diff --git a/components/VM_Arm/configurations/vm.h b/components/VM_Arm/configurations/vm.h
index 8e15dec2..f5916fa7 100644
--- a/components/VM_Arm/configurations/vm.h
+++ b/components/VM_Arm/configurations/vm.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
     provides VMDTBPassthrough dtb; \
     attribute int base_prio; \
     attribute int num_vcpus = 1; \
+    attribute int pcpus[] = []; \
     attribute int num_extra_frame_caps; \
     attribute int extra_frame_map_address; \
     attribute { \
diff --git a/components/VM_Arm/src/main.c b/components/VM_Arm/src/main.c
index cf591e4d..b527d07b 100644
--- a/components/VM_Arm/src/main.c
+++ b/components/VM_Arm/src/main.c
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ static int main_continued(void)
         vm_vcpu_t *new_vcpu = create_vmm_plat_vcpu(&vm, VM_PRIO - 1);
         assert(new_vcpu);
     }
+
     if (vm_config.generate_dtb) {
         err = fdt_generate_plat_vcpu_node(&vm, gen_dtb_buf);
         if (err) {
@@ -1270,8 +1271,26 @@ static int main_continued(void)
         }
     }
 
+    int pcpu_assignments = 0;
+    if (get_instance_size_pcpus_list() < NUM_VCPUS) {
+        pcpu_assignments = get_instance_size_pcpus_list();
+    } else {
+        pcpu_assignments = NUM_VCPUS;
+    }
+    /* Assign vcpus to explicit pcpus */
+    for (int j = 0; j < pcpu_assignments; j++) {
+        vm.vcpus[j]->target_cpu = pcpus[j];
+    }
+
     vm_vcpu_t *vm_vcpu = vm.vcpus[BOOT_VCPU];
-    err = vm_assign_vcpu_target(vm_vcpu, 0);
+
+    /* Use affinity as boot core if pcpus are not specified */
+    if (0 == pcpu_assignments) {
+        err = vm_assign_vcpu_target(vm_vcpu, get_instance_affinity());
+    } else {
+        err = vm_assign_vcpu_target(vm_vcpu, vm_vcpu->target_cpu);
+    }
+
     if (err) {
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.c b/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.c
index 7b7ce070..158df21c 100644
--- a/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.c
+++ b/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.c
@@ -124,3 +124,19 @@ const vm_config_t vm_config = {
 /*- endif -*/
 
 };
+
+/*- if 'pcpus' in config.keys() -*/
+    /*- for c in config.get('pcpus') -*/
+#if (/*? c ?*/  >= CONFIG_MAX_NUM_NODES)
+#error "Invalid CPU number /*? c ?*/ in PCPU list of /*? me.name ?*/"
+#endif
+    /*- endfor -*/
+/*- endif -*/
+
+int get_instance_size_pcpus_list(void) {
+/*- if 'pcpus' in config.keys() -*/
+    return /*? len(config.get('pcpus')) ?*/;
+/*- else -*/
+    return 0;
+/*- endif -*/
+}
diff --git a/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.h b/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.h
index ab30b5e6..b7d52501 100644
--- a/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.h
+++ b/templates/seL4VMParameters.template.h
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ typedef struct {
 } vm_config_t;
 
 extern const vm_config_t vm_config;
+
+int get_instance_size_pcpus_list(void);