diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c0ad8397..63456ca4 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CLEANFILES =
 
 include lib/Makefile.am
 include discover/grub2/Makefile.am
+include discover/native/Makefile.am
 include discover/Makefile.am
 include test/Makefile.am
 include test/lib/Makefile.am
diff --git a/discover/Makefile.am b/discover/Makefile.am
index d98ebec6..bfe33fad 100644
--- a/discover/Makefile.am
+++ b/discover/Makefile.am
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ discover_pb_discover_SOURCES = \
 
 discover_pb_discover_LDADD = \
 	discover/grub2/grub2-parser.ro \
+	discover/native/native-parser.ro \
 	discover/platform.ro \
 	$(core_lib) \
 	$(UDEV_LIBS)
diff --git a/discover/native-parser.c b/discover/native-parser.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 08309d1b..00000000
--- a/discover/native-parser.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,131 +0,0 @@
-/*
- *  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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
- */
-
-#include "parser.h"
-#include "params.h"
-#include "paths.h"
-
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-static const char *conf_filename = "/boot/petitboot.conf";
-
-static struct boot_option *cur_opt;
-static struct device *dev;
-static const char *devpath;
-static int device_added;
-
-static int check_and_add_device(struct device *dev)
-{
-	if (!dev->icon_file)
-		dev->icon_file = strdup(generic_icon_file(guess_device_type()));
-
-	return !add_device(dev);
-}
-
-static int section(char *section_name)
-{
-	if (!device_added++ && !check_and_add_device(dev))
-		return 0;
-
-	if (cur_opt) {
-		add_boot_option(cur_opt);
-		free_boot_option(cur_opt);
-	}
-
-	cur_opt = malloc(sizeof(*cur_opt));
-	memset(cur_opt, 0, sizeof(*cur_opt));
-	return 1;
-}
-
-
-static void set_boot_option_parameter(struct boot_option *opt,
-		const char *name, const char *value)
-{
-	if (streq(name, "name"))
-		opt->name = strdup(value);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "description"))
-		opt->description = strdup(value);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "image"))
-		opt->boot_image_file = resolve_path(value, devpath);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "icon"))
-		opt->icon_file = resolve_path(value, devpath);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "initrd"))
-		opt->initrd_file =resolve_path(value, devpath);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "args"))
-		opt->boot_args = strdup(value);
-
-	else
-		fprintf(stderr, "Unknown parameter %s\n", name);
-}
-
-static void set_device_parameter(struct device *dev,
-		const char *name, const char *value)
-{
-	if (streq(name, "name"))
-		dev->name = strdup(value);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "description"))
-		dev->description = strdup(value);
-
-	else if (streq(name, "icon"))
-		dev->icon_file = resolve_path(value, devpath);
-}
-
-static int parameter(char *param_name, char *param_value)
-{
-	if (cur_opt)
-		set_boot_option_parameter(cur_opt, param_name, param_value);
-	else
-		set_device_parameter(dev, param_name, param_value);
-	return 1;
-}
-
-
-static int native_parse(const char *device)
-{
-	char *filepath;
-	int rc;
-
-	filepath = resolve_path(conf_filename, device);
-
-	cur_opt = NULL;
-	dev = malloc(sizeof(*dev));
-	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
-	dev->id = strdup(device);
-
-	rc = pm_process(filepath, section, parameter);
-	if (!rc)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (cur_opt) {
-		add_boot_option(cur_opt);
-		free_boot_option(cur_opt);
-	}
-
-	cur_opt = NULL;
-
-	free(filepath);
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-define_parser(native, native_parse);
diff --git a/discover/native/Makefile.am b/discover/native/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f120e704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discover/native/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#  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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+noinst_PROGRAMS += discover/native/native-parser.ro
+
+discover_native_native_parser_ro_SOURCES = \
+	discover/native/native.h \
+	discover/native/native.c \
+	discover/native/native-lexer.l \
+	discover/native/native-parser.y
+
+BUILT_SOURCES += \
+	discover/native/native-parser.c \
+	discover/native/native-parser.h \
+	discover/native/native-lexer.h \
+	discover/native/native-lexer.c
+
+CLEANFILES += \
+	discover/native/native-parser.c \
+	discover/native/native-parser.h \
+	discover/native/native-lexer.c \
+	discover/native/native-lexer.h
+
+discover_native_native_parser_ro_CPPFLAGS = \
+	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/discover/native \
+	-I$(top_builddir)/discover/native
+
+discover_native_native_parser_ro_LINK = \
+	$(LD) -r -o $@
+
+# ylwrap doesn't handle flex header files well; use our own rule here.
+discover/native/native-lexer.h discover/native/native-lexer.c: \
+		$(top_srcdir)/discover/native/native-lexer.l
+	$(AM_V_LEX)$(LEXCOMPILE) --header-file=discover/native/native-lexer.h \
+				       -o discover/native/native-lexer.c $^
+
+# We need to loosen our warnings for the generated lexer code.
+discover/native/%native-lexer.o discover/native/native-lexer.o: \
+		AM_CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-prototypes \
+			       -Wno-missing-declarations -Wno-sign-compare
+
+$(discover_native_native_parser_ro_OBJECTS): discover/native/native-parser.h
diff --git a/discover/native/native-lexer.l b/discover/native/native-lexer.l
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50ad94cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discover/native/native-lexer.l
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+%{
+#include "native.h"
+#include "native-parser.h"
+#include <talloc/talloc.h>
+
+#define YYSTYPE NSTYPE
+
+void yyerror(struct native_parser *parser, const char *fmt, ...);
+%}
+
+%option nounput noinput
+%option batch never-interactive
+%option warn
+%option noyywrap
+%option reentrant
+%option bison-bridge
+%option yylineno
+%option noyyalloc noyyfree noyyrealloc
+%option extra-type="struct native_parser *"
+%option prefix="n"
+
+DELIM	[ \t]+
+NUMBER	0|[1-9][0-9]*
+WORD	[^{}|&$;<> \t\n'"#]+
+NEWLINE [\n]+
+
+%%
+
+name		{ return TOKEN_NAME; }
+image		{ return TOKEN_IMAGE; }
+initrd		{ return TOKEN_INITRD; }
+args		{ return TOKEN_ARGS; }
+dtb		{ return TOKEN_DTB; }
+description	{ return TOKEN_DESCRIPTION; }
+default		{ return TOKEN_DEFAULT; }
+dev_description { return TOKEN_DEV_DESCRIPTION; }
+{DELIM}		{ ; }
+{NUMBER}	{ yylval->num = atoi(yytext); return TOKEN_NUMBER; }
+{WORD}		{ yylval->word = strdup(yytext); return TOKEN_WORD; }
+{NEWLINE}	{ return TOKEN_NEWLINE; }
+
+%%
+
+struct native_parser;
+
+void *yyalloc(size_t bytes, void *yyscanner)
+{
+	struct native_parser *parser = yyget_extra(yyscanner);
+	return talloc_size(parser, bytes);
+}
+
+void *yyrealloc(void *ptr, size_t bytes, void *yyscanner)
+{
+	struct native_parser *parser = yyget_extra(yyscanner);
+	return talloc_realloc_size(parser, ptr, bytes);
+}
+
+void yyfree(void *ptr, void *yyscanner __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	talloc_free(ptr);
+}
diff --git a/discover/native/native-parser.y b/discover/native/native-parser.y
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0a547b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discover/native/native-parser.y
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+
+%pure-parser
+%lex-param { nscan_t scanner }
+%parse-param { struct native_parser *parser }
+%parse-param { void *scanner }
+%error-verbose
+
+%define api.prefix {n}
+%{
+#include <talloc/talloc.h>
+#include <log/log.h>
+#include "discover/resource.h"
+#include "discover/parser-utils.h"
+
+#include "native.h"
+
+void yyerror(struct native_parser *parser, void *scanner, const char *fmt, ...);
+%}
+
+%union {
+	char	*word;
+	int	num;
+}
+
+%token	<word>	TOKEN_WORD
+%token	<num>	TOKEN_NUMBER
+
+%token TOKEN_DEFAULT
+%token TOKEN_DEV_DESCRIPTION
+
+%token TOKEN_NAME
+%token TOKEN_IMAGE
+%token TOKEN_INITRD
+%token TOKEN_ARGS
+%token TOKEN_DTB
+%token TOKEN_DESCRIPTION
+%token TOKEN_NEWLINE
+
+%{
+#include "native-lexer.h"
+%}
+
+%%
+
+native:
+	globals boot_options { native_parser_finish(parser); }
+	| boot_options { native_parser_finish(parser); }
+	;
+globals:
+	globals global
+	| global
+	;
+global:
+	TOKEN_DEFAULT TOKEN_WORD {
+		if (parser->default_name)
+			pb_log_fn("Duplicate default option, ignoring\n");
+		else
+			parser->default_name = talloc_strdup(parser, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_DEV_DESCRIPTION TOKEN_WORD {
+		native_append_string(parser,
+			&parser->ctx->device->device->description, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_NEWLINE
+	;
+
+boot_options:
+	boot_options option
+	| option
+	;
+option:
+	label params
+	;
+label:
+	TOKEN_NAME TOKEN_WORD {native_parser_create_option(parser, $2);}
+	;
+params:
+	params line
+	| line
+	;
+line:
+	TOKEN_IMAGE TOKEN_WORD  {
+		native_set_resource(parser, &parser->opt->boot_image, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_INITRD TOKEN_WORD  {
+		native_set_resource(parser, &parser->opt->initrd, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_DTB TOKEN_WORD  {
+		native_set_resource(parser, &parser->opt->dtb, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_ARGS TOKEN_WORD  {
+		native_append_string(parser, &parser->opt->option->boot_args, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_DESCRIPTION TOKEN_WORD  {
+		native_append_string(parser, &parser->opt->option->description, $2);
+	}
+	| TOKEN_NEWLINE
+	;
+%%
+
+void yyerror(struct native_parser *parser, void *scanner, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	const char *str;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	str = talloc_vasprintf(parser, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	pb_log("parse error: %d('%s'): %s\n", nget_lineno(scanner),
+					nget_text(scanner), str);
+}
+
+void native_parser_finish(struct native_parser *parser)
+{
+	if (parser->opt) {
+		discover_context_add_boot_option(parser->ctx, parser->opt);
+		parser->opt = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+void native_set_resource(struct native_parser *parser,
+		struct resource ** resource, const char *path)
+{
+	if (*resource) {
+		pb_log_fn("Duplicate resource at line %d: %s\n",
+			nget_lineno(parser->scanner), path);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	*resource = create_devpath_resource(parser->opt, parser->opt->device,
+					path);
+}
+
+void native_append_string(struct native_parser *parser,
+		char **str, const char *append)
+{
+	if (*str)
+		*str = talloc_asprintf_append(*str, append);
+	else
+		*str = talloc_strdup(parser->opt, append);
+}
+
+void native_parser_create_option(struct native_parser *parser, const char *name)
+{
+	struct discover_boot_option *opt = parser->opt;
+
+	if (opt)
+		native_parser_finish(parser);
+
+	opt = discover_boot_option_create(parser->ctx, parser->ctx->device);
+	opt->option->name = talloc_strdup(opt, name);
+	opt->option->id = talloc_asprintf(opt, "%s@%p",
+			parser->ctx->device->device->id, opt);
+	opt->option->type = DISCOVER_BOOT_OPTION;
+	opt->option->is_default = parser->default_name &&
+				streq(parser->default_name, name);
+	parser->opt = opt;
+	return;
+}
+
+struct native_parser *native_parser_create(struct discover_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct native_parser *parser;
+
+	parser = talloc_zero(ctx, struct native_parser);
+	parser->ctx = ctx;
+	nlex_init_extra(parser, &parser->scanner);
+
+	return parser;
+}
+
+void native_parser_parse(struct native_parser *parser, const char *filename,
+	char *buf, int len)
+{
+	YY_BUFFER_STATE bufstate;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (!len)
+		return;
+
+	parser->filename = filename;
+
+	bufstate = n_scan_bytes(buf, len - 1, parser->scanner);
+	nset_lineno(1, parser->scanner);
+
+	rc = nparse(parser, parser->scanner);
+
+	if (rc)
+		pb_log("Failed to parse %s\n", filename);
+
+	n_delete_buffer(bufstate, parser->scanner);
+}
+
diff --git a/discover/native/native.c b/discover/native/native.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..964ad1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discover/native/native.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <i18n/i18n.h>
+
+#include <talloc/talloc.h>
+#include <url/url.h>
+
+#include <discover/resource.h>
+#include <discover/parser.h>
+#include <discover/parser-utils.h>
+
+#include "native.h"
+
+static const char *const native_conf_files[] = {
+	"/boot/petitboot.conf",
+	"/petitboot.conf",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int native_parse(struct discover_context *dc)
+{
+	const char * const *filename;
+	struct native_parser *parser;
+	int len, rc;
+	char *buf;
+
+	/* Support block device boot only at present */
+	if (dc->event)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (filename = native_conf_files; *filename; filename++) {
+		rc = parser_request_file(dc, dc->device, *filename, &buf, &len);
+		if (rc)
+			continue;
+
+		parser = native_parser_create(dc);
+		native_parser_parse(parser, *filename, buf, len);
+		device_handler_status_dev_info(dc->handler, dc->device,
+				_("Parsed native configuration from %s"),
+				*filename);
+		talloc_free(buf);
+		talloc_free(parser);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct parser native_parser = {
+	.name			= "native",
+	.parse			= native_parse,
+	.resolve_resource	= resolve_devpath_resource,
+};
+
+register_parser(native_parser);
diff --git a/discover/native/native.h b/discover/native/native.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf7d6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/discover/native/native.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef NATIVE_H
+#define NATIVE_H
+
+#include <discover/device-handler.h>
+
+struct native_parser {
+	struct discover_context		*ctx;
+	struct discover_boot_option 	*opt;
+	void				*scanner;
+	const char			*filename;
+	char				*default_name;
+};
+
+void native_parser_finish(struct native_parser *parser);
+void native_set_resource(struct native_parser *parser, struct resource **,
+		const char *path);
+void native_append_string(struct native_parser *parser,
+		char **str, const char *append);
+void native_parser_create_option(struct native_parser *parser,
+		const char *name);
+
+/* external parser api */
+struct native_parser *native_parser_create(struct discover_context *ctx);
+void native_parser_parse(struct native_parser *parser, const char *filename,
+		char *buf, int len);
+#endif /* NATIVE_H */
+
diff --git a/test/parser/Makefile.am b/test/parser/Makefile.am
index 363933e3..6e0da38c 100644
--- a/test/parser/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/parser/Makefile.am
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ parser_TESTS = \
 	test/parser/test-syslinux-single-yocto \
 	test/parser/test-syslinux-global-append \
 	test/parser/test-syslinux-explicit \
-	test/parser/test-syslinux-nested-config
+	test/parser/test-syslinux-nested-config \
+	test/parser/test-native-simple \
+	test/parser/test-native-globals
 
 
 TESTS += $(parser_TESTS)
@@ -133,13 +135,16 @@ test_parser_libtest_ro_SOURCES = \
 	discover/parser-conf.c \
 	discover/user-event.c \
 	discover/event.c \
-	$(discover_grub2_grub2_parser_ro_SOURCES)
+	$(discover_grub2_grub2_parser_ro_SOURCES) \
+	$(discover_native_native_parser_ro_SOURCES)
 
 test_parser_libtest_ro_CPPFLAGS = \
 	$(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/discover \
 	-I$(top_srcdir)/discover/grub2 \
 	-I$(top_builddir)/discover/grub2 \
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/discover/native \
+	-I$(top_builddir)/discover/native \
 	-DPETITBOOT_TEST \
 	-DLOCAL_STATE_DIR='"$(localstatedir)"' \
 	-DTEST_CONF_BASE='"$(top_srcdir)/test/parser/data"'
diff --git a/test/parser/test-native-globals.c b/test/parser/test-native-globals.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0361e03b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/test-native-globals.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "parser-test.h"
+
+#if 0 /* PARSER_EMBEDDED_CONFIG */
+
+default first
+
+name first
+image /vmlinuz
+args console=hvc0
+initrd /initrd
+
+name second
+image /boot/vmlinuz
+args console=tty0
+initrd /boot/initrd
+
+#endif
+
+void run_test(struct parser_test *test)
+{
+	struct discover_boot_option *opt;
+	struct discover_context *ctx;
+
+	test_read_conf_embedded(test, "/boot/petitboot.conf");
+
+	test_run_parser(test, "native");
+
+	ctx = test->ctx;
+
+	check_boot_option_count(ctx, 2);
+
+	opt = get_boot_option(ctx, 0);
+
+	check_name(opt, "first");
+	check_resolved_local_resource(opt->boot_image, ctx->device, "/vmlinuz");
+	check_args(opt, "console=hvc0");
+	check_resolved_local_resource(opt->initrd, ctx->device, "/initrd");
+	check_is_default(opt);
+
+	opt = get_boot_option(ctx, 1);
+	check_name(opt, "second");
+	check_resolved_local_resource(opt->boot_image, ctx->device, "/boot/vmlinuz");
+	check_args(opt, "console=tty0");
+	check_resolved_local_resource(opt->initrd, ctx->device, "/boot/initrd");
+}
diff --git a/test/parser/test-native-simple.c b/test/parser/test-native-simple.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f817228e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser/test-native-simple.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include "parser-test.h"
+
+#if 0 /* PARSER_EMBEDDED_CONFIG */
+
+name native-option
+image /vmlinuz
+args console=hvc0
+initrd /initrd
+
+#endif
+
+void run_test(struct parser_test *test)
+{
+	struct discover_boot_option *opt;
+	struct discover_context *ctx;
+
+	test_read_conf_embedded(test, "/boot/petitboot.conf");
+
+	test_run_parser(test, "native");
+
+	ctx = test->ctx;
+
+	check_boot_option_count(ctx, 1);
+
+	opt = get_boot_option(ctx, 0);
+
+	check_name(opt, "native-option");
+	check_resolved_local_resource(opt->boot_image, ctx->device, "/vmlinuz");
+	check_args(opt, "console=hvc0");
+	check_resolved_local_resource(opt->initrd, ctx->device, "/initrd");
+}
