diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-openrc-23.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-openrc-23.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a1298f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-openrc-23.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+subarch: alpha
+target: stage1
+version_stamp: openrc-23.0-@TIMESTAMP@
+rel_type: 23.0-default
+profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0
+snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
+source_subpath: 23.0-default/stage3-alpha-openrc-23.0-latest
+update_seed: yes
+update_seed_command: -uDN @world
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
+interpreter: /usr/bin/qemu-alpha
+compression_mode: pixz
diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-23.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-23.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96c520fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage1-systemd-23.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+subarch: alpha
+target: stage1
+version_stamp: systemd-23.0-@TIMESTAMP@
+rel_type: 23.0-default
+profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/systemd
+snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
+source_subpath: 23.0-default/stage3-alpha-systemd-23.0-latest
+update_seed: yes
+update_seed_command: -uDN @world
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
+interpreter: /usr/bin/qemu-alpha
+compression_mode: pixz
diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage3-openrc-23.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage3-openrc-23.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f579f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage3-openrc-23.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+subarch: alpha
+target: stage3
+version_stamp: openrc-23.0-@TIMESTAMP@
+rel_type: 23.0-default
+profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0
+snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
+source_subpath: 23.0-default/stage1-alpha-openrc-23.0-@TIMESTAMP@
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
+interpreter: /usr/bin/qemu-alpha
+compression_mode: pixz
+binrepo_path: alpha/binpackages/23.0/alpha
diff --git a/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage3-systemd-23.spec b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage3-systemd-23.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa74141d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/specs-qemu/alpha/stage3-systemd-23.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+subarch: alpha
+target: stage3
+version_stamp: systemd-23.0-@TIMESTAMP@
+rel_type: 23.0-default
+profile: default/linux/alpha/23.0/systemd
+snapshot: @TIMESTAMP@
+source_subpath: 23.0-default/stage1-alpha-systemd-23.0-@TIMESTAMP@
+portage_confdir: @REPO_DIR@/releases/portage/stages-qemu
+interpreter: /usr/bin/qemu-alpha
+compression_mode: pixz
+binrepo_path: alpha/binpackages/23.0/alpha