diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index 978f44eda42..abcd003f7f1 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -2007,6 +2007,13 @@ config CMD_WGET
 	  wget is a simple command to download kernel, or other files,
 	  from a http server over TCP.
 
+config CMD_NETCAT
+	bool "netcat"
+	select PROT_TCP
+	help
+	  netcat is a simple command to load/store kernel, or other files,
+	  using netcat like manner over TCP.
+
 config CMD_MII
 	bool "mii"
 	imply CMD_MDIO
diff --git a/cmd/net.c b/cmd/net.c
index 53ce2bc5d0c..6ac81415f8a 100644
--- a/cmd/net.c
+++ b/cmd/net.c
@@ -206,6 +206,28 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(
 );
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT)
+static int do_netcat(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
+{
+	if (argc < 2)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (strcmp(argv[1], "load") == 0)
+		return netboot_common(NETCAT_LOAD, cmdtp, argc - 1, argv + 1);
+	else if (strcmp(argv[1], "store") == 0)
+		return netboot_common(NETCAT_STORE, cmdtp, argc - 1, argv + 1);
+	else
+		return 1;
+}
+
+U_BOOT_CMD(
+	netcat,   5,      1,      do_netcat,
+	"load/store data via tcp netcat utility",
+	"load [loadAddress] [[hostIPaddr:]port]\n"
+	"store Address Size [[hostIPaddr:]port]\n"
+);
+#endif
+
 static void netboot_update_env(void)
 {
 	char tmp[46];
@@ -323,16 +345,17 @@ static int parse_args(enum proto_t proto, int argc, char *const argv[])
 
 	switch (argc) {
 	case 1:
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) && proto == TFTPPUT)
+		if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) && proto == TFTPPUT) ||
+		    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT) && proto == NETCAT_STORE))
 			return 1;
-
 		/* refresh bootfile name from env */
 		copy_filename(net_boot_file_name, env_get("bootfile"),
 			      sizeof(net_boot_file_name));
 		break;
 
 	case 2:
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) && proto == TFTPPUT)
+		if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) && proto == TFTPPUT) ||
+		    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT) && proto == NETCAT_STORE))
 			return 1;
 		/*
 		 * Only one arg - accept two forms:
@@ -354,7 +377,8 @@ static int parse_args(enum proto_t proto, int argc, char *const argv[])
 		break;
 
 	case 3:
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) && proto == TFTPPUT) {
+		if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) && proto == TFTPPUT) ||
+		    (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT) && proto == NETCAT_STORE)) {
 			if (parse_addr_size(argv))
 				return 1;
 		} else {
@@ -365,7 +389,7 @@ static int parse_args(enum proto_t proto, int argc, char *const argv[])
 		}
 		break;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT) || defined(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT)
 	case 4:
 		if (parse_addr_size(argv))
 			return 1;
diff --git a/include/net.h b/include/net.h
index b0ce13e0a9d..5ec826209f0 100644
--- a/include/net.h
+++ b/include/net.h
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ extern int		net_restart_wrap;	/* Tried all network devices */
 enum proto_t {
 	BOOTP, RARP, ARP, TFTPGET, DHCP, DHCP6, PING, PING6, DNS, NFS, CDP,
 	NETCONS, SNTP, TFTPSRV, TFTPPUT, LINKLOCAL, FASTBOOT_UDP, FASTBOOT_TCP,
-	WOL, UDP, NCSI, WGET, RS
+	WOL, UDP, NCSI, WGET, NETCAT_LOAD, NETCAT_STORE, RS
 };
 
 extern char	net_boot_file_name[1024];/* Boot File name */
diff --git a/include/net/netcat.h b/include/net/netcat.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09470e7f0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/net/netcat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+ *
+ * netcat include file
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 IOPSYS Software Solutions AB
+ * Author: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
+ */
+#ifndef __NET_NETCAT_TCP_H__
+#define __NET_NETCAT_TCP_H__
+
+/**
+ * netcat_load_start() - begin netcat in loading mode
+ */
+void netcat_load_start(void);
+
+/**
+ * netcat_store_start() - begin netcat in data storing mode
+ */
+void netcat_store_start(void);
+
+#endif /* __NET_NETCAT_TCP_H__ */
diff --git a/net/Makefile b/net/Makefile
index 64ab7ec740a..dac7b4859fb 100644
--- a/net/Makefile
+++ b/net/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_WOL)  += wol.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROT_UDP) += udp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROT_TCP) += tcp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_WGET) += wget.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT) += netcat.o
 
 # Disable this warning as it is triggered by:
 # sprintf(buf, index ? "foo%d" : "foo", index)
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 86182cc504e..0e05a8f2336 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 #include <test/test.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
 #include <net/wget.h>
+#include <net/netcat.h>
 #include "arp.h"
 #include "bootp.h"
 #include "cdp.h"
@@ -564,6 +565,14 @@ restart:
 			wget_start();
 			break;
 #endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_CMD_NETCAT)
+		case NETCAT_LOAD:
+			netcat_load_start();
+			break;
+		case NETCAT_STORE:
+			netcat_store_start();
+			break;
+#endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_CMD_CDP)
 		case CDP:
 			cdp_start();
diff --git a/net/netcat.c b/net/netcat.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea225c68c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/netcat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * netcat support driver
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 IOPSYS Software Solutions AB
+ * Author: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
+ */
+
+#include <command.h>
+#include <display_options.h>
+#include <env.h>
+#include <image.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+#include <net.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
+#include <net/netcat.h>
+
+#define HASHES_PER_LINE		65
+
+static struct in_addr		server_ip;
+static u16			server_port;
+static u16			local_port;
+static int			listen;
+static int			reading;
+static unsigned int		packets;
+static enum net_loop_state	netcat_loop_state;
+
+static void show_block_marker(void)
+{
+	if ((packets % 10) == 0)
+		putc('#');
+	else if (((packets + 1) % (10 * HASHES_PER_LINE)) == 0)
+		puts("\n");
+}
+
+static void tcp_stream_on_closed(struct tcp_stream *tcp)
+{
+	if (tcp->status != TCP_ERR_OK)
+		netcat_loop_state = NETLOOP_FAIL;
+
+	if (netcat_loop_state != NETLOOP_SUCCESS)
+		printf("\nnetcat: Transfer Fail, TCP status - %d\n", tcp->status);
+	else
+		printf("\nPackets %s %d, Transfer Successful\n",
+		       reading ? "received" : "transmitted", packets);
+	net_set_state(netcat_loop_state);
+}
+
+static void tcp_stream_on_rcv_nxt_update(struct tcp_stream *tcp, u32 rx_bytes)
+{
+	net_boot_file_size = rx_bytes;
+	show_block_marker();
+}
+
+static void tcp_stream_on_snd_una_update(struct tcp_stream *tcp, u32 tx_bytes)
+{
+	show_block_marker();
+	if (tx_bytes == image_save_size)
+		tcp_stream_close(tcp);
+}
+
+static void tcp_stream_on_established(struct tcp_stream *tcp)
+{
+	netcat_loop_state = NETLOOP_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+static u32 tcp_stream_rx(struct tcp_stream *tcp, u32 rx_offs, void *buf, u32 len)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+
+	packets++;
+	ptr = map_sysmem(image_load_addr + rx_offs, len);
+	memcpy(ptr, buf, len);
+	unmap_sysmem(ptr);
+	return len;
+}
+
+static u32 tcp_stream_tx(struct tcp_stream *tcp, u32 tx_offs, void *buf, u32 maxlen)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+
+	if (tx_offs + maxlen > image_save_size)
+		maxlen = image_save_size - tx_offs;
+	if (maxlen == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	packets++;
+	ptr = map_sysmem(image_save_addr + tx_offs, maxlen);
+	memcpy(buf, ptr, maxlen);
+	unmap_sysmem(ptr);
+	return maxlen;
+}
+
+static int tcp_stream_on_create(struct tcp_stream *tcp)
+{
+	if (listen) {
+		if (tcp->lport != local_port)
+			return 0;
+	} else {
+		if ((tcp->rhost.s_addr != server_ip.s_addr) ||
+		    (tcp->rport != server_port))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	netcat_loop_state = NETLOOP_FAIL;
+	net_boot_file_size = 0;
+	packets = 0;
+
+	tcp->on_closed = tcp_stream_on_closed;
+	tcp->on_established = tcp_stream_on_established;
+	if (reading) {
+		tcp->on_rcv_nxt_update = tcp_stream_on_rcv_nxt_update;
+		tcp->rx = tcp_stream_rx;
+	} else {
+		tcp->on_snd_una_update = tcp_stream_on_snd_una_update;
+		tcp->tx = tcp_stream_tx;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static void netcat_start(void)
+{
+	struct tcp_stream *tcp;
+
+	memset(net_server_ethaddr, 0, 6);
+	tcp_stream_set_on_create_handler(tcp_stream_on_create);
+
+	if (strchr(net_boot_file_name, ':') == NULL) {
+		listen = 1;
+		printf("Listening on port %s...\n", net_boot_file_name);
+
+		local_port = dectoul(net_boot_file_name, NULL);
+	} else {
+		listen = 0;
+		printf("Connecting to %s...\n", net_boot_file_name);
+
+		server_ip = string_to_ip(net_boot_file_name);
+		server_port = dectoul(strchr(net_boot_file_name, ':') + 1, NULL);
+
+		tcp = tcp_stream_connect(server_ip, server_port);
+		if (tcp == NULL) {
+			printf("No free tcp streams\n");
+			net_set_state(NETLOOP_FAIL);
+			return;
+		}
+		tcp_stream_put(tcp);
+	}
+}
+
+void netcat_load_start(void)
+{
+	reading = 1;
+	return netcat_start();
+}
+
+void netcat_store_start(void)
+{
+	reading = 0;
+	return netcat_start();
+}
