diff --git a/cmd/bootefi.c b/cmd/bootefi.c
index d3ae33e25b..fcd8dbafc1 100644
--- a/cmd/bootefi.c
+++ b/cmd/bootefi.c
@@ -219,6 +219,36 @@ exit:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec(unsigned long fdt_addr)
+{
+	struct efi_device_path *device_path, *file_path;
+	void *addr;
+	efi_status_t r;
+
+	/* Initialize and populate EFI object list */
+	if (!efi_obj_list_initalized)
+		efi_init_obj_list();
+
+	/*
+	 * gd lives in a fixed register which may get clobbered while we execute
+	 * the payload. So save it here and restore it on every callback entry
+	 */
+	efi_save_gd();
+
+	addr = efi_bootmgr_load(&device_path, &file_path);
+	if (!addr)
+		return 1;
+
+	printf("## Starting EFI application at %p ...\n", addr);
+	r = do_bootefi_exec(addr, (void *)fdt_addr, device_path, file_path);
+	printf("## Application terminated, r = %lu\n",
+	       r & ~EFI_ERROR_MASK);
+
+	if (r != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /* Interpreter command to boot an arbitrary EFI image from memory */
 static int do_bootefi(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
@@ -237,7 +267,14 @@ static int do_bootefi(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 		memcpy((char *)addr, __efi_hello_world_begin, size);
 	} else
 #endif
-	{
+	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "bootmgr")) {
+		unsigned long fdt_addr = 0;
+
+		if (argc > 2)
+			fdt_addr = simple_strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 16);
+
+		return do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec(fdt_addr);
+	} else {
 		saddr = argv[1];
 
 		addr = simple_strtoul(saddr, NULL, 16);
@@ -270,7 +307,11 @@ static char bootefi_help_text[] =
 	"hello\n"
 	"  - boot a sample Hello World application stored within U-Boot"
 #endif
-	;
+	"bootmgr [fdt addr]\n"
+	"  - load and boot EFI payload based on BootOrder/BootXXXX variables.\n"
+	"\n"
+	"    If specified, the device tree located at <fdt address> gets\n"
+	"    exposed as EFI configuration table.\n";
 #endif
 
 U_BOOT_CMD(
@@ -308,6 +349,9 @@ void efi_set_bootdev(const char *dev, const char *devnr, const char *path)
 #endif
 	}
 
+	if (!path)
+		return;
+
 	if (strcmp(dev, "Net")) {
 		/* Add leading / to fs paths, because they're absolute */
 		snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/%s", path);
diff --git a/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h b/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
index 9ed6b9892c..e0d0034ed3 100644
--- a/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
+++ b/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@
 
 #define BOOTENV_SHARED_EFI                                                \
 	"boot_efi_binary="                                                \
+		"if fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}; then "                        \
+			"bootefi bootmgr ${fdt_addr_r};"                  \
+		"else "                                                   \
+			"bootefi bootmgr ${fdtcontroladdr};"              \
+		"fi;"                                                     \
 		"load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} "           \
 			"${kernel_addr_r} efi/boot/"BOOTEFI_NAME"; "      \
 		"if fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}; then "                        \
diff --git a/include/efi_api.h b/include/efi_api.h
index 1aae96355f..d0aefa8221 100644
--- a/include/efi_api.h
+++ b/include/efi_api.h
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ struct efi_runtime_services {
 	EFI_GUID(0x00000000, 0x0000, 0x0000, 0x00, 0x00, \
 		 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00)
 
+#define EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID \
+	EFI_GUID(0x8be4df61, 0x93ca, 0x11d2, 0xaa, 0x0d, \
+		 0x00, 0xe0, 0x98, 0x03, 0x2b, 0x8c)
+
 #define LOADED_IMAGE_PROTOCOL_GUID \
 	EFI_GUID(0x5b1b31a1, 0x9562, 0x11d2, 0x8e, 0x3f, \
 		 0x00, 0xa0, 0xc9, 0x69, 0x72, 0x3b)
diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index 9eee62dc9c..adc0bcf609 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ extern const struct efi_device_path_to_text_protocol efi_device_path_to_text;
 
 uint16_t *efi_dp_str(struct efi_device_path *dp);
 
+extern const efi_guid_t efi_global_variable_guid;
 extern const efi_guid_t efi_guid_console_control;
 extern const efi_guid_t efi_guid_device_path;
 extern const efi_guid_t efi_guid_loaded_image;
@@ -209,6 +210,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_install_configuration_table(const efi_guid_t *guid, void *table
 void efi_setup_loaded_image(struct efi_loaded_image *info, struct efi_object *obj,
 			    struct efi_device_path *device_path,
 			    struct efi_device_path *file_path);
+efi_status_t efi_load_image_from_path(struct efi_device_path *file_path,
+				      void **buffer);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_LOADER_BOUNCE_BUFFER
 extern void *efi_bounce_buffer;
@@ -287,6 +290,9 @@ efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_set_variable(s16 *variable_name,
 		efi_guid_t *vendor, u32 attributes,
 		unsigned long data_size, void *data);
 
+void *efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
+		       struct efi_device_path **file_path);
+
 #else /* defined(EFI_LOADER) && !defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) */
 
 /* Without CONFIG_EFI_LOADER we don't have a runtime section, stub it out */
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
index f58cb13337..930c0e218e 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ always := $(efiprogs-y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI_HELLO) += helloworld_efi.o
 obj-y += efi_image_loader.o efi_boottime.o efi_runtime.o efi_console.o
 obj-y += efi_memory.o efi_device_path_to_text.o efi_device_path.o
-obj-y += efi_file.o efi_variable.o
+obj-y += efi_file.o efi_variable.o efi_bootmgr.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LCD) += efi_gop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VIDEO) += efi_gop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARTITIONS) += efi_disk.o
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..857d88a879
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_bootmgr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+/*
+ *  EFI utils
+ *
+ *  Copyright (c) 2017 Rob Clark
+ *
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier:     GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <charset.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <efi_loader.h>
+
+static const struct efi_boot_services *bs;
+static const struct efi_runtime_services *rs;
+
+#define LOAD_OPTION_ACTIVE		0x00000001
+#define LOAD_OPTION_FORCE_RECONNECT	0x00000002
+#define LOAD_OPTION_HIDDEN		0x00000008
+
+/*
+ * bootmgr implements the logic of trying to find a payload to boot
+ * based on the BootOrder + BootXXXX variables, and then loading it.
+ *
+ * TODO detecting a special key held (f9?) and displaying a boot menu
+ * like you would get on a PC would be clever.
+ *
+ * TODO if we had a way to write and persist variables after the OS
+ * has started, we'd also want to check OsIndications to see if we
+ * should do normal or recovery boot.
+ */
+
+
+/*
+ * See section 3.1.3 in the v2.7 UEFI spec for more details on
+ * the layout of EFI_LOAD_OPTION.  In short it is:
+ *
+ *    typedef struct _EFI_LOAD_OPTION {
+ *        UINT32 Attributes;
+ *        UINT16 FilePathListLength;
+ *        // CHAR16 Description[];   <-- variable length, NULL terminated
+ *        // EFI_DEVICE_PATH_PROTOCOL FilePathList[];  <-- FilePathListLength bytes
+ *        // UINT8 OptionalData[];
+ *    } EFI_LOAD_OPTION;
+ */
+struct load_option {
+	u32 attributes;
+	u16 file_path_length;
+	u16 *label;
+	struct efi_device_path *file_path;
+	u8 *optional_data;
+};
+
+/* parse an EFI_LOAD_OPTION, as described above */
+static void parse_load_option(struct load_option *lo, void *ptr)
+{
+	lo->attributes = *(u32 *)ptr;
+	ptr += sizeof(u32);
+
+	lo->file_path_length = *(u16 *)ptr;
+	ptr += sizeof(u16);
+
+	lo->label = ptr;
+	ptr += (utf16_strlen(lo->label) + 1) * 2;
+
+	lo->file_path = ptr;
+	ptr += lo->file_path_length;
+
+	lo->optional_data = ptr;
+}
+
+/* free() the result */
+static void *get_var(u16 *name, const efi_guid_t *vendor,
+		     unsigned long *size)
+{
+	efi_guid_t *v = (efi_guid_t *)vendor;
+	efi_status_t ret;
+	void *buf = NULL;
+
+	*size = 0;
+	EFI_CALL(ret = rs->get_variable((s16 *)name, v, NULL, size, buf));
+	if (ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
+		buf = malloc(*size);
+		EFI_CALL(ret = rs->get_variable((s16 *)name, v, NULL, size, buf));
+	}
+
+	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		free(buf);
+		*size = 0;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to load load-option number 'n', returning device_path and file_path
+ * if successful.  This checks that the EFI_LOAD_OPTION is active (enabled)
+ * and that the specified file to boot exists.
+ */
+static void *try_load_entry(uint16_t n, struct efi_device_path **device_path,
+			    struct efi_device_path **file_path)
+{
+	struct load_option lo;
+	u16 varname[] = L"Boot0000";
+	u16 hexmap[] = L"0123456789ABCDEF";
+	void *load_option, *image = NULL;
+	unsigned long size;
+
+	varname[4] = hexmap[(n & 0xf000) >> 12];
+	varname[5] = hexmap[(n & 0x0f00) >> 8];
+	varname[6] = hexmap[(n & 0x00f0) >> 4];
+	varname[7] = hexmap[(n & 0x000f) >> 0];
+
+	load_option = get_var(varname, &efi_global_variable_guid, &size);
+	if (!load_option)
+		return NULL;
+
+	parse_load_option(&lo, load_option);
+
+	if (lo.attributes & LOAD_OPTION_ACTIVE) {
+		efi_status_t ret;
+		u16 *str = NULL;
+
+		debug("%s: trying to load \"%ls\" from: %ls\n", __func__,
+		      lo.label, (str = efi_dp_str(lo.file_path)));
+		efi_free_pool(str);
+
+		ret = efi_load_image_from_path(lo.file_path, &image);
+
+		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
+			goto error;
+
+		printf("Booting: %ls\n", lo.label);
+		efi_dp_split_file_path(lo.file_path, device_path, file_path);
+	}
+
+error:
+	free(load_option);
+
+	return image;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to load, in the order specified by BootOrder EFI variable, the
+ * available load-options, finding and returning the first one that can
+ * be loaded successfully.
+ */
+void *efi_bootmgr_load(struct efi_device_path **device_path,
+		       struct efi_device_path **file_path)
+{
+	uint16_t *bootorder;
+	unsigned long size;
+	void *image = NULL;
+	int i, num;
+
+	__efi_entry_check();
+
+	bs = systab.boottime;
+	rs = systab.runtime;
+
+	bootorder = get_var(L"BootOrder", &efi_global_variable_guid, &size);
+	if (!bootorder)
+		goto error;
+
+	num = size / sizeof(uint16_t);
+	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		debug("%s: trying to load Boot%04X\n", __func__, bootorder[i]);
+		image = try_load_entry(bootorder[i], device_path, file_path);
+		if (image)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	free(bootorder);
+
+error:
+	__efi_exit_check();
+
+	return image;
+}
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
index c406ff82ff..cea242cd49 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
@@ -763,8 +763,8 @@ void efi_setup_loaded_image(struct efi_loaded_image *info, struct efi_object *ob
 	list_add_tail(&obj->link, &efi_obj_list);
 }
 
-static efi_status_t load_image_from_path(struct efi_device_path *file_path,
-					 void **buffer)
+efi_status_t efi_load_image_from_path(struct efi_device_path *file_path,
+				      void **buffer)
 {
 	struct efi_file_info *info = NULL;
 	struct efi_file_handle *f;
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ static efi_status_t EFIAPI efi_load_image(bool boot_policy,
 		struct efi_device_path *dp, *fp;
 		efi_status_t ret;
 
-		ret = load_image_from_path(file_path, &source_buffer);
+		ret = efi_load_image_from_path(file_path, &source_buffer);
 		if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 			free(info);
 			free(obj);
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
index 469acae082..242e6a504b 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_image_loader.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+const efi_guid_t efi_global_variable_guid = EFI_GLOBAL_VARIABLE_GUID;
 const efi_guid_t efi_guid_device_path = DEVICE_PATH_GUID;
 const efi_guid_t efi_guid_loaded_image = LOADED_IMAGE_GUID;
 const efi_guid_t efi_simple_file_system_protocol_guid =
