diff --git a/lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c b/lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <tf_gunzip.h>
+#include <utils.h>
+
+#include "zutil.h"
+
+/*
+ * memory allocated by malloc() is supposed to be aligned for any built-in type
+ */
+#define ZALLOC_ALIGNMENT	sizeof(void *)
+
+static uintptr_t zalloc_start;
+static uintptr_t zalloc_end;
+static uintptr_t zalloc_current;
+
+static void * ZLIB_INTERNAL zcalloc(void *opaque, unsigned int items,
+				    unsigned int size)
+{
+	uintptr_t p, p_end;
+
+	size *= items;
+
+	p = round_up(zalloc_current, ZALLOC_ALIGNMENT);
+	p_end = p + size;
+
+	if (p_end > zalloc_end)
+		return NULL;
+
+	memset((void *)p, 0, size);
+
+	zalloc_current = p_end;
+
+	return (void *)p;
+}
+
+static void ZLIB_INTERNAL zfree(void *opaque, void *ptr)
+{
+}
+
+/*
+ * gunzip - decompress gzip data
+ * @in_buf: source of compressed input. Upon exit, the end of input.
+ * @in_len: length of in_buf
+ * @out_buf: destination of decompressed output. Upon exit, the end of output.
+ * @out_len: length of out_buf
+ * @work_buf: workspace
+ * @work_len: length of workspace
+ */
+int gunzip(uintptr_t *in_buf, size_t in_len, uintptr_t *out_buf,
+	   size_t out_len, uintptr_t work_buf, size_t work_len)
+{
+	z_stream stream;
+	int zret, ret;
+
+	zalloc_start = work_buf;
+	zalloc_end = work_buf + work_len;
+	zalloc_current = zalloc_start;
+
+	stream.next_in = (typeof(stream.next_in))*in_buf;
+	stream.avail_in = in_len;
+	stream.next_out = (typeof(stream.next_out))*out_buf;
+	stream.avail_out = out_len;
+	stream.zalloc = zcalloc;
+	stream.zfree = zfree;
+	stream.opaque = (voidpf)0;
+
+	zret = inflateInit(&stream);
+	if (zret != Z_OK) {
+		ERROR("zlib: inflate init failed (ret = %d)\n", zret);
+		return (zret == Z_MEM_ERROR) ? -ENOMEM : -EIO;
+	}
+
+	zret = inflate(&stream, Z_NO_FLUSH);
+	if (zret == Z_STREAM_END) {
+		ret = 0;
+	} else {
+		if (stream.msg)
+			ERROR("%s\n", stream.msg);
+		ERROR("zlib: inflate failed (ret = %d)\n", zret);
+		ret = (zret == Z_MEM_ERROR) ? -ENOMEM : -EIO;
+	}
+
+	VERBOSE("zlib: %d byte input\n", stream.total_in);
+	VERBOSE("zlib: %d byte output\n", stream.total_out);
+
+	*in_buf = (uintptr_t)stream.next_in;
+	*out_buf = (uintptr_t)stream.next_out;
+
+	inflateEnd(&stream);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/lib/zlib/zlib.mk b/lib/zlib/zlib.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98d4efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/zlib/zlib.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+#
+
+ZLIB_PATH	:=	lib/zlib
+
+# Imported from zlib 1.2.11 (do not modify them)
+ZLIB_SOURCES	:=	$(addprefix $(ZLIB_PATH)/,	\
+					adler32.c	\
+					crc32.c		\
+					inffast.c	\
+					inflate.c	\
+					inftrees.c	\
+					zutil.c)
+
+# Implemented for TF
+ZLIB_SOURCES	+=	$(addprefix $(ZLIB_PATH)/,	\
+					tf_gunzip.c)
+
+INCLUDES	+=	-Iinclude/lib/zlib
+
+# REVISIT: the following flags need not be given globally
+TF_CFLAGS	+=	-DZ_SOLO -DDEF_WBITS=31