diff --git a/README b/README
index 953ff17900..301d1a95cd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3090,6 +3090,10 @@ FIT uImage format:
 		Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
 		expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
 
+		CONFIG_SPL_MPC8XXX_INIT_DDR_SUPPORT
+		Set for the SPL on PPC mpc8xxx targets, support for
+		arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/libddr.o in SPL binary.
+
 		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
 		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
 		CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds
index 08188d75e5..85ec74ba94 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	_edata  =  .;
 
+	. = .;
+	__start___ex_table = .;
+	__ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
+	__stop___ex_table = .;
+
 	. = ALIGN(8);
 	__init_begin = .;
 	__init_end = .;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c
index e958e138dd..56128a7b96 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/lc_common_dimm_params.c
@@ -218,12 +218,16 @@ compute_lowest_common_dimm_parameters(const dimm_params_t *dimm_params,
 		if (dimm_params[i].n_ranks) {
 			if (dimm_params[i].registered_dimm) {
 				temp1 = 1;
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 				printf("Detected RDIMM %s\n",
 					dimm_params[i].mpart);
+#endif
 			} else {
 				temp2 = 1;
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 				printf("Detected UDIMM %s\n",
 					dimm_params[i].mpart);
+#endif
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/doc/README.mpc85xx-sd-spi-boot b/doc/README.mpc85xx-sd-spi-boot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5043ccb66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/README.mpc85xx-sd-spi-boot
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+----------------------------------------
+Booting from On-Chip ROM (eSDHC or eSPI)
+----------------------------------------
+
+boot_format is a tool to write SD bootable images to a filesystem and build
+SD/SPI images to a binary file for writing later.
+
+When booting from an SD card/MMC, boot_format puts the configuration file and
+the RAM-based U-Boot image on the card.
+When booting from an EEPROM, boot_format generates a binary image that is used
+to boot from this EEPROM.
+
+Where to get boot_format:
+========================
+
+you can browse it online at:
+http://git.freescale.com/git/cgit.cgi/ppc/sdk/boot-format.git/
+
+Building
+========
+
+Run the following to build this project
+
+	$ make
+
+Execution
+=========
+
+boot_format runs under a regular Linux machine and requires a super user mode
+to run. Execute boot_format as follows.
+
+For building SD images by writing directly to a file system on SD media:
+
+	$ boot_format $config u-boot.bin -sd $device
+
+Where $config is the included config.dat file for your platform and $device
+is the target block device for the SD media on your computer.
+
+For build binary images directly a local file:
+
+	$ boot_format $config u-boot.bin -spi $file
+
+Where $file is the target file. Also keep in mind the u-boot.bin file needs
+to be the u-boot built for your particular platform and target media.
+
+Example: To generate a u-boot.bin for a P1022DS booting from SD, run the
+following in the u-boot repository:
+
+	$ make P1022DS_SDCARD
+
+Configuration Files
+===================
+
+Below are the configuration files to be used with a particular platform. Keep
+in mind that some of these config files are tied to the platforms DDR speed.
+Please see the SoC reference manual for more documentation.
+
+P1022DS		config_sram_p1022ds.dat
+P2020DS		config_sram_p2020ds.dat
+P2010DS		config_sram_p2020ds.dat
+P1020RDB	config_ddr2_1g_p1020rdb_533M.dat
+P1020RDB	config_ddr2_1g_p1020rdb_667M.dat
+P2020RDB	config_ddr2_1g_p2020rdb_800M.dat
+P2020RDB	config_ddr2_1g_p2020rdb_667M.dat
+P2020RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_64bit_p2020rdb_pc.dat
+P2010RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_64bit_p2020rdb_pc.dat
+P1020RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_800M.dat
+P1011RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_800M.dat
+P1010RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1010rdb_800M.dat
+P1014RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1014rdb_800M.dat
+P1021RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_800M.dat
+P1012RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_800M.dat
+P1022DS		config_ddr3_2gb_p1022ds.dat
+P1013DS		config_ddr3_2gb_p1022ds.dat
+P1024RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_667M.dat
+P1013RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_667M.dat
+P1025RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_667M.dat
+P1016RDB	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_667M.dat
+P1020UTM	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_800M.dat
+P1020MBG	config_ddr3_1gb_p1_p2_rdb_pc_800M.dat
+MPC8536DS	config_ddr2_512m_mpc8536ds_667M.dat
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/Makefile b/drivers/mmc/Makefile
index 49e5cb9c2a..bedf833f70 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mmc/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ COBJS-$(CONFIG_TEGRA_MMC) += tegra_mmc.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_DWMMC) += dw_mmc.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS_DWMMC) += exynos_dw_mmc.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_ZYNQ_SDHCI) += zynq_sdhci.o
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+COBJS-$(CONFIG_SPL_MMC_BOOT) += fsl_esdhc_spl.o
+endif
 
 COBJS	:= $(COBJS-y)
 SRCS	:= $(COBJS:.o=.c)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_spl.c b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_spl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25a1dff1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mmc/fsl_esdhc_spl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ *
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <mmc.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+
+/*
+ * The environment variables are written to just after the u-boot image
+ * on SDCard, so we must read the MBR to get the start address and code
+ * length of the u-boot image, then calculate the address of the env.
+ */
+#define ESDHC_BOOT_IMAGE_SIZE	0x48
+#define ESDHC_BOOT_IMAGE_ADDR	0x50
+#define MBRDBR_BOOT_SIG_55	0x1fe
+#define MBRDBR_BOOT_SIG_AA	0x1ff
+#define CONFIG_CFG_DATA_SECTOR	0
+
+/*
+ * The main entry for mmc booting. It's necessary that SDRAM is already
+ * configured and available since this code loads the main U-Boot image
+ * from mmc into SDRAM and starts it from there.
+ */
+
+void __noreturn mmc_boot(void)
+{
+	__attribute__((noreturn)) void (*uboot)(void);
+	uint blk_start, blk_cnt, err;
+	u32 blklen;
+	uchar *tmp_buf;
+	uchar val;
+	uint i, byte_num;
+	u32 offset, code_len;
+	struct mmc *mmc;
+
+	mmc = find_mmc_device(0);
+	if (!mmc) {
+		puts("spl: mmc device not found!!\n");
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	blklen = mmc->read_bl_len;
+	tmp_buf = malloc(blklen);
+	if (!tmp_buf) {
+		puts("spl: malloc memory failed!!\n");
+		hang();
+	}
+	memset(tmp_buf, 0, blklen);
+
+	/*
+	* Read source addr from sd card
+	*/
+	err = mmc->block_dev.block_read(0, CONFIG_CFG_DATA_SECTOR, 1, tmp_buf);
+	if (err != 1) {
+		puts("spl: mmc read failed!!\n");
+		free(tmp_buf);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	val = *(tmp_buf + MBRDBR_BOOT_SIG_55);
+	if (0x55 != val) {
+		puts("spl: mmc signature is not valid!!\n");
+		free(tmp_buf);
+		hang();
+	}
+	val = *(tmp_buf + MBRDBR_BOOT_SIG_AA);
+	if (0xAA != val) {
+		puts("spl: mmc signature is not valid!!\n");
+		free(tmp_buf);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	byte_num = 4;
+	offset = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < byte_num; i++) {
+		val = *(tmp_buf + ESDHC_BOOT_IMAGE_ADDR + i);
+		offset = (offset << 8) + val;
+	}
+	offset += CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_OFFS;
+	/* Get the code size from offset 0x48 */
+	byte_num = 4;
+	code_len = 0;
+	for (i = 0; i < byte_num; i++) {
+		val = *(tmp_buf + ESDHC_BOOT_IMAGE_SIZE + i);
+		code_len = (code_len << 8) + val;
+	}
+	code_len -= CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_OFFS;
+	/*
+	* Load U-Boot image from mmc into RAM
+	*/
+	blk_start = ALIGN(offset, mmc->read_bl_len) / mmc->read_bl_len;
+	blk_cnt = ALIGN(code_len, mmc->read_bl_len) / mmc->read_bl_len;
+	err = mmc->block_dev.block_read(0, blk_start, blk_cnt,
+					(uchar *)CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_DST);
+	if (err != blk_cnt) {
+		puts("spl: mmc read failed!!\n");
+		free(tmp_buf);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	/*
+	* Clean d-cache and invalidate i-cache, to
+	* make sure that no stale data is executed.
+	*/
+	flush_cache(CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_DST, CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_SIZE);
+
+	/*
+	* Jump to U-Boot image
+	*/
+	uboot = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_MMC_U_BOOT_START;
+	(*uboot)();
+}
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index 4da8db9bed..55026759ed 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,9 @@ int mmc_initialize(bd_t *bis)
 	if (board_mmc_init(bis) < 0)
 		cpu_mmc_init(bis);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 	print_mmc_devices(',');
+#endif
 
 	do_preinit();
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/fsl_esdhc.h b/include/fsl_esdhc.h
index 2c97398f4e..89bcbd1700 100644
--- a/include/fsl_esdhc.h
+++ b/include/fsl_esdhc.h
@@ -182,5 +182,6 @@ void fdt_fixup_esdhc(void *blob, bd_t *bd);
 static inline int fsl_esdhc_mmc_init(bd_t *bis) { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline void fdt_fixup_esdhc(void *blob, bd_t *bd) {}
 #endif /* CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC */
+void __noreturn mmc_boot(void);
 
 #endif  /* __FSL_ESDHC_H__ */
diff --git a/spl/Makefile b/spl/Makefile
index 02f4860755..a9a8564f62 100644
--- a/spl/Makefile
+++ b/spl/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ LIBS-y += arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/lib8xxx.o
 endif
 ifeq ($(CPU),mpc85xx)
 LIBS-y += arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/lib8xxx.o
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_MPC8XXX_INIT_DDR_SUPPORT
+LIBS-y += arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/ddr/libddr.o
+endif
 endif
 ifeq ($(CPU),mpc86xx)
 LIBS-y += arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xxx/lib8xxx.o