diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 9545bb624d..bc4a6eb053 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -46,3 +46,8 @@
 	path = 3rdparty/cmocka
 	url = ../cmocka.git
 	update = none
+[submodule "3rdparty/qc_blobs"]
+	path = 3rdparty/qc_blobs
+	url = ../qc_blobs.git
+	update = none
+	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/3rdparty/qc_blobs b/3rdparty/qc_blobs
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..126fef6b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/qc_blobs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 126fef6b996237403039aa603945fc4caa75c8d6
diff --git a/Makefile.inc b/Makefile.inc
index bbb6685c2d..89bb3e4239 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc
+++ b/Makefile.inc
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_AMD_BLOBS),y)
 forgetthis:=$(if $(GIT),$(shell git submodule update --init --checkout 3rdparty/amd_blobs))
 endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_QC_BLOBS),y)
+forgetthis:=$(if $(GIT),$(shell git submodule update --init --checkout 3rdparty/qc_blobs))
+endif
 endif
 UPDATED_SUBMODULES:=1
 COREBOOT_EXPORTS += UPDATED_SUBMODULES
diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index f9c3e6afc8..f192776cf5 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -234,6 +234,26 @@ config USE_AMD_BLOBS
 	  Note that for some products, omitting PSP, SMU images, or other items
 	  may result in a nonbooting coreboot.rom.
 
+config USE_QC_BLOBS
+	bool "Allow QC blobs repository (selecting this agrees to the license!)
+	depends on USE_BLOBS
+	help
+	  This draws in the qc_blobs repository, which contains binary files
+	  distributed by Qualcomm that are required to build firmware for
+	  certain Qualcomm SoCs (including QcLib, QC-SEC, qtiseclib and QUP
+	  firmware). If you say Y here you are implicitly agreeing to the
+	  Qualcomm license agreement which can be found at:
+	  https://review.coreboot.org/cgit/qc_blobs.git/tree/LICENSE
+
+	  *****************************************************
+	  PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ AND AGREE TO ALL TERMS IN
+	  ABOVE LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE SELECTING THIS OPTION!
+	  *****************************************************
+
+	  Not selecting this option means certain Qualcomm SoCs and related
+	  mainboards cannot be built and will be hidden from the "Mainboards"
+	  section.
+
 config COVERAGE
 	bool "Code coverage support"
 	depends on COMPILER_GCC
diff --git a/util/abuild/abuild b/util/abuild/abuild
index 6e14765cca..903a569b3e 100755
--- a/util/abuild/abuild
+++ b/util/abuild/abuild
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ while true ; do
 			shift;;
 		-B|--blobs)	shift
 			customizing="${customizing}, blobs"
-			configoptions="${configoptions}CONFIG_USE_AMD_BLOBS=y\nCONFIG_ADD_FSP_BINARIES=y\n"
+			configoptions="${configoptions}CONFIG_USE_AMD_BLOBS=y\nCONFIG_USE_QC_BLOBS=y\nCONFIG_ADD_FSP_BINARIES=y\n"
 			;;
 		-A|--any-toolchain)	shift
 			customizing="${customizing}, any-toolchain"
diff --git a/util/release/build-release b/util/release/build-release
index 7ca6001d2b..ce8e600bc1 100755
--- a/util/release/build-release
+++ b/util/release/build-release
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ exclude_paths="3rdparty/blobs "
 exclude_paths+="3rdparty/fsp "
 exclude_paths+="3rdparty/intel-microcode "
 exclude_paths+="3rdparty/amd_blobs "
+exclude_paths+="3rdparty/qc_blobs "
 for i in ${exclude_paths}; do
 	blobs_paths+="coreboot-${VERSION_NAME}/${i} "
 	exclude_opts+="--exclude=coreboot-${VERSION_NAME}/${i} "