diff --git a/hw/loader.c b/hw/loader.c
index 7f9fc2157a23d600c521de8f6d872be617dcfa67..2d7a2c49541524040d873f808303c100baf43477 100644
--- a/hw/loader.c
+++ b/hw/loader.c
@@ -708,6 +708,44 @@ static Rom *find_rom(target_phys_addr_t addr)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+int rom_copy(uint8_t *dest, target_phys_addr_t addr, size_t size)
+{
+    target_phys_addr_t end = addr + size;
+    uint8_t *s, *d = dest;
+    size_t l = 0;
+    Rom *rom;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(rom, &roms, next) {
+        if (rom->max)
+            continue;
+        if (rom->min > addr)
+            continue;
+        if (rom->min + rom->romsize < addr)
+            continue;
+        if (rom->min > end)
+            break;
+        if (!rom->data)
+            continue;
+
+        d = dest + (rom->min - addr);
+        s = rom->data;
+        l = rom->romsize;
+
+        if (rom->min < addr) {
+            d = dest;
+            s += (addr - rom->min);
+            l -= (addr - rom->min);
+        }
+        if ((d + l) > (dest + size)) {
+            l = dest - d;
+        }
+
+        memcpy(d, s, l);
+    }
+
+    return (d + l) - dest;
+}
+
 void *rom_ptr(target_phys_addr_t addr)
 {
     Rom *rom;
diff --git a/hw/loader.h b/hw/loader.h
index 67dae571c337bf7f918c588290c6e23aae35fdb3..b3311a3927fa50ecfd94b953fb6c330d9b26e1f9 100644
--- a/hw/loader.h
+++ b/hw/loader.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ int rom_add_file(const char *file,
 int rom_add_blob(const char *name, const void *blob, size_t len,
                  target_phys_addr_t min, target_phys_addr_t max, int align);
 int rom_load_all(void);
+int rom_copy(uint8_t *dest, target_phys_addr_t addr, size_t size);
 void *rom_ptr(target_phys_addr_t addr);
 void do_info_roms(Monitor *mon);