diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 5f5c5cc..7bdb536 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
 config SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
 	hex "Size of malloc() pool in SPL before relocation"
 	depends on SYS_MALLOC_F
+	default 0x2800 if RCAR_GEN3
 	default SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
 	help
 	  Before relocation, memory is very limited on many platforms. Still,
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 059978b..4ebc288 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1117,6 +1117,9 @@
 spl/u-boot-spl.srec: spl/u-boot-spl FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
+%.scif: %.srec
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/arm/mach-rmobile $@
+
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_u-boot-nodtb.bin := -O binary \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_X86_16BIT_INIT),-R .start16 -R .resetvec) \
 		$(if $(CONFIG_MPC85XX_HAVE_RESET_VECTOR),-R .bootpg -R .resetvec)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Kconfig
index a74f16d..aafeb35 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Kconfig
@@ -16,11 +16,22 @@
 	select PINCTRL
 	select PINCONF
 	select PINCTRL_PFC
+	select SUPPORT_SPL
 	imply CMD_FS_UUID
 	imply CMD_GPT
 	imply CMD_UUID
 	imply CMD_MMC_SWRITE if MMC
 	imply SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB if MMC
+	imply SPL
+	imply SPL_BOARD_INIT
+	imply SPL_GZIP
+	imply SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
+	imply SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
+	imply SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
+	imply SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
+	imply SPL_TINY_MEMSET
+	imply SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT
+	imply USE_TINY_PRINTF
 
 config RZA1
 	prompt "Renesas ARM SoCs RZ/A1 (32bit)"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Makefile
index 1f26ada..a3fdcc3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rmobile/Makefile
@@ -13,3 +13,76 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_R8A7740) += lowlevel_init.o cpu_info-r8a7740.o pfc-r8a7740.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RCAR_GEN2) += lowlevel_init_ca15.o cpu_info-rcar.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RCAR_GEN3) += lowlevel_init_gen3.o cpu_info-rcar.o memmap-gen3.o
+
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_u-boot-spl.srec := -O srec
+quiet_cmd_objcopy = OBJCOPY $@
+cmd_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) --gap-fill=0x00 $(OBJCOPYFLAGS) \
+	$(OBJCOPYFLAGS_$(@F)) $< $@
+
+spl/u-boot-spl.srec: spl/u-boot-spl FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_R8A77990)$(CONFIG_R8A77995),)
+#
+# The first 6 generate statements generate the R-Car Gen3 SCIF loader header.
+# The subsequent generate statements represent the following chunk of assembler
+# code, which copies the loaded data from 0xe6304030 to 0xe6318000. This is to
+# work around a limitation of the D3/E3 BootROM, which does not permit loading
+# to 0xe6318000 directly.
+#
+#	mov	x0,	#0xe6000000
+#	orr	x0, x0,	#0x00300000
+#	orr	x1, x0,	#0x00004000
+#	orr	x1, x1,	#0x00000030
+#
+#	orr	x2, x0,	#0x00018000
+#	mov	x0, x2
+#	mov	x3,	#0x7000
+#1:	ldp	x4, x5, [x1], #16
+#
+#	stp	x4, x5, [x2], #16
+#	subs	x3, x3, #16
+#	b.ge	1b
+#	br	x0
+#
+quiet_cmd_srec_cat = SRECCAT $@
+      cmd_srec_cat = srec_cat -output $@ -M 8 $< -M 8 \
+			-offset -0x13fd0 \
+			-Output_Block_Size 16 \
+			-generate 0xe6300400 0xe6300404 -l-e-constant 0x0 4 \
+			-generate 0xe630048c 0xe6300490 -l-e-constant 0x0 4 \
+			-generate 0xe63005d4 0xe63005d8 -l-e-constant 0xe6304000 4 \
+			-generate 0xe63006e4 0xe63006e8 -l-e-constant $2 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6301154 0xe6301158 -l-e-constant 0xe6304000 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6301264 0xe6301268 -l-e-constant $2 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304000 0xe6304004 -l-e-constant 0xd2bcc000 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304004 0xe6304008 -l-e-constant 0xb26c0400 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304008 0xe630400c -l-e-constant 0xb2720001 4 \
+			-generate 0xe630400c 0xe6304010 -l-e-constant 0xb27c0421 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304010 0xe6304014 -l-e-constant 0xb2710402 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304014 0xe6304018 -l-e-constant 0xaa0203e0 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304018 0xe630401c -l-e-constant 0xd28e0003 4 \
+			-generate 0xe630401c 0xe6304020 -l-e-constant 0xa8c11424 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304020 0xe6304024 -l-e-constant 0xa8811444 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304024 0xe6304028 -l-e-constant 0xf1004063 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6304028 0xe630402c -l-e-constant 0x54ffffaa 4 \
+			-generate 0xe630402c 0xe6304030 -l-e-constant 0xd61f0000 4
+else
+quiet_cmd_srec_cat = SRECCAT $@
+      cmd_srec_cat = srec_cat -output $@ -M 8 $< -M 8 \
+			-Output_Block_Size 16 \
+			-generate 0xe6300400 0xe6300404 -l-e-constant 0x0 4 \
+			-generate 0xe630048c 0xe6300490 -l-e-constant 0x0 4 \
+			-generate 0xe63005d4 0xe63005d8 -l-e-constant $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE) 4 \
+			-generate 0xe63006e4 0xe63006e8 -l-e-constant $2 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6301154 0xe6301158 -l-e-constant $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE) 4 \
+			-generate 0xe6301264 0xe6301268 -l-e-constant $2 4
+endif
+
+spl/u-boot-spl.scif: spl/u-boot-spl.srec spl/u-boot-spl.bin
+	$(call cmd,srec_cat,$(shell wc -c spl/u-boot-spl.bin | awk '{printf("0x%08x\n",$$1)}'))
+
+# if srec_cat is present build u-boot-spl.scif by default
+has_srec_cat = $(call try-run,srec_cat -VERSion,y,n)
+ALL-$(has_srec_cat) += u-boot-spl.scif
+CLEAN_FILES += u-boot-spl.scif
diff --git a/board/renesas/draak/Makefile b/board/renesas/draak/Makefile
index 604522e..0140b61 100644
--- a/board/renesas/draak/Makefile
+++ b/board/renesas/draak/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+obj-y	:= ../rcar-common/gen3-spl.o
+else
 obj-y	:= draak.o
+endif
diff --git a/board/renesas/eagle/Makefile b/board/renesas/eagle/Makefile
index dffa295..04402a2 100644
--- a/board/renesas/eagle/Makefile
+++ b/board/renesas/eagle/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+obj-y	:= ../rcar-common/gen3-spl.o
+else
 obj-y	:= eagle.o
+endif
diff --git a/board/renesas/ebisu/Makefile b/board/renesas/ebisu/Makefile
index 2741035..39971f1 100644
--- a/board/renesas/ebisu/Makefile
+++ b/board/renesas/ebisu/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+obj-y	:= ../rcar-common/gen3-spl.o
+else
 obj-y	:= ebisu.o
+endif
diff --git a/board/renesas/rcar-common/gen3-spl.c b/board/renesas/rcar-common/gen3-spl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27140c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/renesas/rcar-common/gen3-spl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * R-Car Gen3 recovery SPL
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <spl.h>
+
+#define RCAR_CNTC_BASE	0xE6080000
+#define CNTCR_EN	BIT(0)
+
+void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
+{
+	writel(CNTCR_EN, RCAR_CNTC_BASE);
+	timer_init();
+}
+
+void spl_board_init(void)
+{
+	/* UART clocks enabled and gd valid - init serial console */
+	preloader_console_init();
+}
+
+u32 spl_boot_device(void)
+{
+	return BOOT_DEVICE_UART;
+}
+
+void __noreturn jump_to_image_no_args(struct spl_image_info *spl_image)
+{
+	debug("image entry point: 0x%lx\n", spl_image->entry_point);
+	if (spl_image->os == IH_OS_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE) {
+		typedef void (*image_entry_arg_t)(int, int, int, int)
+			__attribute__ ((noreturn));
+		image_entry_arg_t image_entry =
+			(image_entry_arg_t)(uintptr_t) spl_image->entry_point;
+		image_entry(IH_MAGIC, CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE, 0, 0);
+	} else {
+		typedef void __noreturn (*image_entry_noargs_t)(void);
+		image_entry_noargs_t image_entry =
+			(image_entry_noargs_t)spl_image->entry_point;
+		image_entry();
+	}
+}
+
+void s_init(void)
+{
+}
+
+void reset_cpu(ulong addr)
+{
+}
diff --git a/board/renesas/salvator-x/Makefile b/board/renesas/salvator-x/Makefile
index 5b4dea9..fb506be 100644
--- a/board/renesas/salvator-x/Makefile
+++ b/board/renesas/salvator-x/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+obj-y	:= ../rcar-common/gen3-spl.o
+else
 obj-y	:= salvator-x.o
+endif
diff --git a/board/renesas/ulcb/Makefile b/board/renesas/ulcb/Makefile
index 406fdc8..cd9a583 100644
--- a/board/renesas/ulcb/Makefile
+++ b/board/renesas/ulcb/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 #
 
+ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+obj-y	:= ../rcar-common/gen3-spl.o
+else
 obj-y	:= ulcb.o cpld.o
+endif
diff --git a/configs/r8a7795_salvator-x_defconfig b/configs/r8a7795_salvator-x_defconfig
index feb6180..dfe993a 100644
--- a/configs/r8a7795_salvator-x_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a7795_salvator-x_defconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a7795-salvator-x.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6338000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a7795_ulcb_defconfig b/configs/r8a7795_ulcb_defconfig
index 2808a08..f85d37c 100644
--- a/configs/r8a7795_ulcb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a7795_ulcb_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a7795-h3ulcb.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6338000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a77965_salvator-x_defconfig b/configs/r8a77965_salvator-x_defconfig
index 9f97437..dc2d495 100644
--- a/configs/r8a77965_salvator-x_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a77965_salvator-x_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a77965-salvator-x.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6338000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a77965_ulcb_defconfig b/configs/r8a77965_ulcb_defconfig
index fa76ba5..d8d915b 100644
--- a/configs/r8a77965_ulcb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a77965_ulcb_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a77965-m3nulcb.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6338000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a7796_salvator-x_defconfig b/configs/r8a7796_salvator-x_defconfig
index e1b159d..c6f713a 100644
--- a/configs/r8a7796_salvator-x_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a7796_salvator-x_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a7796-salvator-x.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6338000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a7796_ulcb_defconfig b/configs/r8a7796_ulcb_defconfig
index 7a738d3..5c11d5c 100644
--- a/configs/r8a7796_ulcb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a7796_ulcb_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a7796-m3ulcb.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6338000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a77970_eagle_defconfig b/configs/r8a77970_eagle_defconfig
index d99293d..d9e2342 100644
--- a/configs/r8a77970_eagle_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a77970_eagle_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a77970-eagle.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6318000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig b/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig
index e76bd59..edc7478 100644
--- a/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a77990_ebisu_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a77990-ebisu.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6318000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/configs/r8a77995_draak_defconfig b/configs/r8a77995_draak_defconfig
index cf1fcd8..39daf98 100644
--- a/configs/r8a77995_draak_defconfig
+++ b/configs/r8a77995_draak_defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE="r8a77995-draak.dtb"
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE=0xe6318000
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
 CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
diff --git a/include/configs/rcar-gen3-common.h b/include/configs/rcar-gen3-common.h
index 20f9821..203b0a7 100644
--- a/include/configs/rcar-gen3-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/rcar-gen3-common.h
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_REMAKE_ELF
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL
+#define CONFIG_SPL_TARGET	"spl/u-boot-spl.scif"
+#endif
+
 /* boot option */
 
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG
@@ -64,4 +68,19 @@
 	"tftp 0x48000000 Image-"CONFIG_DEFAULT_FDT_FILE"; " \
 	"booti 0x48080000 - 0x48000000"
 
+/* SPL support */
+#if defined(CONFIG_R8A7795) || defined(CONFIG_R8A7796) || defined(CONFIG_R8A77965)
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0xe633f000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x1000
+#else
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	0xe631f000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		0x1000
+#endif
+#define CONFIG_SPL_STACK		0xe6304000
+#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE		0x7000
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define CONFIG_CONS_SCIF2
+#define CONFIG_SH_SCIF_CLK_FREQ		65000000
+#endif
+
 #endif	/* __RCAR_GEN3_COMMON_H */