diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 8fe78a3efc92e2767e090f0e8b2b1509ff17cb20..00cf88aa9a23067447267183f4a1f939efb8cdd6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(zlib) cuboot-c2k.o gunzip_util.o main.o): \
 libfdt       := fdt.c fdt_ro.c fdt_wip.c fdt_sw.c fdt_rw.c fdt_strerror.c
 libfdtheader := fdt.h libfdt.h libfdt_internal.h
 
-$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(libfdt) libfdt-wrapper.o simpleboot.o epapr.o): \
+$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(libfdt) libfdt-wrapper.o simpleboot.o epapr.o opal.o): \
 	$(addprefix $(obj)/,$(libfdtheader))
 
 src-wlib-y := string.S crt0.S crtsavres.S stdio.c main.c \
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ src-wlib-y := string.S crt0.S crtsavres.S stdio.c main.c \
 		ns16550.c serial.c simple_alloc.c div64.S util.S \
 		gunzip_util.c elf_util.c $(zlib) devtree.c stdlib.c \
 		oflib.c ofconsole.c cuboot.c mpsc.c cpm-serial.c \
-		uartlite.c mpc52xx-psc.c
+		uartlite.c mpc52xx-psc.c opal.c opal-calls.S
 src-wlib-$(CONFIG_40x) += 4xx.c planetcore.c
 src-wlib-$(CONFIG_44x) += 4xx.c ebony.c bamboo.c
 src-wlib-$(CONFIG_8xx) += mpc8xx.c planetcore.c fsl-soc.c
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/opal-calls.S b/arch/powerpc/boot/opal-calls.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff2f1b97bc5323f78bbfdd038fccebdde45a4432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/opal-calls.S
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "ppc_asm.h"
+#include "../include/asm/opal-api.h"
+
+	.text
+
+#define OPAL_CALL(name, token)				\
+	.globl name;					\
+name:							\
+	li	r0, token;				\
+	b	opal_call;
+
+opal_call:
+	mflr	r11
+	std	r11,16(r1)
+	mfcr	r12
+	stw	r12,8(r1)
+	mr	r13,r2
+
+	/* Set opal return address */
+	ld	r11,opal_return@got(r2)
+	mtlr	r11
+	mfmsr	r12
+
+	/* switch to BE when we enter OPAL */
+	li	r11,MSR_LE
+	andc	r12,r12,r11
+	mtspr	SPRN_HSRR1,r12
+
+	/* load the opal call entry point and base */
+	ld	r11,opal@got(r2)
+	ld	r12,8(r11)
+	ld	r2,0(r11)
+	mtspr	SPRN_HSRR0,r12
+	hrfid
+
+opal_return:
+	FIXUP_ENDIAN
+	mr	r2,r13;
+	lwz	r11,8(r1);
+	ld	r12,16(r1)
+	mtcr	r11;
+	mtlr	r12
+	blr
+
+OPAL_CALL(opal_console_write,			OPAL_CONSOLE_WRITE);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_console_read,			OPAL_CONSOLE_READ);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_console_write_buffer_space,	OPAL_CONSOLE_WRITE_BUFFER_SPACE);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_poll_events,			OPAL_POLL_EVENTS);
+OPAL_CALL(opal_console_flush,			OPAL_CONSOLE_FLUSH);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/opal.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/opal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f37e1c1d6d88b9cd0a88795a12e8651389dc483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/opal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include "ops.h"
+#include "stdio.h"
+#include "io.h"
+#include <libfdt.h>
+#include "../include/asm/opal-api.h"
+
+#ifdef __powerpc64__
+
+/* Global OPAL struct used by opal-call.S */
+struct opal {
+	u64 base;
+	u64 entry;
+} opal;
+
+static u32 opal_con_id;
+
+int64_t opal_console_write(int64_t term_number, u64 *length, const u8 *buffer);
+int64_t opal_console_read(int64_t term_number, uint64_t *length, u8 *buffer);
+int64_t opal_console_write_buffer_space(uint64_t term_number, uint64_t *length);
+int64_t opal_console_flush(uint64_t term_number);
+int64_t opal_poll_events(uint64_t *outstanding_event_mask);
+
+static int opal_con_open(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void opal_con_putc(unsigned char c)
+{
+	int64_t rc;
+	uint64_t olen, len;
+
+	do {
+		rc = opal_console_write_buffer_space(opal_con_id, &olen);
+		len = be64_to_cpu(olen);
+		if (rc)
+			return;
+		opal_poll_events(NULL);
+	} while (len < 1);
+
+
+	olen = cpu_to_be64(1);
+	opal_console_write(opal_con_id, &olen, &c);
+}
+
+static void opal_con_close(void)
+{
+	opal_console_flush(opal_con_id);
+}
+
+static void opal_init(void)
+{
+	void *opal_node;
+
+	opal_node = finddevice("/ibm,opal");
+	if (!opal_node)
+		return;
+	if (getprop(opal_node, "opal-base-address", &opal.base, sizeof(u64)) < 0)
+		return;
+	opal.base = be64_to_cpu(opal.base);
+	if (getprop(opal_node, "opal-entry-address", &opal.entry, sizeof(u64)) < 0)
+		return;
+	opal.entry = be64_to_cpu(opal.entry);
+}
+
+int opal_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp)
+{
+	opal_init();
+
+	if (devp) {
+		int n = getprop(devp, "reg", &opal_con_id, sizeof(u32));
+		if (n != sizeof(u32))
+			return -1;
+		opal_con_id = be32_to_cpu(opal_con_id);
+	} else
+		opal_con_id = 0;
+
+	scdp->open = opal_con_open;
+	scdp->putc = opal_con_putc;
+	scdp->close = opal_con_close;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#else
+int opal_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+#endif /* __powerpc64__ */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
index 5e75e1c5518e8a986dd9bce6b43a2b564112e120..e19b64ef977a2b5feaead6d0f69b9f309f0eaad2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/ops.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ int mpsc_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp);
 int cpm_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp);
 int mpc5200_psc_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp);
 int uartlite_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp);
+int opal_console_init(void *devp, struct serial_console_data *scdp);
 void *simple_alloc_init(char *base, unsigned long heap_size,
 			unsigned long granularity, unsigned long max_allocs);
 extern void flush_cache(void *, unsigned long);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h
index 35ea60c1f07020e1ce4c68e587ca8cafbc723d89..b03373d8b386defe78477aec523e8540d0df3d68 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/ppc_asm.h
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 
 #define SPRN_TBRL	268
 #define SPRN_TBRU	269
+#define SPRN_HSRR0	0x13A	/* Hypervisor Save/Restore 0 */
+#define SPRN_HSRR1	0x13B	/* Hypervisor Save/Restore 1 */
+
+#define MSR_LE		0x0000000000000001
 
 #define FIXUP_ENDIAN						   \
 	tdi   0, 0, 0x48; /* Reverse endian of b . + 8		*/ \
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c
index 167ee9433de6d3be580ce48b7a31ed27b5bafcd7..e04c1e4063ae4ab6929d02268faac4e14db07ac6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ int serial_console_init(void)
 	else if (dt_is_compatible(devp, "xlnx,opb-uartlite-1.00.b") ||
 		 dt_is_compatible(devp, "xlnx,xps-uartlite-1.00.a"))
 		rc = uartlite_console_init(devp, &serial_cd);
+	else if (dt_is_compatible(devp, "ibm,opal-console-raw"))
+		rc = opal_console_init(devp, &serial_cd);
 
 	/* Add other serial console driver calls here */
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h b/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h
index 31393d17a9c1f968288557e0d96d52264d8bfb53..85565a89bcc2506ccf38bee63425bb1cd448dbc6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/types.h
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ typedef short			s16;
 typedef int			s32;
 typedef long long		s64;
 
+/* required for opal-api.h */
+typedef u8  uint8_t;
+typedef u16 uint16_t;
+typedef u32 uint32_t;
+typedef u64 uint64_t;
+typedef s8  int8_t;
+typedef s16 int16_t;
+typedef s32 int32_t;
+typedef s64 int64_t;
+
 #define min(x,y) ({ \
 	typeof(x) _x = (x);	\
 	typeof(y) _y = (y);	\