diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c
index 2d19fe795e..4d5569e647 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c
@@ -175,6 +175,15 @@ static int sandbox_cmdline_cb_ignore_missing(struct sandbox_state *state,
 SANDBOX_CMDLINE_OPT_SHORT(ignore_missing, 'n', 0,
 			  "Ignore missing state on read");
 
+static int sandbox_cmdline_cb_show_lcd(struct sandbox_state *state,
+				       const char *arg)
+{
+	state->show_lcd = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+SANDBOX_CMDLINE_OPT_SHORT(show_lcd, 'l', 0,
+			  "Show the sandbox LCD display");
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	struct sandbox_state *state;
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h
index 304104e058..895b3a4ec7 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/state.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct sandbox_state {
 	bool read_state;		/* Read sandbox state on startup */
 	bool write_state;		/* Write sandbox state on exit */
 	bool ignore_missing_state_on_read;	/* No error if state missing */
+	bool show_lcd;			/* Show LCD on start-up */
 
 	/* Pointer to information for each SPI bus/cs */
 	struct sandbox_spi_info spi[CONFIG_SANDBOX_SPI_MAX_BUS]
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/u-boot-sandbox.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/u-boot-sandbox.h
index 5707c2710d..d2f1b6566d 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/u-boot-sandbox.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/u-boot-sandbox.h
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ int sandbox_main_loop_init(void);
 
 int cleanup_before_linux(void);
 
+/* drivers/video/sandbox_sdl.c */
+int sandbox_lcd_sdl_early_init(void);
+
 #endif	/* _U_BOOT_SANDBOX_H_ */
diff --git a/board/sandbox/sandbox/sandbox.c b/board/sandbox/sandbox/sandbox.c
index 402afea811..e4d4e021bc 100644
--- a/board/sandbox/sandbox/sandbox.c
+++ b/board/sandbox/sandbox/sandbox.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <cros_ec.h>
 #include <dm.h>
 #include <os.h>
+#include <asm/u-boot-sandbox.h>
 
 /*
  * Pointer to initial global data area
@@ -35,6 +36,23 @@ int dram_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F
+int board_early_init_f(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = sandbox_lcd_sdl_early_init();
+	if (ret) {
+		puts("Could not init sandbox LCD emulation\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 int arch_early_init_r(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CROS_EC
diff --git a/common/lcd.c b/common/lcd.c
index aa81522fff..19b86b7c55 100644
--- a/common/lcd.c
+++ b/common/lcd.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include <watchdog.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <splash.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_PXA25X) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_PXA27X) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_CPU_MONAHANS)
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SANDBOX
+#include <asm/sdl.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
 #define CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT PAGE_SIZE
 #endif
@@ -144,6 +150,13 @@ void lcd_sync(void)
 	if (lcd_flush_dcache)
 		flush_dcache_range((u32)lcd_base,
 			(u32)(lcd_base + lcd_get_size(&line_length)));
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SANDBOX) && defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL)
+	static ulong last_sync;
+
+	if (get_timer(last_sync) > 10) {
+		sandbox_sdl_sync(lcd_base);
+		last_sync = get_timer(0);
+	}
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -403,7 +416,7 @@ int drv_lcd_init(void)
 	struct stdio_dev lcddev;
 	int rc;
 
-	lcd_base = (void *) gd->fb_base;
+	lcd_base = map_sysmem(gd->fb_base, 0);
 
 	lcd_init(lcd_base);		/* LCD initialization */
 
@@ -494,8 +507,8 @@ static int lcd_init(void *lcdbase)
 	 * by setting up gd->fb_base. Check for this condition and fixup
 	 * 'lcd_base' address.
 	 */
-	if ((unsigned long)lcdbase != gd->fb_base)
-		lcd_base = (void *)gd->fb_base;
+	if (map_to_sysmem(lcdbase) != gd->fb_base)
+		lcd_base = map_sysmem(gd->fb_base, 0);
 
 	debug("[LCD] Using LCD frambuffer at %p\n", lcd_base);
 
@@ -886,7 +899,7 @@ int lcd_display_bitmap(ulong bmp_image, int x, int y)
 	ushort *cmap_base = NULL;
 	ushort i, j;
 	uchar *fb;
-	bmp_image_t *bmp=(bmp_image_t *)bmp_image;
+	bmp_image_t *bmp = (bmp_image_t *)map_sysmem(bmp_image, 0);
 	uchar *bmap;
 	ushort padded_width;
 	unsigned long width, height, byte_width;
diff --git a/doc/device-tree-bindings/video/sandbox-fb.txt b/doc/device-tree-bindings/video/sandbox-fb.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb91b30e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/device-tree-bindings/video/sandbox-fb.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Sandbox LCD
+===========
+
+This uses the displaymode.txt binding except that only xres and yres are
+required properties.
+
+Example:
+
+	lcd {
+		compatible = "sandbox,lcd-sdl";
+		xres = <800>;
+		yres = <600>;
+	};
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sandbox.c b/drivers/serial/sandbox.c
index ffff5e1497..c27b5b8fe5 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sandbox.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sandbox.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <common.h>
+#include <lcd.h>
 #include <os.h>
 #include <serial.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ static int sandbox_serial_tstc(void)
 	ssize_t count;
 
 	os_usleep(100);
+#ifdef CONFIG_LCD
+	lcd_sync();
+#endif
 	if (next_index == serial_buf_read)
 		return 1;	/* buffer full */
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
index a7f54698ac..c527029241 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_MX3) += mx3fb.o videomodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_IPUV3) += mxc_ipuv3_fb.o ipu_common.o ipu_disp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_MXS) += mxsfb.o videomodes.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_OMAP3) += omap3_dss.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_SANDBOX_SDL) += sandbox_sdl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806) += sed13806.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_SM501) += sm501.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM) += smiLynxEM.o videomodes.o
diff --git a/drivers/video/sandbox_sdl.c b/drivers/video/sandbox_sdl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba4578e9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/video/sandbox_sdl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Google, Inc
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <fdtdec.h>
+#include <lcd.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <asm/sdl.h>
+#include <asm/u-boot-sandbox.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+enum {
+	/* Maximum LCD size we support */
+	LCD_MAX_WIDTH		= 1366,
+	LCD_MAX_HEIGHT		= 768,
+	LCD_MAX_LOG2_BPP	= 4,		/* 2^4 = 16 bpp */
+};
+
+vidinfo_t panel_info;
+
+void lcd_setcolreg(ushort regno, ushort red, ushort green, ushort blue)
+{
+}
+
+void lcd_ctrl_init(void *lcdbase)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Allocate memory to keep BMP color conversion map. This is required
+	 * for 8 bit BMPs only (hence 256 colors). If malloc fails - keep
+	 * going, it is not even clear if displyaing the bitmap will be
+	 * required on the way up.
+	 */
+	panel_info.cmap = malloc(256 * NBITS(panel_info.vl_bpix) / 8);
+}
+
+void lcd_enable(void)
+{
+	if (sandbox_sdl_init_display(panel_info.vl_col, panel_info.vl_row,
+				     panel_info.vl_bpix))
+		puts("LCD init failed\n");
+}
+
+int sandbox_lcd_sdl_early_init(void)
+{
+	const void *blob = gd->fdt_blob;
+	int xres = LCD_MAX_WIDTH, yres = LCD_MAX_HEIGHT;
+	int node;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * The code in common/lcd.c does not cope with not being able to
+	 * set up a frame buffer. It will just happily keep writing to
+	 * invalid memory. So here we make sure that at least some buffer
+	 * is available even if it actually won't be displayed.
+	 */
+	node = fdtdec_next_compatible(blob, 0, COMPAT_SANDBOX_LCD_SDL);
+	if (node >= 0) {
+		xres = fdtdec_get_int(blob, node, "xres", LCD_MAX_WIDTH);
+		yres = fdtdec_get_int(blob, node, "yres", LCD_MAX_HEIGHT);
+		if (xres < 0 || xres > LCD_MAX_WIDTH) {
+			xres = LCD_MAX_WIDTH;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
+		if (yres < 0 || yres > LCD_MAX_HEIGHT) {
+			yres = LCD_MAX_HEIGHT;
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	panel_info.vl_col = xres;
+	panel_info.vl_row = yres;
+	panel_info.vl_bpix = LCD_COLOR16;
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/include/fdtdec.h b/include/fdtdec.h
index bcd2ee5f9c..6e859ce64c 100644
--- a/include/fdtdec.h
+++ b/include/fdtdec.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ enum fdt_compat_id {
 	COMPAT_INFINEON_SLB9645_TPM,	/* Infineon SLB9645 TPM */
 	COMPAT_SAMSUNG_EXYNOS5_I2C,	/* Exynos5 High Speed I2C Controller */
 	COMPAT_SANDBOX_HOST_EMULATION,	/* Sandbox emulation of a function */
+	COMPAT_SANDBOX_LCD_SDL,		/* Sandbox LCD emulation with SDL */
 
 	COMPAT_COUNT,
 };
diff --git a/include/lcd.h b/include/lcd.h
index d06d6f1072..5f84cd3c5b 100644
--- a/include/lcd.h
+++ b/include/lcd.h
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ int lcd_get_size(int *line_length);
 int lcd_dt_simplefb_add_node(void *blob);
 int lcd_dt_simplefb_enable_existing_node(void *blob);
 
+/* Update the LCD / flush the cache */
+void lcd_sync(void);
+
 /************************************************************************/
 /* ** BITMAP DISPLAY SUPPORT						*/
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/lib/fdtdec.c b/lib/fdtdec.c
index e0b8927ac8..f65ab4f58f 100644
--- a/lib/fdtdec.c
+++ b/lib/fdtdec.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static const char * const compat_names[COMPAT_COUNT] = {
 	COMPAT(INFINEON_SLB9645_TPM, "infineon,slb9645-tpm"),
 	COMPAT(SAMSUNG_EXYNOS5_I2C, "samsung,exynos5-hsi2c"),
 	COMPAT(SANDBOX_HOST_EMULATION, "sandbox,host-emulation"),
+	COMPAT(SANDBOX_LCD_SDL, "sandbox,lcd-sdl"),
 };
 
 const char *fdtdec_get_compatible(enum fdt_compat_id id)