diff --git a/src/cpu_map/sync_qemu_models_i386.py b/src/cpu_map/sync_qemu_models_i386.py
index 11fe1f7435..3e14136e07 100755
--- a/src/cpu_map/sync_qemu_models_i386.py
+++ b/src/cpu_map/sync_qemu_models_i386.py
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ def expand_model(outdir, model):
     print(result['name'])
     yield result
 
+    if len(versions) == 0:
+        versions.append({".version": "1"})
+
     name = result["name"]
     for version in versions:
         result = copy.deepcopy(result)