diff --git a/third_party/qemu/external.bzl b/third_party/qemu/external.bzl
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+#  Copyright 2020 The Monogon Project Authors.
+#
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+
+load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
+
+def qemu_external(name, version):
+    sums = {
+        "5.2.0": "cb18d889b628fbe637672b0326789d9b0e3b8027e0445b936537c78549df17bc",
+    }
+
+    http_archive(
+        name = name,
+        patch_args = ["-p1"],
+        patches = [
+            "//third_party/qemu/patches:fix_code_issues.patch",
+            "//third_party/qemu/patches:bazel_support.patch",
+            "//third_party/qemu/patches:pregenerated_config_files.patch",
+            "//third_party/qemu/patches:headers_fix.patch",
+        ],
+        sha256 = sums[version],
+        strip_prefix = "qemu-" + version,
+        urls = ["https://download.qemu.org/qemu-%s.tar.xz" % version],
+    )