diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h
index 35f2bd735b..e3c60ac189 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/libpayload.h
@@ -414,6 +414,13 @@ void mouse_cursor_add_input_driver(struct mouse_cursor_input_driver *in);
  * @{
  */
 int exec(long addr, int argc, char **argv);
+
+/*
+ * reboot() handles reboot requests made by libpayload. It has weak implementation
+ * which should be overridden by payload.
+ */
+void __noreturn reboot(void);
+
 /** @} */
 
 /**
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/lp_vboot.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/lp_vboot.h
index 56ec46024e..bdbdc74c37 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/include/lp_vboot.h
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/lp_vboot.h
@@ -7,4 +7,13 @@
 
 struct vb2_context *vboot_get_context(void);
 
+/*
+ * Call vb2api_fail() with reason and subcode, save vboot data with vb2ex_commit_data()
+ * and reboot with vboot_reboot().
+ */
+void vboot_fail_and_reboot(struct vb2_context *ctx, uint8_t reason, uint8_t subcode);
+
+/* Returns non-zero if recovery mode is enabled. */
+int vboot_recovery_mode_enabled(void);
+
 #endif /* _LP_VBOOT_H_ */
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/libc/lib.c b/payloads/libpayload/libc/lib.c
index 77e213c7e0..dc212e71a1 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/libc/lib.c
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/libc/lib.c
@@ -174,3 +174,8 @@ void buffer_to_fifo32_prefix(const void *buffer, u32 prefix, int prefsz, size_t
 	}
 
 }
+
+__weak void reboot(void)
+{
+	fatal("Reboot requested but not implemented\n");
+}
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/libc/lp_vboot.c b/payloads/libpayload/libc/lp_vboot.c
index b7717c7e78..eddd317ba0 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/libc/lp_vboot.c
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/libc/lp_vboot.c
@@ -26,3 +26,18 @@ struct vb2_context *vboot_get_context(void)
 
 	return ctx;
 }
+
+void vboot_fail_and_reboot(struct vb2_context *ctx, uint8_t reason, uint8_t subcode)
+{
+	if (reason)
+		vb2api_fail(ctx, reason, subcode);
+
+	printf("vboot: reboot requested (reason: %#x, subcode %#x)", reason, subcode);
+	vb2ex_commit_data(ctx);
+	reboot();
+}
+
+int vboot_recovery_mode_enabled(void)
+{
+	return !!(vboot_get_context()->flags & VB2_CONTEXT_RECOVERY_MODE);
+}