diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
index 0f8ead9..205236d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("FEL", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
 #endif
 
 void s_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c b/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c
index 854ab05..ba84087 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-uniphier/boot-mode/spl_board.c
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("eMMC", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c
index 1ad7fb6..632446b 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/spl.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	/* Hopefully this will not return */
 	return os_spl_to_uboot(fname);
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("sandbox", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD, spl_board_load_image);
 
 void spl_board_init(void)
 {
diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index 9bcbd09..30b4c50 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE)
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_RAM, spl_ram_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("RAM", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_RAM, spl_ram_load_image);
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_SPL_DFU_SUPPORT)
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_DFU, spl_ram_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("USB DFU", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_DFU, spl_ram_load_image);
 #endif
 #endif
 
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
index 32d7c2a..85e3de8 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
@@ -355,6 +355,6 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1, spl_mmc_load_image);
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2, spl_mmc_load_image);
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2_2, spl_mmc_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("MMC1", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1, spl_mmc_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("MMC2", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2, spl_mmc_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("MMC2_2", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_MMC2_2, spl_mmc_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_nand.c b/common/spl/spl_nand.c
index d1abda6..cd39f9b 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_nand.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_nand.c
@@ -151,4 +151,4 @@
 }
 #endif
 /* Use priorty 1 so that Ubi can override this */
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(1, BOOT_DEVICE_NAND, spl_nand_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("NAND", 1, BOOT_DEVICE_NAND, spl_nand_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_net.c b/common/spl/spl_net.c
index f4b4bc4..0fba017 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_net.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_net.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 
 	return spl_net_load_image(spl_image, bootdev);
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_CPGMAC, spl_net_load_image_cpgmac);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("eth device", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_CPGMAC,
+		      spl_net_load_image_cpgmac);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_USBETH_SUPPORT
@@ -62,5 +63,5 @@
 
 	return spl_net_load_image(spl_image, bootdev);
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_USBETH, spl_net_load_image_usb);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("USB eth", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_USBETH, spl_net_load_image_usb);
 #endif
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_nor.c b/common/spl/spl_nor.c
index 6bfa399..d07ca84 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_nor.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_nor.c
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_NOR, spl_nor_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("NOR", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_NOR, spl_nor_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_onenand.c b/common/spl/spl_onenand.c
index f076e2c..fc98e9c 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_onenand.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_onenand.c
@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 /* Use priorty 1 so that Ubi can override this */
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(1, BOOT_DEVICE_ONENAND, spl_onenand_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("OneNAND", 1, BOOT_DEVICE_ONENAND,
+		      spl_onenand_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_sata.c b/common/spl/spl_sata.c
index a3c07cd..5476206 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_sata.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_sata.c
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_SATA, spl_sata_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("SATA", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_SATA, spl_sata_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_spi.c b/common/spl/spl_spi.c
index 78b8cd1..cd1d6b2 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_spi.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_spi.c
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@
 	return err;
 }
 /* Use priorty 1 so that boards can override this */
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(1, BOOT_DEVICE_SPI, spl_spi_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("SPI", 1, BOOT_DEVICE_SPI, spl_spi_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_ubi.c b/common/spl/spl_ubi.c
index c03910b..24633f4 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_ubi.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_ubi.c
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 /* Use priorty 0 so that Ubi will override NAND and ONENAND methods */
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_NAND, spl_ubi_load_image);
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_ONENAND, spl_ubi_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("NAND", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_NAND, spl_ubi_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("OneNAND", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_ONENAND, spl_ubi_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_usb.c b/common/spl/spl_usb.c
index e37966e..567a450 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_usb.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_usb.c
@@ -65,4 +65,4 @@
 
 	return 0;
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_USB, spl_usb_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("USB", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_USB, spl_usb_load_image);
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c b/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c
index 957894d..ff8085b 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@
 	printf("Loaded %d bytes\n", size);
 	return 0;
 }
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_UART, spl_ymodem_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("UART", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_UART, spl_ymodem_load_image);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi/sunxi_spi_spl.c b/drivers/mtd/spi/sunxi_spi_spl.c
index 7502314..e70064c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi/sunxi_spi_spl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi/sunxi_spi_spl.c
@@ -284,4 +284,4 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 /* Use priorty 0 to override the default if it happens to be linked in */
-SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(0, BOOT_DEVICE_SPI, spl_spi_load_image);
+SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("sunxi SPI" 0, BOOT_DEVICE_SPI, spl_spi_load_image);
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 9d221c1..6e746b2 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -152,10 +152,14 @@
 /**
  * Holds information about a way of loading an SPL image
  *
+ * @name: User-friendly name for this method (e.g. "MMC")
  * @boot_device: Boot device that this loader supports
  * @load_image: Function to call to load image
  */
 struct spl_image_loader {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
+	const char *name;
+#endif
 	uint boot_device;
 	/**
 	 * load_image() - Load an SPL image
@@ -177,11 +181,20 @@
  * _boot_device is the BOOT_DEVICE_... value
  * _method is the load_image function to call
  */
-#define SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(_priority, _boot_device, _method) \
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
+#define SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(_name, _priority, _boot_device, _method) \
 	SPL_LOAD_IMAGE(_method ## _priority ## _boot_device) = { \
+		.name = _name, \
 		.boot_device = _boot_device, \
 		.load_image = _method, \
 	}
+#else
+#define SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD(_name, _priority, _boot_device, _method) \
+	SPL_LOAD_IMAGE(_method ## _priority ## _boot_device) = { \
+		.boot_device = _boot_device, \
+		.load_image = _method, \
+	}
+#endif
 
 /* SPL FAT image functions */
 int spl_load_image_fat(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,