diff --git a/src/ec/google/chromeec/Kconfig b/src/ec/google/chromeec/Kconfig
index 3e9cb29375..f05f15749e 100644
--- a/src/ec/google/chromeec/Kconfig
+++ b/src/ec/google/chromeec/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ config EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_ACPI_MEMMAP
 	  not defined, the memmap data is instead accessed on 900h-9ffh via
 	  the LPC bus.
 
+config EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_BOARDID
+	depends on EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC
+	def_bool n
+	help
+	  Provides common routine for reading boardid from Chrome EC.
+
 config EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_I2C
 	depends on EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC
 	bool
diff --git a/src/ec/google/chromeec/Makefile.inc b/src/ec/google/chromeec/Makefile.inc
index 2fe6994884..7b43f6357d 100644
--- a/src/ec/google/chromeec/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/ec/google/chromeec/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC),y)
 
+romstage-$(CONFIG_EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_BOARDID) += ec_boardid.c
+ramstage-$(CONFIG_EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_BOARDID) += ec_boardid.c
+
 bootblock-y += ec.c
 bootblock-$(CONFIG_EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_LPC) += ec_lpc.c
 bootblock-$(CONFIG_EC_GOOGLE_CHROMEEC_MEC) += ec_mec.c
diff --git a/src/ec/google/chromeec/ec_boardid.c b/src/ec/google/chromeec/ec_boardid.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..440a5a9f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ec/google/chromeec/ec_boardid.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Google 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; 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.
+ */
+
+#include <boardid.h>
+#include <ec/google/chromeec/ec.h>
+
+uint8_t board_id(void)
+{
+	MAYBE_STATIC int id = -1;
+
+	if (id < 0)
+		id = google_chromeec_get_board_version();
+
+	return id;
+}