diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.h b/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.h
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <contrib/dev/acpica/include/acpi.h>
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 
+#include "qemu_fwcfg.h"
+
 #define ACPI_GAS_ACCESS_WIDTH_LEGACY 0
 #define ACPI_GAS_ACCESS_WIDTH_UNDEFINED 0
 #define ACPI_GAS_ACCESS_WIDTH_BYTE 1
@@ -59,8 +61,6 @@
 		}                                                            \
 	} while (0)
 
-#define QEMU_FWCFG_MAX_NAME 56
-
 struct basl_table;
 
 void basl_fill_gas(ACPI_GENERIC_ADDRESS *gas, uint8_t space_id,
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.c b/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.c
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/basl.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <vmmapi.h>
 
 #include "basl.h"
+#include "qemu_loader.h"
 
 struct basl_table_checksum {
 	STAILQ_ENTRY(basl_table_checksum) chain;
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@
 static STAILQ_HEAD(basl_table_list, basl_table) basl_tables = STAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(
     basl_tables);
 
+static struct qemu_loader *basl_loader;
+
 static __inline uint64_t
 basl_le_dec(void *pp, size_t len)
 {
@@ -163,6 +166,12 @@
 	}
 	memcpy(gva, table->data, table->len);
 
+	/* Cause guest bios to copy the ACPI table into guest memory. */
+	BASL_EXEC(
+	    qemu_fwcfg_add_file(table->fwcfg_name, table->len, table->data));
+	BASL_EXEC(qemu_loader_alloc(basl_loader, table->fwcfg_name,
+	    table->alignment, QEMU_LOADER_ALLOC_HIGH));
+
 	return (0);
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +228,10 @@
 			sum += *(gva + i);
 		}
 		*checksum_gva = -sum;
+
+		/* Cause guest bios to patch the checksum. */
+		BASL_EXEC(qemu_loader_add_checksum(basl_loader,
+		    table->fwcfg_name, checksum->off, checksum->start, len));
 	}
 
 	return (0);
@@ -286,6 +299,11 @@
 		val = basl_le_dec(gva + pointer->off, pointer->size);
 		val += BHYVE_ACPI_BASE + src_table->off;
 		basl_le_enc(gva + pointer->off, val, pointer->size);
+
+		/* Cause guest bios to patch the pointer. */
+		BASL_EXEC(
+		    qemu_loader_add_pointer(basl_loader, table->fwcfg_name,
+			src_table->fwcfg_name, pointer->off, pointer->size));
 	}
 
 	return (0);
@@ -335,6 +353,7 @@
 		 */
 		BASL_EXEC(basl_finish_patch_checksums(table));
 	}
+	BASL_EXEC(qemu_loader_finish(basl_loader));
 
 	return (0);
 }
@@ -342,7 +361,7 @@
 int
 basl_init(void)
 {
-	return (0);
+	return (qemu_loader_create(&basl_loader, QEMU_FWCFG_FILE_TABLE_LOADER));
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bhyve/qemu_fwcfg.h b/usr.sbin/bhyve/qemu_fwcfg.h
--- a/usr.sbin/bhyve/qemu_fwcfg.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/bhyve/qemu_fwcfg.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #define QEMU_FWCFG_MAX_ENTRIES 0x4000
 #define QEMU_FWCFG_MAX_NAME 56
 
+#define QEMU_FWCFG_FILE_TABLE_LOADER "etc/table-loader"
+
 struct qemu_fwcfg_item {
 	uint32_t size;
 	uint8_t *data;