diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/eth.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/eth.h
index 7a49e98..a6adec4 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/eth.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/eth.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
  * recv_packet_length - lengths of the packet returned as received
  * recv_packets - number of packets returned
  * tx_handler - function to generate responses to sent packets
+ * priv - a pointer to some structure a test may want to keep track of
  */
 struct eth_sandbox_priv {
 	uchar fake_host_hwaddr[ARP_HLEN];
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 	int recv_packet_length[PKTBUFSRX];
 	int recv_packets;
 	sandbox_eth_tx_hand_f *tx_handler;
+	void *priv;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -77,4 +79,11 @@
  */
 void sandbox_eth_set_tx_handler(int index, sandbox_eth_tx_hand_f *handler);
 
+/*
+ * Set priv ptr
+ *
+ * priv - priv void ptr to store in the device
+ */
+void sandbox_eth_set_priv(int index, void *priv);
+
 #endif /* __ETH_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/sandbox.c b/drivers/net/sandbox.c
index 9c0e0d0..e26e72e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sandbox.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sandbox.c
@@ -206,6 +206,26 @@
 		priv->tx_handler = sb_default_handler;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set priv ptr
+ *
+ * priv - priv void ptr to store in the device
+ */
+void sandbox_eth_set_priv(int index, void *priv)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	struct eth_sandbox_priv *dev_priv;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = uclass_get_device(UCLASS_ETH, index, &dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	dev_priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	dev_priv->priv = priv;
+}
+
 static int sb_eth_start(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct eth_sandbox_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);