diff --git a/handlers/Config.in b/handlers/Config.in
index 5264f0d..596f069 100644
--- a/handlers/Config.in
+++ b/handlers/Config.in
@@ -161,6 +161,21 @@ config REMOTE_HANDLER
 comment "remote handler needs zeromq"
 	depends on !HAVE_LIBZEROMQ
 
+config SWUFORWARDER_HANDLER
+	bool "SWU forwarder"
+	depends on HAVE_LIBCURL
+	select CURL
+	select JSON
+	default n
+	help
+	  This allows to build a chain of updater. A
+	  SWU can contains other SWUs for other systems.
+	  The handler takes a list of URLs and forward the
+	  embedded SWU to the other devices using the
+	  Webserver REST API.
+
+comment "SWU forwarder requires libcurl"
+	depends on !HAVE_LIBCURL
 
 config BOOTLOADERHANDLER
 	bool "bootloader"
diff --git a/handlers/Makefile b/handlers/Makefile
index b51e3ec..f89bbad 100644
--- a/handlers/Makefile
+++ b/handlers/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SHELLSCRIPTHANDLER) += shell_scripthandler.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RAW) += raw_handler.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REMOTE_HANDLER) += remote_handler.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOOTLOADERHANDLER) += boot_handler.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SWUFORWARDER_HANDLER) += swuforward_handler.o
diff --git a/handlers/swuforward_handler.c b/handlers/swuforward_handler.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b59de98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/swuforward_handler.c
@@ -0,0 +1,465 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2017
+ * Stefano Babic, DENX Software Engineering, sbabic@denx.de.
+ *
+ * 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; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This handler allows to create a mesh of devices using SWUpdate
+ * as agent. The handler is called if an artifact is a SWU image
+ * and sends it to the devices provided in sw-description.
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <swupdate.h>
+#include <handler.h>
+#include <util.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <json-c/json.h>
+#include "bsdqueue.h"
+#include "channel_curl.h"
+#include "channel.h"
+#include "parselib.h"
+
+/*
+ * The Webserver in SWUpdate expets a custom header
+ * with the filename
+ */
+#define CUSTOM_HEADER "X_FILENAME: "
+#define MAX_WAIT_MS	30000
+#define POST_URL	"/handle_post_request"
+#define STATUS_URL	"/getstatus.json"
+
+/*
+ * The hzandler checks if a remote update was successful
+ * asking for the status. It is supposed that the boards go on
+ * until they report a success or failure.
+ * Following timeout is introduced in case boards answer, but they do not
+ * go out for some reasons from the running state.
+ */
+#define TIMEOUT_GET_ANSWER_SEC		900	/* 15 minutes */
+#define POLLING_TIME_REQ_STATUS		50	/* in mSec */
+
+void swuforward_handler(void);
+
+/*
+ * Track each connection
+ * The handler maintains a list of connections and sends the SWU
+ * to all of them at once.
+ */
+struct curlconn {
+	CURL *curl_handle;	/* CURL handle for posting image */
+	const void *buffer;	/* temprary buffer to transfer image */
+	unsigned int nbytes;	/* bytes to be transferred per iteration */
+	size_t total_bytes;	/* size of SWU image */
+	char *url;		/* URL for forwarding */
+	bool gotMsg;		/* set if the remote board has sent a new msg */
+	RECOVERY_STATUS SWUpdateStatus;	/* final status of update */
+	LIST_ENTRY(curlconn) next;
+};
+LIST_HEAD(listconns, curlconn);
+
+/*
+ * global handler data
+ *
+ */
+struct hnd_priv {
+	CURLM *cm;		/* libcurl multi handle */
+	unsigned int maxwaitms;	/* maximum time in CURL wait */
+	size_t size;		/* size of SWU */
+	struct listconns conns;	/* list of connections */
+};
+
+/*
+ * CURL callback when posting data
+ * Read from connection buffer and copy to CURL buffer
+ */
+static size_t curl_read_data(void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userp)
+{
+	struct curlconn *conn = (struct curlconn *)userp;
+	size_t nbytes;
+
+	if (!nmemb)
+		return 0;
+	if (!userp) {
+		ERROR("Failure IPC stream file descriptor \n");
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	if (conn->nbytes > (nmemb * size))
+		nbytes = nmemb * size;
+	else
+		nbytes = conn->nbytes;
+
+	memcpy(buffer, conn->buffer, nbytes);
+
+	conn->nbytes -=  nbytes;
+
+	return nmemb;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the copyimage's callback. When called,
+ * there is a buffer to be passed to curl connections
+ */
+static int swu_forward_data(void *data, const void *buf, unsigned int len)
+{
+	struct hnd_priv *priv = (struct hnd_priv *)data;
+	int ret, still_running = 0;
+
+	struct curlconn *conn;
+	LIST_FOREACH(conn, &priv->conns, next) {
+		conn->nbytes += len;
+		conn->buffer = buf;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		int ready = 1;
+
+		LIST_FOREACH(conn, &priv->conns, next) {
+			if (conn->nbytes > 0) {
+				ready = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Buffer transferred to all connections,
+		 * just returns and wait for next
+		 */
+		if (ready)
+			break;
+
+		int numfds=0;
+		ret = curl_multi_wait(priv->cm, NULL, 0, priv->maxwaitms, &numfds);
+		if (ret != CURLM_OK) {
+			ERROR("curl_multi_wait() returns %d", ret);
+			return FAILURE;
+		}
+
+		curl_multi_perform(priv->cm, &still_running);
+	} while (still_running);
+
+	if (!still_running) {
+		LIST_FOREACH(conn, &priv->conns, next) {
+			/* check if the buffer was transfered */
+			if (conn->nbytes) {
+				ERROR("Connection lost, data not transferred");
+			}
+			conn->total_bytes += len - conn->nbytes;
+			if (conn->total_bytes != priv->size) {
+				ERROR("Connection lost, SWU not transferred");
+				return -EIO;
+			}
+		}
+		ERROR("Connection lost, skipping data");
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Send a GET to retrieve all traces from the connected board
+ */
+static int get_answer(struct curlconn *conn, RECOVERY_STATUS *result, bool ignore)
+{
+	channel_data_t channel_cfg = {
+		.debug = false,
+		.retries = 0,
+		.retry_sleep = 0,
+		.usessl = false};
+	channel_op_res_t response;
+	channel_t *channel = channel_new();
+
+	/*
+	 * Open a curl channel, do not connect yet
+	 */
+	if (channel->open(channel, &channel_cfg) != CHANNEL_OK) {
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	if (asprintf(&channel_cfg.url, "%s/%s",
+			 conn->url, STATUS_URL) < 0) {
+		ERROR("Out of memory.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM; 
+	}
+
+	/* Retrieve last message */
+	response = channel->get(channel, (void *)&channel_cfg);
+
+	if (response != CHANNEL_OK) {
+		channel->close(channel);
+		free(channel);
+		free(channel_cfg.url);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	json_object *json_data = json_get_path_key(
+	    channel_cfg.json_reply,
+	    (const char *[]){"Status", NULL});
+	if (json_data == NULL) {
+		ERROR("Got malformed JSON: Could not find Status");
+		DEBUG("Got JSON: %s\n", json_object_to_json_string(json_data));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	int status = json_object_get_int(json_data);
+
+	json_data = json_get_path_key(
+	    channel_cfg.json_reply,
+	    (const char *[]){"Msg", NULL});
+	const char *msg = json_object_get_string(json_data);
+
+	json_data = json_get_path_key(
+	    channel_cfg.json_reply,
+	    (const char *[]){"LastResult", NULL});
+	if (json_data == NULL) {
+		ERROR("Got malformed JSON: Could not find Last Result");
+		DEBUG("Got JSON: %s\n", json_object_to_json_string(json_data));
+		return -1;
+	}
+	int lastResult = json_object_get_int(json_data);
+
+	if (strlen(msg) > 0)
+		conn->gotMsg = (strlen(msg) > 0) ? true : false;
+
+	if (!ignore) {
+		if (strlen(msg)) {
+			TRACE("Update to %s :  %s", conn->url, msg);
+		}
+		if (status == IDLE) {
+			TRACE("Update to %s : %s", conn->url, 
+				(lastResult == SUCCESS) ? "SUCCESS !" : "FAILURE");
+		}
+	}
+
+	free(channel_cfg.url);
+	channel->close(channel);
+	free(channel);
+
+	*result = lastResult;
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+static int retrieve_msgs(struct hnd_priv *priv, bool ignore)
+{
+	struct curlconn *conn;
+	int ret;
+	int result = 0;
+
+	LIST_FOREACH(conn, &priv->conns, next) {
+		int count = 0;
+		do {
+			ret = get_answer(conn, &conn->SWUpdateStatus, ignore);
+			if (!conn->gotMsg) {
+				usleep(POLLING_TIME_REQ_STATUS * 1000);
+				count++;
+			} else
+				count = 0;
+			if (count > ((TIMEOUT_GET_ANSWER_SEC * 1000) /
+					POLLING_TIME_REQ_STATUS)) {
+				ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+			}
+		} while (ret > 0);
+		if (ret != 0 || (conn->SWUpdateStatus != SUCCESS)) {
+			ERROR("Update to %s was NOT successful !", conn->url);
+			result = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+static int install_remote_swu(struct img_type *img,
+	void __attribute__ ((__unused__)) *data)
+{
+	struct hnd_priv priv;
+	struct curlconn *conn;
+	int ret, still_running = 0;
+	struct dict_entry *url;
+	struct curl_slist *headerlist;
+	CURLMsg *msg = NULL;
+
+	/*
+	 * A single SWU can contains encrypted artifacts,
+	 * but the SWU itself canot be encrypted.
+	 * Raise an error if the encrypted attribute is set
+	 */
+
+	if (img->is_encrypted) {
+		ERROR("SWU to be forwarded cannot be encrypted");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* Reset list of connections */
+	LIST_INIT(&priv.conns);
+
+	/* initialize CURL */
+	ret = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+	if (ret != CURLE_OK) {
+		ret = FAILURE;
+		goto handler_exit;
+	}
+	priv.cm = curl_multi_init();
+	priv.maxwaitms = MAX_WAIT_MS;
+	priv.size = img->size;
+
+	/*
+	 * Parse handler properties to get URLs for destination
+	 *
+	 */
+	LIST_FOREACH(url, &img->properties, next) {
+		char curlheader[SWUPDATE_GENERAL_STRING_SIZE + strlen(CUSTOM_HEADER)];
+
+		if (!url->varname || !url->value || strcmp(url->varname, "url"))
+			continue;
+
+		conn = (struct curlconn *)calloc(1, sizeof(struct curlconn));
+		if (!conn) {
+			ERROR("FAULT: no memory");
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto handler_exit;
+		}
+
+		headerlist = NULL;
+
+		conn->curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
+		conn->url = url->value;
+
+		if (!conn->curl_handle) {
+			/* something very bad, it should never happen */
+			ERROR("FAULT: no handle from libcurl");
+			return FAILURE;
+		}
+
+		snprintf(curlheader, sizeof(curlheader), "%s%s", CUSTOM_HEADER, img->fname);
+		headerlist = curl_slist_append(headerlist, curlheader);
+
+		if ((curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_POST, 1L) != CURLE_OK) ||
+		    (curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_READFUNCTION,
+				      curl_read_data) != CURLE_OK) ||
+		    (curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_READDATA,
+				      conn) !=CURLE_OK) ||
+	    	    (curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT,
+			      "libcurl-agent/1.0") != CURLE_OK) ||
+		    (curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE,
+				      img->size)!=CURLE_OK) || 
+		    (curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
+				      headerlist) != CURLE_OK)) { 
+			ERROR("curl set_option was not successful");
+			ret = FAILURE;
+			goto handler_exit;
+		}
+
+		/* get verbose debug output please */ 
+		curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1L);
+
+		char *posturl = NULL;
+		posturl = (char *)malloc(strlen(conn->url) + strlen(POST_URL) + 1);
+		sprintf(posturl, "%s%s", conn->url, POST_URL); 
+
+		/* Set URL */
+		if (curl_easy_setopt(conn->curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, posturl) != CURLE_OK) {
+			ERROR("Cannot set URL in libcurl");
+			free(posturl);
+			ret = FAILURE;
+			goto handler_exit;
+		}
+		free(posturl);
+		curl_multi_add_handle(priv.cm, conn->curl_handle);
+		LIST_INSERT_HEAD(&priv.conns, conn, next);
+	}
+
+	retrieve_msgs(&priv, true);
+
+	curl_multi_perform(priv.cm, &still_running);
+
+	ret = copyimage(&priv, img, swu_forward_data);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		ERROR("Transferring SWU image was not successful");
+		goto handler_exit;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now checks if transfer was successful
+	 */
+	int msgs_left = 0;
+	while ((msg = curl_multi_info_read(priv.cm, &msgs_left))) {
+		CURL *eh = NULL;
+		int http_status_code=0;
+		if (msg->msg != CURLMSG_DONE) {
+			ERROR("curl_multi_info_read(), CURLMsg=%d\n", msg->msg);
+			ret = FAILURE;
+			break;
+		}
+		LIST_FOREACH(conn, &priv.conns, next) {
+			if (conn->curl_handle == msg->easy_handle) {
+				eh = conn->curl_handle;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!eh) {
+			ERROR("curl handle not found in connections");
+			ret = FAILURE;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		curl_easy_getinfo(eh, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_status_code);
+
+		if (http_status_code != 200) {
+			ERROR("Sending %s to %s failed with %d",
+				img->fname, conn->url, http_status_code);
+			ret = FAILURE;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now check if remote updates were successful
+	 */
+	if (!ret) {
+		ret = retrieve_msgs(&priv, false);
+	}
+
+handler_exit:
+	LIST_FOREACH(conn, &priv.conns, next) {
+		LIST_REMOVE(conn, next);
+		curl_multi_remove_handle(priv.cm, conn->curl_handle);
+		curl_easy_cleanup(conn->curl_handle);
+		free(conn);
+	}
+
+	curl_multi_cleanup(priv.cm);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+__attribute__((constructor))
+void swuforward_handler(void)
+{
+	register_handler("swuforward", install_remote_swu,
+				IMAGE_HANDLER, NULL);
+}
