diff --git a/alioth/src/arch/aarch64/layout.rs b/alioth/src/arch/aarch64/layout.rs
index e3bb0ac..8c3104e 100644
--- a/alioth/src/arch/aarch64/layout.rs
+++ b/alioth/src/arch/aarch64/layout.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 pub const MMIO_32_START: u64 = 0x1000_0000; // 256 MiB
+
+pub const GIC_V2_DIST_START: u64 = 0x1000_0000; // size 4 KiB
+pub const GIC_V2_CPU_INTERFACE_START: u64 = 0x1000_1000; // size 8 KiB
+
 pub const MMIO_32_END: u64 = 0x3000_0000; // 768 MiB, size = 512 MiB
 pub const PCIE_CONFIG_START: u64 = 0x3000_0000; // 768 MiB
 pub const MEM_64_START: u64 = 0x1_0000_0000; // 4GiB
diff --git a/alioth/src/board/aarch64.rs b/alioth/src/board/aarch64.rs
index 492ce11..b932e0a 100644
--- a/alioth/src/board/aarch64.rs
+++ b/alioth/src/board/aarch64.rs
@@ -12,16 +12,26 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use crate::arch::layout::{GIC_V2_CPU_INTERFACE_START, GIC_V2_DIST_START};
 use crate::board::{Board, BoardConfig, Result, VcpuGuard};
-use crate::hv::{Hypervisor, Vm};
+use crate::hv::{GicV2, Hypervisor, Vm};
 use crate::loader::InitState;
 use crate::mem::mapped::ArcMemPages;
 
-pub struct ArchBoard {}
+pub struct ArchBoard<V>
+where
+    V: Vm,
+{
+    gic_v2: V::GicV2,
+}
 
-impl ArchBoard {
-    pub fn new<H: Hypervisor>(_hv: &H, _config: &BoardConfig) -> Result<Self> {
-        unimplemented!()
+impl<V: Vm> ArchBoard<V> {
+    pub fn new<H>(_hv: &H, vm: &V, _config: &BoardConfig) -> Result<Self>
+    where
+        H: Hypervisor<Vm = V>,
+    {
+        let gic_v2 = vm.create_gic_v2(GIC_V2_DIST_START, GIC_V2_CPU_INTERFACE_START)?;
+        Ok(ArchBoard { gic_v2 })
     }
 }
 
@@ -60,4 +70,9 @@ where
     pub fn create_firmware_data(&self, _init_state: &InitState) -> Result<()> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
+
+    pub fn arch_init(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        self.arch.gic_v2.init()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/alioth/src/board/board.rs b/alioth/src/board/board.rs
index ecd9490..bda4e09 100644
--- a/alioth/src/board/board.rs
+++ b/alioth/src/board/board.rs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ where
     pub vm: V,
     pub memory: Memory,
     pub vcpus: Arc<RwLock<Vec<(JoinHandle<Result<()>>, Sender<()>)>>>,
-    pub arch: ArchBoard,
+    pub arch: ArchBoard<V>,
     pub config: BoardConfig,
     pub state: AtomicU8,
     pub payload: RwLock<Option<Payload>>,
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ where
                     self.memory.add_io_dev(Some(*port), dev.clone())?;
                 }
                 self.add_pci_devs()?;
+                self.arch_init()?;
                 let init_state = self.load_payload()?;
                 self.init_boot_vcpu(&mut vcpu, &init_state)?;
                 self.create_firmware_data(&init_state)?;
diff --git a/alioth/src/board/x86_64.rs b/alioth/src/board/x86_64.rs
index f46198f..08e263f 100644
--- a/alioth/src/board/x86_64.rs
+++ b/alioth/src/board/x86_64.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::arch::x86_64::__cpuid;
 use std::iter::zip;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::mem::size_of;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -33,13 +34,17 @@ use crate::loader::InitState;
 use crate::mem::mapped::ArcMemPages;
 use crate::mem::{AddrOpt, MemRange, MemRegion, MemRegionEntry, MemRegionType};
 
-pub struct ArchBoard {
+pub struct ArchBoard<V> {
     cpuids: Vec<Cpuid>,
     sev_ap_eip: AtomicU32,
+    _phantom: PhantomData<V>,
 }
 
-impl ArchBoard {
-    pub fn new<H: Hypervisor>(hv: &H, config: &BoardConfig) -> Result<Self> {
+impl<V: Vm> ArchBoard<V> {
+    pub fn new<H>(hv: &H, _vm: &V, config: &BoardConfig) -> Result<Self>
+    where
+        H: Hypervisor<Vm = V>,
+    {
         let mut cpuids = hv.get_supported_cpuids()?;
         for cpuid in &mut cpuids {
             if cpuid.func == 0x1 {
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ impl ArchBoard {
         Ok(Self {
             cpuids,
             sev_ap_eip: AtomicU32::new(0),
+            _phantom: PhantomData,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -332,6 +338,10 @@ where
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    pub fn arch_init(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 const GUID_TABLE_FOOTER_R_OFFSET: usize = 48;
diff --git a/alioth/src/vm.rs b/alioth/src/vm.rs
index e188970..ddde8b6 100644
--- a/alioth/src/vm.rs
+++ b/alioth/src/vm.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ where
         let mut vm = hv.create_vm(&vm_config)?;
         let vm_memory = vm.create_vm_memory()?;
         let memory = Memory::new(vm_memory);
-        let arch = ArchBoard::new(&hv, &config)?;
+        let arch = ArchBoard::new(&hv, &vm, &config)?;
 
         let board = Board {
             vm,