif /* HAX_CPUS_H */
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-i386.h b/target/i386/hax-i386.h
index ec28708185..48c4abe14e 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-i386.h
+++ b/target/i386/hax-i386.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ int hax_inject_interrupt(CPUArchState *env, int vector);
 struct hax_vm *hax_vm_create(struct hax_state *hax, int max_cpus);
 int hax_vcpu_run(struct hax_vcpu_state *vcpu);
 int hax_vcpu_create(int id);
+void hax_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu);
+
 int hax_sync_vcpu_state(CPUArchState *env, struct vcpu_state_t *state,
                         int set);
 int hax_sync_msr(CPUArchState *env, struct hax_msr_data *msrs, int set);
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-posix.c b/target/i386/hax-posix.c
index 5f9d1b803d..6fb7867d11 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-posix.c
+++ b/target/i386/hax-posix.c
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 #include "target/i386/hax-i386.h"
 
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
+
 hax_fd hax_mod_open(void)
 {
     int fd = open("/dev/HAX", O_RDWR);
@@ -292,3 +294,13 @@ int hax_inject_interrupt(CPUArchState *env, int vector)
 
     return ioctl(fd, HAX_VCPU_IOCTL_INTERRUPT, &vector);
 }
+
+void hax_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    /*
+     * FIXME: race condition with the exit_request check in
+     * hax_vcpu_hax_exec
+     */
+    cpu->exit_request = 1;
+    cpus_kick_thread(cpu);
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/hax-windows.c b/target/i386/hax-windows.c
index 863c2bcc19..469b48e608 100644
--- a/target/i386/hax-windows.c
+++ b/target/i386/hax-windows.c
@@ -463,3 +463,23 @@ int hax_inject_interrupt(CPUArchState *env, int vector)
         return 0;
     }
 }
+
+static void CALLBACK dummy_apc_func(ULONG_PTR unused)
+{
+}
+
+void hax_kick_vcpu_thread(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    /*
+     * FIXME: race condition with the exit_request check in
+     * hax_vcpu_hax_exec
+     */
+    cpu->exit_request = 1;
+    if (!qemu_cpu_is_self(cpu)) {
+        if (!QueueUserAPC(dummy_apc_func, cpu->hThread, 0)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: QueueUserAPC failed with error %lu\n",
+                    __func__, GetLastError());
+            exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/meson.build b/target/i386/meson.build
index e0b71ade56..1db619841c 100644
--- a/target/i386/meson.build
+++ b/target/i386/meson.build
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ i386_softmmu_ss.add(files(
 i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_HYPERV', if_true: files('hyperv.c'), if_false: files('hyperv-stub.c'))
 i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_KVM', if_true: files('kvm.c'))
 i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_WHPX', if_true: files('whpx-all.c'))
-i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_POSIX', 'CONFIG_HAX'], if_true: files('hax-all.c', 'hax-mem.c', 'hax-posix.c'))
-i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_WIN32', 'CONFIG_HAX'], if_true: files('hax-all.c', 'hax-mem.c', 'hax-windows.c'))
+i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_HAX', if_true: files(
+  'hax-all.c',
+  'hax-mem.c',
+  'hax-cpus.c',
+))
+i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_HAX', 'CONFIG_POSIX'], if_true: files('hax-posix.c'))
+i386_softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_HAX', 'CONFIG_WIN32'], if_true: files('hax-windows.c'))
 
 subdir('hvf')
 
