diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Kconfig b/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Kconfig
index 6f5bfe2313..f79e963206 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Kconfig
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ config SOUTH_BRIDGE_OPTIONS # dummy
 	select PCIEXP_ASPM
 	select PCIEXP_COMMON_CLOCK
 	select SPI_FLASH
+	select ALT_CBFS_LOAD_PAYLOAD
 
 config INTEL_LYNXPOINT_LP
 	bool
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Makefile.inc b/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Makefile.inc
index 6e84ce61a8..51bb42818a 100644
--- a/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/Makefile.inc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ ramstage-y += me_status.c
 ramstage-y += reset.c
 ramstage-y += watchdog.c
 ramstage-y += acpi.c
+ramstage-$(CONFIG_ALT_CBFS_LOAD_PAYLOAD) += spi_loading.c
 
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_ELOG) += elog.c
 ramstage-y += spi.c
diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/spi_loading.c b/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/spi_loading.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb3082bb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/southbridge/intel/lynxpoint/spi_loading.c
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 ChromeOS Authors
+ *
+ * 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; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <arch/byteorder.h>
+#include <cbfs.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
+#include <cpu/x86/smm.h>
+
+#define CACHELINE_SIZE 64
+#define INTRA_CACHELINE_MASK (CACHELINE_SIZE - 1)
+#define CACHELINE_MASK (~INTRA_CACHELINE_MASK)
+
+/* Mirror the payload file to the default SMM location if it is small enough.
+ * The default SMM region can be used since no one is using the memory at this
+ * location at this stage in the boot. */
+static inline void *spi_mirror(void *file_start, int file_len)
+{
+	int alignment_diff;
+	char *src;
+	char *dest = (void *)SMM_DEFAULT_BASE;
+
+	alignment_diff = (INTRA_CACHELINE_MASK & (long)file_start);
+
+	/* Adjust file length so that the start and end points are aligned to a
+	 * cacheline. Coupled with the ROM caching in the CPU the SPI hardware
+	 * will read and cache full length cachelines. It will also prefetch
+	 * data as well. Once things are mirrored in memory all accesses should
+	 * hit the CPUs cache. */
+	file_len += alignment_diff;
+	file_len = ALIGN(file_len, CACHELINE_SIZE);
+
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Payload aligned size: 0x%x\n", file_len);
+
+	/* Just pass back the pointer to ROM space if the file is larger
+	 * than the RAM mirror region. */
+	if (file_len > SMM_DEFAULT_SIZE)
+		return file_start;
+
+	src = (void *)(CACHELINE_MASK & (long)file_start);
+	/* Note that if mempcy is not using 32-bit moves the performance will
+	 * degrade because the SPI hardware prefetchers look for
+	 * cacheline-aligned 32-bit accesses to kick in. */
+	memcpy(dest, src, file_len);
+
+	/* Provide pointer into mirrored space. */
+	return &dest[alignment_diff];
+}
+
+void *cbfs_load_payload(struct cbfs_media *media, const char *name)
+{
+	int file_len;
+	void *file_start;
+	struct cbfs_file *file = cbfs_get_file(media, name);
+
+	if (file == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (ntohl(file->type) != CBFS_TYPE_PAYLOAD)
+		return NULL;
+
+	file_len = ntohl(file->len);
+
+	file_start = CBFS_SUBHEADER(file);
+
+	return spi_mirror(file_start, file_len);
+}