diff --git a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
index 8783d4bc02..d3b5e07f9f 100755
--- a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -128,18 +128,15 @@ bootsplash.jpg-type := bootsplash
 
 #######################################################################
 # i386 specific tools
+NVRAMTOOL:=$(objutil)/nvramtool/nvramtool
 
-$(OPTION_TABLE_H): $(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
+$(OPTION_TABLE_H): $(NVRAMTOOL) $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
 	@printf "    OPTION     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl --config $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout --header $@
+	$(NVRAMTOOL) -y $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout -H $@
 
-$(obj)/cmos_layout.bin: $(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
+$(obj)/cmos_layout.bin: $(NVRAMTOOL) $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout
 	@printf "    OPTION     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl --config $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout --binary $@
-
-$(objutil)/options/build_opt_tbl: $(top)/util/options/build_opt_tbl.c $(top)/src/include/pc80/mc146818rtc.h $(top)/src/include/boot/coreboot_tables.h
-	@printf "    HOSTCC     $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(NVRAMTOOL) -y $(top)/src/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/cmos.layout -L $@
 
 #######################################################################
 # Build the coreboot_ram (stage 2)
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/Makefile b/util/nvramtool/Makefile
index a75c70da5c..2a143b7b47 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/Makefile
+++ b/util/nvramtool/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CFLAGS  = -O2 -g -Wall -W -I.
 CLI_OBJS = cli/nvramtool.o cli/opts.o
 
 OBJS =  cmos_lowlevel.o cmos_ops.o common.o compute_ip_checksum.o \
-	hexdump.o input_file.o layout.o accessors/layout-text.o accessors/layout-bin.o lbtable.o   \
+	hexdump.o input_file.o layout.o accessors/layout-common.o accessors/layout-text.o accessors/layout-bin.o lbtable.o   \
 	reg_expr.o cbfs.o accessors/cmos-hw-unix.o accessors/cmos-mem.o
 
 OBJS += $(CLI_OBJS)
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc b/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc
index 25d447d93c..a70896c93b 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc
+++ b/util/nvramtool/Makefile.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ endif
 nvramtoolobj :=
 nvramtoolobj += cli/nvramtool.o cli/opts.o
 nvramtoolobj += cmos_lowlevel.o cmos_ops.o common.o compute_ip_checksum.o
-nvramtoolobj += hexdump.o input_file.o layout.o accessors/layout-text.o accessors/layout-bin.o lbtable.o
+nvramtoolobj += hexdump.o input_file.o layout.o accessors/layout-common.o accessors/layout-text.o accessors/layout-bin.o lbtable.o
 nvramtoolobj += reg_expr.o cbfs.o accessors/cmos-hw-unix.o accessors/cmos-mem.o
 
 $(objutil)/nvramtool $(objutil)/nvramtool/accessors $(objutil)/nvramtool/cli:
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-bin.c b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-bin.c
index cf79646453..b910e358b6 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-bin.c
+++ b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-bin.c
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /*****************************************************************************\
  * lbtable.c
  *****************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (C) 2012, Vikram Narayanan
+ *  	Unified build_opt_tbl and nvramtool
+ *  	build_opt_tbl.c
+ *  	Copyright (C) 2003 Eric Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com)
+ *  	Copyright (C) 2007-2010 coresystems GmbH
+ *
  *  Copyright (C) 2002-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *  Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  *  Written by Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov> <dave_peterson@pobox.com>
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "cmos_lowlevel.h"
 #include "hexdump.h"
 #include "cbfs.h"
+#include "layout-text.h"
 
 static void process_cmos_table(void);
 static void get_cmos_checksum_info(void);
@@ -61,6 +68,8 @@ static const struct lb_record *next_cmos_rec(const struct lb_record *last,
  */
 static const struct cmos_option_table *cmos_table = NULL;
 
+#define ROUNDUP4(x)	(x += (4 - (x % 4)))
+
 void process_layout(void)
 {
 	if ((cmos_table) == NULL) {
@@ -83,6 +92,130 @@ void get_layout_from_cbfs_file(void)
 	process_layout();
 }
 
+int write_cmos_layout_bin(FILE *f)
+{
+	const cmos_entry_t *cmos_entry;
+	const cmos_enum_t *cmos_enum;
+	cmos_checksum_layout_t layout;
+	struct cmos_option_table table;
+	struct cmos_entries entry;
+	struct cmos_enums cenum;
+	struct cmos_checksum csum;
+	size_t sum = 0;
+	int len;
+
+	for (cmos_entry = first_cmos_entry(); cmos_entry != NULL;
+			cmos_entry = next_cmos_entry(cmos_entry)) {
+
+		if (cmos_entry == first_cmos_entry()) {
+			sum += sizeof(table);
+			table.header_length = sizeof(table);
+			table.tag = LB_TAG_CMOS_OPTION_TABLE;
+
+			if (fwrite((char *)&table, sizeof(table), 1, f) != 1) {
+				perror("Error writing image file");
+				goto err;
+			}
+		}
+
+		memset(&entry, 0, sizeof(entry));
+		entry.tag = LB_TAG_OPTION;
+		entry.config = cmos_entry->config;
+		entry.config_id = (uint32_t)cmos_entry->config_id;
+		entry.bit = cmos_entry->bit;
+		entry.length = cmos_entry->length;
+
+		if (!is_ident((char *)cmos_entry->name)) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"Error - Name %s is an invalid identifier\n",
+				cmos_entry->name);
+			goto err;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(entry.name, cmos_entry->name, strlen(cmos_entry->name));
+		entry.name[strlen(cmos_entry->name)] = '\0';
+		len = strlen(cmos_entry->name) + 1;
+
+		if (len % 4)
+			ROUNDUP4(len);
+
+		entry.size = sizeof(entry) - CMOS_MAX_NAME_LENGTH + len;
+		sum += entry.size;
+		if (fwrite((char *)&entry, entry.size, 1, f) != 1) {
+			perror("Error writing image file");
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (cmos_enum = first_cmos_enum();
+			cmos_enum != NULL; cmos_enum = next_cmos_enum(cmos_enum)) {
+		memset(&cenum, 0, sizeof(cenum));
+		cenum.tag = LB_TAG_OPTION_ENUM;
+		memcpy(cenum.text, cmos_enum->text, strlen(cmos_enum->text));
+		cenum.text[strlen(cmos_enum->text)] = '\0';
+		len = strlen((char *)cenum.text) + 1;
+
+		if (len % 4)
+			ROUNDUP4(len);
+
+		cenum.config_id = cmos_enum->config_id;
+		cenum.value = cmos_enum->value;
+		cenum.size = sizeof(cenum) - CMOS_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH + len;
+		sum += cenum.size;
+		if (fwrite((char *)&cenum, cenum.size, 1, f) != 1) {
+			perror("Error writing image file");
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	layout.summed_area_start = cmos_checksum_start;
+	layout.summed_area_end = cmos_checksum_end;
+	layout.checksum_at = cmos_checksum_index;
+	checksum_layout_to_bits(&layout);
+
+	csum.tag = LB_TAG_OPTION_CHECKSUM;
+	csum.size = sizeof(csum);
+	csum.range_start = layout.summed_area_start;
+	csum.range_end = layout.summed_area_end;
+	csum.location = layout.checksum_at;
+	csum.type = CHECKSUM_PCBIOS;
+	sum += csum.size;
+
+	if (fwrite((char *)&csum, csum.size, 1, f) != 1) {
+		perror("Error writing image file");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (fseek(f, sizeof(table.tag), SEEK_SET) != 0) {
+		perror("Error while seeking");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (fwrite((char *)&sum, sizeof(table.tag), 1, f) != 1) {
+		perror("Error writing image file");
+		goto err;
+	}
+	return sum;
+
+err:
+	fclose(f);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+void write_cmos_output_bin(const char *binary_filename)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	if ((fp = fopen(binary_filename, "wb")) == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"%s: Can not open file %s for writing: "
+			"%s\n", prog_name, binary_filename, strerror(errno));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	write_cmos_layout_bin(fp);
+	fclose(fp);
+}
+
 /****************************************************************************
  * get_layout_from_cmos_table
  *
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-common.c b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-common.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a99d3b89c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*****************************************************************************\
+ * layout_common.c
+ *****************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (C) 2012, Vikram Narayanan
+ *  Unified build_opt_tbl and nvramtool
+ *  build_opt_tbl.c
+ *  	Copyright (C) 2003 Eric Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com)
+ *  	Copyright (C) 2007-2010 coresystems GmbH
+ *
+ *  This file is part of nvramtool, a utility for reading/writing coreboot
+ *  parameters and displaying information from the coreboot table.
+ *  For details, see http://coreboot.org/nvramtool.
+ *
+ *  Please also read the file DISCLAIMER which is included in this software
+ *  distribution.
+ *
+ *  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, dated June 1991.
+ *
+ *  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 terms and
+ *  conditions of 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 <ctype.h>
+
+static int is_ident_nondigit(int c)
+{
+	int result;
+	switch(c) {
+	case 'A':	case 'B':	case 'C':	case 'D':
+	case 'E':	case 'F':	case 'G':	case 'H':
+	case 'I':	case 'J':	case 'K':	case 'L':
+	case 'M':	case 'N':	case 'O':	case 'P':
+	case 'Q':	case 'R':	case 'S':	case 'T':
+	case 'U':	case 'V':	case 'W':	case 'X':
+	case 'Y':	case 'Z':
+	case 'a':	case 'b':	case 'c':	case 'd':
+	case 'e':	case 'f':	case 'g':	case 'h':
+	case 'i':	case 'j':	case 'k':	case 'l':
+	case 'm':	case 'n':	case 'o':	case 'p':
+	case 'q':	case 'r':	case 's':	case 't':
+	case 'u':	case 'v':	case 'w':	case 'x':
+	case 'y':	case 'z':
+	case '_':
+		result = 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		result = 0;
+		break;
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+int is_ident(char *str)
+{
+	int result;
+	int ch;
+	ch = *str;
+	result = 0;
+	if (is_ident_nondigit(ch)) {
+		do {
+			str++;
+			ch = *str;
+		} while(ch && (is_ident_nondigit(ch) || (isdigit(ch))));
+		result = (ch == '\0');
+	}
+	return result;
+}
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.c b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.c
index cbe698c504..a06f560cee 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.c
+++ b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.c
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 /*****************************************************************************\
  * layout-text.c
  *****************************************************************************
+ *  Copyright (C) 2012, Vikram Narayanan
+ *  	Unified build_opt_tbl and nvramtool
+ *  	build_opt_tbl.c
+ *  	Copyright (C) 2003 Eric Biederman (ebiederm@xmission.com)
+ *  	Copyright (C) 2007-2010 coresystems GmbH
+ *
  *  Copyright (C) 2002-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *  Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  *  Written by Dave Peterson <dsp@llnl.gov> <dave_peterson@pobox.com>.
@@ -218,6 +224,57 @@ void get_layout_from_file(void)
 	fclose(f);
 }
 
+void write_cmos_layout_header(const char *header_filename)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	const cmos_entry_t *cmos_entry;
+	cmos_checksum_layout_t layout;
+
+	if ((fp = fopen(header_filename, "w+")) == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+				"%s: Can't open file %s for writing: %s\n",
+				prog_name, header_filename, strerror(errno));
+			exit(1);
+	}
+
+	fprintf(fp, "/**\n * This is an autogenerated file. Do not EDIT.\n"
+			" * All changes made to this file will be lost.\n"
+			" * See mainboard's cmos.layout file.\n */\n"
+			"\n#ifndef __OPTION_TABLE_H\n"
+			"#define __OPTION_TABLE_H\n\n");
+
+	for (cmos_entry = first_cmos_entry(); cmos_entry != NULL;
+			cmos_entry = next_cmos_entry(cmos_entry)) {
+
+		if (!is_ident((char *)cmos_entry->name)) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"Error - Name %s is an invalid identifier\n",
+				cmos_entry->name);
+			fclose(fp);
+			exit(1);
+		}
+
+		fprintf(fp, "#define CMOS_VSTART_%s\t%d\n",
+				cmos_entry->name, cmos_entry->bit);
+		fprintf(fp, "#define CMOS_VLEN_%s\t%d\n",
+				cmos_entry->name, cmos_entry->length);
+	}
+
+	layout.summed_area_start = cmos_checksum_start;
+	layout.summed_area_end = cmos_checksum_end;
+	layout.checksum_at = cmos_checksum_index;
+	checksum_layout_to_bits(&layout);
+
+	fprintf(fp, "\n#define LB_CKS_RANGE_START %d\n",
+			layout.summed_area_start / 8);
+	fprintf(fp, "#define LB_CKS_RANGE_END %d\n",
+			layout.summed_area_end / 8);
+	fprintf(fp, "#define LB_CKS_LOC %d\n",
+			layout.checksum_at / 8);
+	fprintf(fp, "\n#endif /* __OPTION_TABLE_H */\n");
+
+	fclose(fp);
+}
 /****************************************************************************
  * write_cmos_layout
  *
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.h b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.h
index 21997e9a46..85628f7e5e 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.h
+++ b/util/nvramtool/accessors/layout-text.h
@@ -37,5 +37,8 @@
 void set_layout_filename(const char filename[]);
 void get_layout_from_file(void);
 void write_cmos_layout(FILE * f);
+void write_cmos_output_bin(const char *binary_filename);
+void write_cmos_layout_header(const char *header_filename);
+extern int is_ident(char *str);
 
 #endif				/* LAYOUT_FILE_H */
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/cli/nvramtool.c b/util/nvramtool/cli/nvramtool.c
index bcb10bbf34..f3fb16d1b1 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/cli/nvramtool.c
+++ b/util/nvramtool/cli/nvramtool.c
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ static void op_write_cmos_dump(void);
 static void op_read_cmos_dump(void);
 static void op_show_cmos_hex_dump(void);
 static void op_show_cmos_dumpfile(void);
+static void op_write_cmos_layout_bin(void);
+static void op_write_cmos_layout_header(void);
 static int list_one_param(const char name[], int show_name);
 static int list_all_params(void);
 static void list_param_enums(const char name[]);
@@ -86,9 +88,23 @@ static const op_fn_t op_fns[] = { op_show_version,
 	op_write_cmos_dump,
 	op_read_cmos_dump,
 	op_show_cmos_hex_dump,
-	op_show_cmos_dumpfile
+	op_show_cmos_dumpfile,
+	op_write_cmos_layout_bin,
+	op_write_cmos_layout_header
 };
 
+static void op_write_cmos_layout_bin(void)
+{
+	get_layout_from_file();
+	write_cmos_output_bin(nvramtool_op.param);
+}
+
+static void op_write_cmos_layout_header(void)
+{
+	get_layout_from_file();
+	write_cmos_layout_header(nvramtool_op.param);
+}
+
 static const hexdump_format_t cmos_dump_format =
     { 16, 2, "", " | ", " ", " | ", '.' };
 
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.c b/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.c
index 49496495eb..8e920e8694 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.c
+++ b/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static void register_op_modifier(nvramtool_op_modifier_t mod, char mod_param[]);
 static void resolve_op_modifiers(void);
 static void sanity_check_args(void);
 
-static const char getopt_string[] = "-ab:B:c::C:dD:e:hil::np:r:tvw:xX:y:Y";
+static const char getopt_string[] = "-ab:B:c::C:dD:e:hH:iL:l::np:r:tvw:xX:y:Y";
 
 /****************************************************************************
  * parse_nvramtool_args
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ void parse_nvramtool_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'h':
 			register_op(&op_found, NVRAMTOOL_OP_SHOW_USAGE, NULL);
 			break;
+		case 'H':
+			register_op(&op_found, NVRAMTOOL_OP_WRITE_HEADER_FILE, optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'i':
 			register_op(&op_found,
 				    NVRAMTOOL_OP_CMOS_SET_PARAMS_STDIN, NULL);
@@ -108,6 +111,10 @@ void parse_nvramtool_args(int argc, char *argv[])
 			register_op(&op_found, NVRAMTOOL_OP_LBTABLE_SHOW_INFO,
 				    handle_optional_arg(argc, argv));
 			break;
+		case 'L':
+			register_op(&op_found, NVRAMTOOL_OP_WRITE_BINARY_FILE,
+					     optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'n':
 			register_op_modifier(NVRAMTOOL_MOD_SHOW_VALUE_ONLY,
 					     NULL);
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.h b/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.h
index f46f254b88..a011ef1136 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.h
+++ b/util/nvramtool/cli/opts.h
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ typedef enum { NVRAMTOOL_OP_SHOW_VERSION = 0,
 	NVRAMTOOL_OP_WRITE_CMOS_DUMP,
 	NVRAMTOOL_OP_READ_CMOS_DUMP,
 	NVRAMTOOL_OP_SHOW_CMOS_HEX_DUMP,
-	NVRAMTOOL_OP_SHOW_CMOS_DUMPFILE
+	NVRAMTOOL_OP_SHOW_CMOS_DUMPFILE,
+	NVRAMTOOL_OP_WRITE_BINARY_FILE,
+	NVRAMTOOL_OP_WRITE_HEADER_FILE
 } nvramtool_op_t;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/common.c b/util/nvramtool/common.c
index 91fcccc68b..15f8b0d5d1 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/common.c
+++ b/util/nvramtool/common.c
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ void usage(FILE * outfile)
 		"VALUE.\n"
 		"       -l [ARG]:       Show coreboot table info for ARG, or "
 		"all ARG choices.\n"
+		"       -L OUTPUT_BIN   Write CMOS layout file in binary format\n"
+		"       -H OUTPUT_HDR   Write CMOS layout file in header format\n"
 		"       -d:             Show low-level dump of coreboot table.\n"
 		"       -Y:             Show CMOS layout info.\n"
 		"       -b OUTPUT_FILE: Dump CMOS memory contents to file.\n"
diff --git a/util/nvramtool/layout.h b/util/nvramtool/layout.h
index d99275c031..082c31b47a 100644
--- a/util/nvramtool/layout.h
+++ b/util/nvramtool/layout.h
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 #define LAYOUT_CHECKSUM_LOCATION_OUT_OF_RANGE (LAYOUT_RESULT_START + 9)
 
 typedef enum {
-	CMOS_ENTRY_ENUM,
-	CMOS_ENTRY_HEX,
-	CMOS_ENTRY_STRING,
-	CMOS_ENTRY_RESERVED
+	CMOS_ENTRY_ENUM = 'e',
+	CMOS_ENTRY_HEX = 'h',
+	CMOS_ENTRY_STRING = 's',
+	CMOS_ENTRY_RESERVED = 'r',
 } cmos_entry_config_t;
 
 /* This represents a CMOS parameter. */