diff --git a/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass b/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..003812f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/qemu-ext.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+inherit qemu
+
+DEPENDS += "qemu-native"
+
+# slightly reworked qemu_run_binary: qemu.bbclass expects binary in sysroot but
+# our binary is not (yet) installed
+# ${@qemu_run_binary_local(d, '$D', '/usr/bin/test_app')} [test_app arguments]
+#
+def qemu_run_binary_local(data, rootfs_path, binary):
+    qemu_binary = qemu_target_binary(data)
+    if qemu_binary == "qemu-allarch":
+        qemu_binary = "qemuwrapper"
+
+    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir", False)
+    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir", False)
+    qemu_options = data.getVar("QEMU_OPTIONS", True)
+
+    return "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 " + qemu_binary + " " + qemu_options + " -L " + rootfs_path\
+            + " -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + libdir + ":" + base_libdir + " "\
+            + binary
+
+
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/distrho/distrho-ports.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/distrho/distrho-ports.bb
index de00736a..ce9316cd 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/distrho/distrho-ports.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/distrho/distrho-ports.bb
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ PV = "0.0.0+git${SRCPV}"
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
-inherit qemu distro_features_check
+inherit qemu-ext distro_features_check
 
-DEPENDS = "\
-    qemu-native \
+DEPENDS += "\
     premake3-native \
     alsa-lib \
     libx11 \
@@ -45,21 +44,6 @@ do_configure() {
     NOOPTIMIZATIONS=1 ${S}/scripts/premake-update.sh linux
 }
 
-# slightly reworked qemu_run_binary: qemu.bbclass expects binary in sysroot but
-# our binary is not (yet) installed
-# ${@qemu_run_binary_local(d, '$D', '/usr/bin/test_app')} [test_app arguments]
-#
-def qemu_run_binary_local(data, rootfs_path, binary):
-    qemu_binary = qemu_target_binary(data)
-
-    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir", False)
-    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir", False)
-    qemu_options = data.getVar("QEMU_OPTIONS", True)
-
-    return "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 " + qemu_binary + " " + qemu_options + " -L " + rootfs_path\
-            + " -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + libdir + ":" + base_libdir + " "\
-            + binary
-
 do_compile_append() {
     # build ttl-files must be done in quemu
     for sofile in `cat ${WORKDIR}/lv2_ttl_generator-data`; do
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/helm/helm_git.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/helm/helm_git.bb
index b7ac95af..d204cef3 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/helm/helm_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/helm/helm_git.bb
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://tytel.org/helm/"
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
-inherit autotools-brokensep qemu distro_features_check gtk-icon-cache
+inherit autotools-brokensep qemu-ext distro_features_check gtk-icon-cache
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
-DEPENDS = " \
+DEPENDS += " \
     virtual/libx11 \
     libxext \
     libxinerama \
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ DEPENDS = " \
     jack \
     freetype \
     hicolor-icon-theme \
-    qemu-native \
 "
 
-SRC_URI = " \
+SRC_URI += " \
     git://github.com/mtytel/helm.git \
     file://helm.desktop \
     file://0001-remove-msse2-compiler-switch.patch \
@@ -32,23 +31,6 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 CXXFLAGS += "-I ${STAGING_INCDIR}/freetype2"
 
-# slightly reworked qemu_run_binary: qemu.bbclass expects binary in sysroot but
-# we run it before copying to sysroot
-# ${@qemu_run_binary_local(d, '$D', '/usr/bin/test_app')} [test_app arguments]
-#
-def qemu_run_binary_local(data, rootfs_path, binary):
-    qemu_binary = qemu_target_binary(data)
-    if qemu_binary == "qemu-allarch":
-        qemu_binary = "qemuwrapper"
-
-    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir", False)
-    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir", False)
-    qemu_options = data.getVar("QEMU_OPTIONS", True)
-
-    return "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 " + qemu_binary + " " + qemu_options + " -L " + rootfs_path\
-            + " -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + libdir + ":" + base_libdir + " "\
-            + binary
-
 do_compile_append() {
     ${@qemu_run_binary_local(d, '${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}', '${S}/builds/linux/LV2/lv2_ttl_generator')} ${S}/builds/linux/LV2/build/helm.so
     cp *.ttl ${S}/builds/linux/LV2/helm.lv2/
diff --git a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx_3.0.1.bb b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx_3.0.1.bb
index e67831d8..3b9beff8 100644
--- a/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx_3.0.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-misc/recipes-multimedia/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx_3.0.1.bb
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ HOMEPAGE = "http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net"
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=21fa88a5e50a1c608d22612c1fbe1971"
 
-inherit cmake qemu pkgconfig gtk-icon-cache distro_features_check
+inherit cmake qemu-ext pkgconfig gtk-icon-cache distro_features_check
 
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "x11"
 
 DEPENDS += " \
-    qemu-native \
     virtual/libx11 \
     alsa-lib \
     jack \
@@ -46,23 +45,6 @@ do_configure_prepend() {
 }
 
 
-# slightly reworked qemu_run_binary: qemu.bbclass expects binary in sysroot but
-# our binary is not (yet) installed
-# ${@qemu_run_binary_local(d, '$D', '/usr/bin/test_app')} [test_app arguments]
-#
-def qemu_run_binary_local(data, rootfs_path, binary):
-    qemu_binary = qemu_target_binary(data)
-    if qemu_binary == "qemu-allarch":
-        qemu_binary = "qemuwrapper"
-
-    libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("libdir", False)
-    base_libdir = rootfs_path + data.getVar("base_libdir", False)
-    qemu_options = data.getVar("QEMU_OPTIONS", True)
-
-    return "PSEUDO_UNLOAD=1 " + qemu_binary + " " + qemu_options + " -L " + rootfs_path\
-            + " -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH=" + libdir + ":" + base_libdir + " "\
-            + binary
-
 do_compile_append() {
     # Build Controller/Spliter
     oe_runmake -C ${S}/ExternalPrograms/Controller