diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/rproc-elf-loader.c b/drivers/remoteproc/rproc-elf-loader.c
index 1aece2f..42a78f4 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/rproc-elf-loader.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/rproc-elf-loader.c
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Basic function to verify ELF image format */
+int rproc_elf_sanity_check(ulong addr, ulong size)
+{
+	Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)addr;
+
+	if (!addr) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Invalid firmware address\n");
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64)
+		return rproc_elf64_sanity_check(addr, size);
+	else
+		return rproc_elf32_sanity_check(addr, size);
+}
+
 int rproc_elf32_load_image(struct udevice *dev, unsigned long addr, ulong size)
 {
 	Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr; /* Elf header structure pointer */
@@ -220,3 +236,18 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+int rproc_elf_load_image(struct udevice *dev, ulong addr, ulong size)
+{
+	Elf32_Ehdr *ehdr = (Elf32_Ehdr *)addr;
+
+	if (!addr) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Invalid firmware address\n");
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
+
+	if (ehdr->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64)
+		return rproc_elf64_load_image(dev, addr, size);
+	else
+		return rproc_elf32_load_image(dev, addr, size);
+}
diff --git a/include/remoteproc.h b/include/remoteproc.h
index 56a11db..812e0f4 100644
--- a/include/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/remoteproc.h
@@ -227,6 +227,19 @@
 int rproc_elf64_sanity_check(ulong addr, ulong size);
 
 /**
+ * rproc_elf_sanity_check() - Verify if an image is a valid ELF one
+ *
+ * Check if a valid ELF image exists at the given memory location. Auto
+ * detects ELF32/ELF64 and verifies basic ELF64/ELF32 format requirements
+ * like magic number and sections size.
+ *
+ * @addr:	address of the image to verify
+ * @size:	size of the image
+ * @return 0 if the image looks good, else appropriate error value.
+ */
+int rproc_elf_sanity_check(ulong addr, ulong size);
+
+/**
  * rproc_elf32_load_image() - load an ELF32 image
  * @dev:	device loading the ELF32 image
  * @addr:	valid ELF32 image address
@@ -243,6 +256,17 @@
  * @return 0 if the image is successfully loaded, else appropriate error value.
  */
 int rproc_elf64_load_image(struct udevice *dev, ulong addr, ulong size);
+
+/**
+ * rproc_elf_load_image() - load an ELF image
+ * @dev:	device loading the ELF image
+ * @addr:	valid ELF image address
+ * @size:	size of the image
+ *
+ * Auto detects if the image is ELF32 or ELF64 image and load accordingly.
+ * @return 0 if the image is successfully loaded, else appropriate error value.
+ */
+int rproc_elf_load_image(struct udevice *dev, unsigned long addr, ulong size);
 #else
 static inline int rproc_init(void) { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline int rproc_dev_init(int id) { return -ENOSYS; }
@@ -257,12 +281,17 @@
 					   ulong size) { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline int rproc_elf64_sanity_check(ulong addr,
 					   ulong size) { return -ENOSYS; }
+static inline int rproc_elf_sanity_check(ulong addr,
+					 ulong size) { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline int rproc_elf32_load_image(struct udevice *dev,
 					 unsigned long addr, ulong size)
 { return -ENOSYS; }
 static inline int rproc_elf64_load_image(struct udevice *dev, ulong addr,
 					 ulong size)
 { return -ENOSYS; }
+static inline int rproc_elf_load_image(struct udevice *dev, ulong addr,
+				       ulong size)
+{ return -ENOSYS; }
 #endif
 
 #endif	/* _RPROC_H_ */