diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 86ca1a6..1bfd3ee 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_GZIP) += gunzip.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_GZIP_COMPRESSED) += gzip.o
 COBJS-y += hashtable.o
+COBJS-y += initcall.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_LMB) += lmb.o
 COBJS-y += ldiv.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_MD5) += md5.o
diff --git a/lib/initcall.c b/lib/initcall.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc91bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/initcall.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <initcall.h>
+
+int initcall_run_list(init_fnc_t init_sequence[])
+{
+	init_fnc_t *init_fnc_ptr;
+
+	for (init_fnc_ptr = init_sequence; *init_fnc_ptr; ++init_fnc_ptr) {
+		debug("initcall: %p\n", *init_fnc_ptr);
+		if ((*init_fnc_ptr)()) {
+			debug("initcall sequence %p failed at call %p\n",
+			      init_sequence, *init_fnc_ptr);
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}