diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-clock.c b/hw/core/qdev-clock.c
index 62035aef83..a94cc44437 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-clock.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-clock.c
@@ -116,6 +116,23 @@ Clock *qdev_init_clock_in(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
     return ncl->clock;
 }
 
+void qdev_init_clocks(DeviceState *dev, const ClockPortInitArray clocks)
+{
+    const struct ClockPortInitElem *elem;
+
+    for (elem = &clocks[0]; elem->name != NULL; elem++) {
+        Clock **clkp;
+        /* offset cannot be inside the DeviceState part */
+        assert(elem->offset > sizeof(DeviceState));
+        clkp = (Clock **)(((void *) dev) + elem->offset);
+        if (elem->is_output) {
+            *clkp = qdev_init_clock_out(dev, elem->name);
+        } else {
+            *clkp = qdev_init_clock_in(dev, elem->name, elem->callback, dev);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static NamedClockList *qdev_get_clocklist(DeviceState *dev, const char *name)
 {
     NamedClockList *ncl;
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-clock.h b/include/hw/qdev-clock.h
index b3b3a3e021..a340f65ff9 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-clock.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-clock.h
@@ -101,4 +101,59 @@ Clock *qdev_alias_clock(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
  */
 void qdev_finalize_clocklist(DeviceState *dev);
 
+/**
+ * ClockPortInitElem:
+ * @name: name of the clock (can't be NULL)
+ * @output: indicates whether the clock is input or output
+ * @callback: for inputs, optional callback to be called on clock's update
+ * with device as opaque
+ * @offset: optional offset to store the ClockIn or ClockOut pointer in device
+ * state structure (0 means unused)
+ */
+struct ClockPortInitElem {
+    const char *name;
+    bool is_output;
+    ClockCallback *callback;
+    size_t offset;
+};
+
+#define clock_offset_value(devstate, field) \
+    (offsetof(devstate, field) + \
+     type_check(Clock *, typeof_field(devstate, field)))
+
+#define QDEV_CLOCK(out_not_in, devstate, field, cb) { \
+    .name = (stringify(field)), \
+    .is_output = out_not_in, \
+    .callback = cb, \
+    .offset = clock_offset_value(devstate, field), \
+}
+
+/**
+ * QDEV_CLOCK_(IN|OUT):
+ * @devstate: structure type. @dev argument of qdev_init_clocks below must be
+ * a pointer to that same type.
+ * @field: a field in @_devstate (must be Clock*)
+ * @callback: (for input only) callback (or NULL) to be called with the device
+ * state as argument
+ *
+ * The name of the clock will be derived from @field
+ */
+#define QDEV_CLOCK_IN(devstate, field, callback) \
+    QDEV_CLOCK(false, devstate, field, callback)
+
+#define QDEV_CLOCK_OUT(devstate, field) \
+    QDEV_CLOCK(true, devstate, field, NULL)
+
+#define QDEV_CLOCK_END { .name = NULL }
+
+typedef struct ClockPortInitElem ClockPortInitArray[];
+
+/**
+ * qdev_init_clocks:
+ * @dev: the device to add clocks to
+ * @clocks: a QDEV_CLOCK_END-terminated array which contains the
+ * clocks information.
+ */
+void qdev_init_clocks(DeviceState *dev, const ClockPortInitArray clocks);
+
 #endif /* QDEV_CLOCK_H */