diff --git a/drivers/led/Kconfig b/drivers/led/Kconfig
index 9837960198d..1afb081df11 100644
--- a/drivers/led/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/led/Kconfig
@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ config LED_BLINK
 	  This option enables support for this which adds slightly to the
 	  code size.
 
+config LED_SW_BLINK
+	bool "Support software LED blinking"
+	depends on LED_BLINK
+	select CYCLIC
+	help
+	  Turns on led blinking implemented in the software, useful when
+	  the hardware doesn't support led blinking. Half of the period
+	  led will be ON and the rest time it will be OFF. Standard
+	  led commands can be used to configure blinking. Does nothing
+	  if driver supports blinking.
+	  WARNING: Blinking may be inaccurate during execution of time
+	  consuming commands (ex. flash reading). Also it will completely
+	  stops during OS booting.
+
 config SPL_LED
 	bool "Enable LED support in SPL"
 	depends on SPL_DM
diff --git a/drivers/led/led-uclass.c b/drivers/led/led-uclass.c
index a4be56fc258..d021c3bbf20 100644
--- a/drivers/led/led-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/led/led-uclass.c
@@ -52,6 +52,94 @@ int led_get_by_label(const char *label, struct udevice **devp)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK
+static void led_sw_blink(void *data)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev = data;
+	struct led_uc_plat *uc_plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+	struct led_ops *ops = led_get_ops(dev);
+
+	switch (uc_plat->sw_blink_state) {
+	case LED_SW_BLINK_ST_OFF:
+		uc_plat->sw_blink_state = LED_SW_BLINK_ST_ON;
+		ops->set_state(dev, LEDST_ON);
+		break;
+	case LED_SW_BLINK_ST_ON:
+		uc_plat->sw_blink_state = LED_SW_BLINK_ST_OFF;
+		ops->set_state(dev, LEDST_OFF);
+		break;
+	case LED_SW_BLINK_ST_NONE:
+		/*
+		 * led_set_period has been called, but
+		 * led_set_state(LDST_BLINK) has not yet,
+		 * so doing nothing
+		 */
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
+static int led_sw_set_period(struct udevice *dev, int period_ms)
+{
+	struct led_uc_plat *uc_plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+	struct cyclic_info *cyclic = uc_plat->cyclic;
+	struct led_ops *ops = led_get_ops(dev);
+	char cyclic_name[64];
+	int half_period_us;
+
+	uc_plat->sw_blink_state = LED_SW_BLINK_ST_NONE;
+	ops->set_state(dev, LEDST_OFF);
+
+	half_period_us = period_ms * 1000 / 2;
+
+	if (cyclic) {
+		cyclic->delay_us = half_period_us;
+		cyclic->start_time_us = timer_get_us();
+	} else {
+		snprintf(cyclic_name, sizeof(cyclic_name),
+			 "led_sw_blink_%s", uc_plat->label);
+
+		cyclic = cyclic_register(led_sw_blink, half_period_us,
+					 cyclic_name, dev);
+		if (!cyclic) {
+			log_err("Registering of blinking function for %s failed\n",
+				uc_plat->label);
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		uc_plat->cyclic = cyclic;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool led_sw_is_blinking(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct led_uc_plat *uc_plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+
+	return (uc_plat->sw_blink_state != LED_SW_BLINK_ST_NONE);
+}
+
+static bool led_sw_on_state_change(struct udevice *dev, enum led_state_t state)
+{
+	struct led_uc_plat *uc_plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+
+	if (uc_plat->cyclic) {
+		if (state == LEDST_BLINK) {
+			/* start blinking on next led_sw_blink() call */
+			uc_plat->sw_blink_state = LED_SW_BLINK_ST_OFF;
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		/* stop blinking */
+		cyclic_unregister(uc_plat->cyclic);
+		uc_plat->cyclic = NULL;
+		uc_plat->sw_blink_state = LED_SW_BLINK_ST_NONE;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK */
+
 int led_set_state(struct udevice *dev, enum led_state_t state)
 {
 	struct led_ops *ops = led_get_ops(dev);
@@ -59,6 +147,11 @@ int led_set_state(struct udevice *dev, enum led_state_t state)
 	if (!ops->set_state)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK
+	if (led_sw_on_state_change(dev, state))
+		return 0;
+#endif
+
 	return ops->set_state(dev, state);
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +162,11 @@ enum led_state_t led_get_state(struct udevice *dev)
 	if (!ops->get_state)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK
+	if (led_sw_is_blinking(dev))
+		return LEDST_BLINK;
+#endif
+
 	return ops->get_state(dev);
 }
 
@@ -78,7 +176,11 @@ int led_set_period(struct udevice *dev, int period_ms)
 	struct led_ops *ops = led_get_ops(dev);
 
 	if (!ops->set_period)
+#ifdef CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK
+		return led_sw_set_period(dev, period_ms);
+#else
 		return -ENOSYS;
+#endif
 
 	return ops->set_period(dev, period_ms);
 }
diff --git a/include/led.h b/include/led.h
index a6353166289..bd50fdf33ef 100644
--- a/include/led.h
+++ b/include/led.h
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ enum led_state_t {
 	LEDST_COUNT,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK
+enum led_sw_blink_state_t {
+	LED_SW_BLINK_ST_NONE = 0,
+	LED_SW_BLINK_ST_OFF = 1,
+	LED_SW_BLINK_ST_ON = 2,
+};
+#endif
+
 /**
  * struct led_uc_plat - Platform data the uclass stores about each device
  *
@@ -29,6 +37,10 @@ enum led_state_t {
 struct led_uc_plat {
 	const char *label;
 	enum led_state_t default_state;
+#ifdef CONFIG_LED_SW_BLINK
+	enum led_sw_blink_state_t sw_blink_state;
+	struct cyclic_info *cyclic;
+#endif
 };
 
 /**
