diff --git a/vm/Dockerfile b/vm/Dockerfile
index a6819d1..81374cd 100644
--- a/vm/Dockerfile
+++ b/vm/Dockerfile
@@ -62,6 +62,39 @@ RUN cmake fatcat-* -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS='-static'
 RUN make -j$(nproc)
 
 
+# Building the kernell for virt Qemu machine type
+FROM ubuntu:23.10 AS kernel-builder
+
+ARG KERNEL_VERSION=5.10.205
+ARG KERNEL_URL="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+ARG KERNEL_SIG="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/linux-${KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.sign"
+
+RUN # Install cross compiler, build tools, and other dependencies
+RUN apt-get update -qq && \
+    apt-get install -y gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi && \
+    apt-get install -y build-essential flex bison libssl-dev libelf-dev bc && \
+    apt-get install -y wget xz-utils
+
+RUN # Pull source
+WORKDIR /kernel
+RUN wget "${KERNEL_URL}" && \
+    tar xvJf linux-${KERNEL_VERSION}.tar.xz
+WORKDIR /kernel/linux-${KERNEL_VERSION}
+
+RUN # Build kernel
+RUN export ARCH=arm && \
+    export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabi- && \
+    export CONFIG_PCI=y  && \
+    export CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y  && \
+    export CONFIG_PCI_HOST_GENERIC=y  && \
+    export CONFIG_DRM=y  && \
+    export CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU=y  && \
+    make defconfig && \
+    make kvm_guest.config && \
+    make -j$(nproc)
+RUN mv arch/arm/boot/ ../boot
+
+
 # Build the dockerpi VM image
 FROM busybox:1.36 AS dockerpi-vm
 LABEL maintainer="Luke Childs <lukechilds123@gmail.com>"
@@ -72,6 +105,7 @@ COPY --from=qemu-builder /qemu/build/arm-softmmu/qemu-system-arm /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=qemu-builder /qemu/build/aarch64-softmmu/qemu-system-aarch64 /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-aarch64
 COPY --from=qemu-builder /qemu/build/qemu-img /usr/local/bin/qemu-img
 COPY --from=fatcat-builder /fatcat/fatcat /usr/local/bin/fatcat
+COPY --from=kernel-builder /kernel/boot/zImage /root/zImage
 
 ADD $RPI_KERNEL_URL /tmp/qemu-rpi-kernel.zip
 
diff --git a/vm/README.md b/vm/README.md
index 75d0f3d..910c306 100644
--- a/vm/README.md
+++ b/vm/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ List of changes:
           https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libslirp/+bug/2029431
           https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg903610.html
     - `entrypoint.sh`: Output of `qemu-img info` now returns multiple `virtual-size` keys and only one needed
+- Create an additional board type for performance reasons
+    - https://github.com/carlosperate/docker-qemu-rpi-os/issues/3
+    - Uses the `virt` machine type: https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/arm/virt.html
+    - This is not an accurate Pi emulation, but has better performance and 1 GB of RAM
+    - Docker image has to build the kernel, as the pi kernel does not include the required configuration
+    - commit [xxxxx](https://github.com/carlosperate/docker-qemu-rpi-os/commit/xxxx)
 - Added developer documentation for this fork to parent directory [../dev-docs.md](../dev-docs.md)
 
 The rest of the original README can be seen below.
diff --git a/vm/entrypoint.sh b/vm/entrypoint.sh
index 1092e2f..95b4fce 100755
--- a/vm/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/vm/entrypoint.sh
@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@ if [ "${target}" = "pi1" ]; then
   kernel="/root/qemu-rpi-kernel/kernel-qemu-4.19.50-buster"
   dtb="/root/qemu-rpi-kernel/versatile-pb.dtb"
   machine=versatilepb
+  cpu=arm1176
+  smp=1
   memory=256m
   root=/dev/sda2
   nic="--net nic --net user,hostfwd=tcp::5022-:22"
 elif [ "${target}" = "pi2" ]; then
   emulator=qemu-system-arm
   machine=raspi2b
+  cpu=cortex-a7
+  smp=4
   memory=1024m
   kernel_pattern=kernel7.img
   dtb_pattern=bcm2709-rpi-2-b.dtb
@@ -44,11 +48,29 @@ elif [ "${target}" = "pi2" ]; then
 elif [ "${target}" = "pi3" ]; then
   emulator=qemu-system-aarch64
   machine=raspi3b
+  cpu=cortex-a53
+  smp=4
   memory=1024m
   kernel_pattern=kernel8.img
   dtb_pattern=bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb
   append="dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_enable=0"
   nic="-netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::5022-:22 -device usb-net,netdev=net0"
+elif [ "${target}" = "pivirt" ]; then
+  emulator=qemu-system-arm
+  machine=virt
+  cpu=cortex-a7
+  smp="$(nproc)"
+  memory=1024m
+  dtb_pattern=""
+  #dtb="/root/qemu-rpi-kernel/bcm2836-rpi-2-b.dtb"
+  dtb=""
+  kernel_pattern=""
+  kernel="/root/zImage"
+  append=""
+  root=/dev/vda2
+  nic="-netdev user,id=mynet,hostfwd=tcp::5022-:22 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=mynet"
+  img_options=",if=none,id=hd0"
+  drive_extra="-device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0,bootindex=0"
 else
   echo "Target ${target} not supported"
   echo "Supported targets: pi1 pi2 pi3"
@@ -76,19 +98,28 @@ if [ "${kernel_pattern}" ] && [ "${dtb_pattern}" ]; then
   dtb=$(find "${fat_folder}" -name "${dtb_pattern}")
 fi
 
-if [ "${kernel}" = "" ] || [ "${dtb}" = "" ]; then
-  echo "Missing kernel='${kernel}' or dtb='${dtb}'"
+if [ "${kernel}" = "" ] || ([ "${dtb}" = "" ] && [ "${dtb_pattern}" != "" ]); then
+  echo "Missing kernel='${kernel}' or (dtb='${dtb}' for dtb_pattern='${dtb_pattern}')"
   exit 2
 fi
 
+# Some configurations don't need a dtb file and the flag should be skipped
+if [ -n "$dtb" ]; then
+    dtb_flag="--dtb ${dtb}"
+else
+    dtb_flag=""
+fi
+
 echo "Booting QEMU machine \"${machine}\" with kernel=${kernel} dtb=${dtb}"
+set -x
 exec ${emulator} \
   --machine "${machine}" \
-  --cpu arm1176 \
+  --cpu "${cpu}" \
+  --smp "${smp}" \
   --m "${memory}" \
-  --drive "format=raw,file=${image_path}" \
+  --drive "format=raw,file=${image_path}${img_options}" ${drive_extra} \
   ${nic} \
-  --dtb "${dtb}" \
+  ${dtb_flag} \
   --kernel "${kernel}" \
   --append "rw earlyprintk loglevel=8 console=ttyAMA0,115200 dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 root=${root} rootwait panic=1 ${append}" \
   --no-reboot \