diff --git a/boot/Kconfig b/boot/Kconfig
index e0f09e2..6b3b8f0 100644
--- a/boot/Kconfig
+++ b/boot/Kconfig
@@ -408,6 +408,18 @@
 	  supports selection of various firmware components, seleciton of an OS to
 	  boot as well as updating these using fwupd.
 
+if BOOTMETH_VBE
+
+config BOOTMETH_VBE_SIMPLE
+	bool "Bootdev support for VBE 'simple' method"
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enables support for VBE 'simple' boot. This allows updating a single
+	  firmware image in boot media such as MMC. It does not support any sort
+	  of rollback, recovery or A/B boot.
+
+endif # BOOTMETH_VBE
+
 config BOOTMETH_SANDBOX
 	def_bool y
 	depends on SANDBOX
diff --git a/boot/Makefile b/boot/Makefile
index c52c969..67e3352 100644
--- a/boot/Makefile
+++ b/boot/Makefile
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)BOOTMETH_VBE) += vbe.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)BOOTMETH_VBE_SIMPLE) += vbe_simple.o
diff --git a/boot/vbe_simple.c b/boot/vbe_simple.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a395bc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/vbe_simple.c
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Verified Boot for Embedded (VBE) 'simple' method
+ *
+ * Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <log.h>
+#include <memalign.h>
+#include <part.h>
+#include <bootflow.h>
+#include <bootmeth.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <mmc.h>
+#include <vbe.h>
+#include <version_string.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
+#include <dm/ofnode.h>
+#include <u-boot/crc.h>
+
+enum {
+	MAX_VERSION_LEN		= 256,
+
+	NVD_HDR_VER_SHIFT	= 0,
+	NVD_HDR_VER_MASK	= 0xf,
+	NVD_HDR_SIZE_SHIFT	= 4,
+	NVD_HDR_SIZE_MASK	= 0xf << NVD_HDR_SIZE_SHIFT,
+
+	/* Firmware key-version is in the top 16 bits of fw_ver */
+	FWVER_KEY_SHIFT		= 16,
+	FWVER_FW_MASK		= 0xffff,
+
+	NVD_HDR_VER_CUR		= 1,	/* current version */
+};
+
+/** struct simple_priv - information read from the device tree */
+struct simple_priv {
+	u32 area_start;
+	u32 area_size;
+	u32 skip_offset;
+	u32 state_offset;
+	u32 state_size;
+	u32 version_offset;
+	u32 version_size;
+	const char *storage;
+};
+
+/** struct simple_state - state information read from media
+ *
+ * @fw_version: Firmware version string
+ * @fw_vernum: Firmware version number
+ */
+struct simple_state {
+	char fw_version[MAX_VERSION_LEN];
+	u32 fw_vernum;
+};
+
+/** struct simple_nvdata - storage format for non-volatile data */
+struct simple_nvdata {
+	u8 crc8;
+	u8 hdr;
+	u16 spare1;
+	u32 fw_vernum;
+	u8 spare2[0x38];
+};
+
+static int simple_read_version(struct udevice *dev, struct blk_desc *desc,
+			       u8 *buf, struct simple_state *state)
+{
+	struct simple_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+	int start;
+
+	if (priv->version_size > MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN)
+		return log_msg_ret("ver", -E2BIG);
+
+	start = priv->area_start + priv->version_offset;
+	if (start & (MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN - 1))
+		return log_msg_ret("get", -EBADF);
+	start /= MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN;
+
+	if (blk_dread(desc, start, 1, buf) != 1)
+		return log_msg_ret("read", -EIO);
+	strlcpy(state->fw_version, buf, MAX_VERSION_LEN);
+	log_debug("version=%s\n", state->fw_version);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int simple_read_nvdata(struct udevice *dev, struct blk_desc *desc,
+			      u8 *buf, struct simple_state *state)
+{
+	struct simple_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+	uint hdr_ver, hdr_size, size, crc;
+	const struct simple_nvdata *nvd;
+	int start;
+
+	if (priv->state_size > MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN)
+		return log_msg_ret("state", -E2BIG);
+
+	start = priv->area_start + priv->state_offset;
+	if (start & (MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN - 1))
+		return log_msg_ret("get", -EBADF);
+	start /= MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN;
+
+	if (blk_dread(desc, start, 1, buf) != 1)
+		return log_msg_ret("read", -EIO);
+	nvd = (struct simple_nvdata *)buf;
+	hdr_ver = (nvd->hdr & NVD_HDR_VER_MASK) >> NVD_HDR_VER_SHIFT;
+	hdr_size = (nvd->hdr & NVD_HDR_SIZE_MASK) >> NVD_HDR_SIZE_SHIFT;
+	if (hdr_ver != NVD_HDR_VER_CUR)
+		return log_msg_ret("hdr", -EPERM);
+	size = 1 << hdr_size;
+	if (size > sizeof(*nvd))
+		return log_msg_ret("sz", -ENOEXEC);
+
+	crc = crc8(0, buf + 1, size - 1);
+	if (crc != nvd->crc8)
+		return log_msg_ret("crc", -EPERM);
+	state->fw_vernum = nvd->fw_vernum;
+
+	log_debug("version=%s\n", state->fw_version);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int simple_read_state(struct udevice *dev, struct simple_state *state)
+{
+	ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(u8, buf, MMC_MAX_BLOCK_LEN);
+	struct simple_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+	struct blk_desc *desc;
+	char devname[16];
+	const char *end;
+	int devnum;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* First figure out the block device */
+	log_debug("storage=%s\n", priv->storage);
+	devnum = trailing_strtoln_end(priv->storage, NULL, &end);
+	if (devnum == -1)
+		return log_msg_ret("num", -ENODEV);
+	if (end - priv->storage >= sizeof(devname))
+		return log_msg_ret("end", -E2BIG);
+	strlcpy(devname, priv->storage, end - priv->storage + 1);
+	log_debug("dev=%s, %x\n", devname, devnum);
+
+	desc = blk_get_dev(devname, devnum);
+	if (!desc)
+		return log_msg_ret("get", -ENXIO);
+
+	ret = simple_read_version(dev, desc, buf, state);
+	if (ret)
+		return log_msg_ret("ver", ret);
+
+	ret = simple_read_nvdata(dev, desc, buf, state);
+	if (ret)
+		return log_msg_ret("nvd", ret);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vbe_simple_get_state_desc(struct udevice *dev, char *buf,
+				     int maxsize)
+{
+	struct simple_state state;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = simple_read_state(dev, &state);
+	if (ret)
+		return log_msg_ret("read", ret);
+
+	if (maxsize < 30)
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	snprintf(buf, maxsize, "Version: %s\nVernum: %x/%x", state.fw_version,
+		 state.fw_vernum >> FWVER_KEY_SHIFT,
+		 state.fw_vernum & FWVER_FW_MASK);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int vbe_simple_read_bootflow(struct udevice *dev, struct bootflow *bflow)
+{
+	/* To be implemented */
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static struct bootmeth_ops bootmeth_vbe_simple_ops = {
+	.get_state_desc	= vbe_simple_get_state_desc,
+	.read_bootflow	= vbe_simple_read_bootflow,
+	.read_file	= bootmeth_common_read_file,
+};
+
+int vbe_simple_fixup_node(ofnode node, struct simple_state *state)
+{
+	char *version;
+	int ret;
+
+	version = strdup(state->fw_version);
+	if (!version)
+		return log_msg_ret("ver", -ENOMEM);
+
+	ret = ofnode_write_string(node, "cur-version", version);
+	if (ret)
+		return log_msg_ret("ver", ret);
+	ret = ofnode_write_u32(node, "cur-vernum", state->fw_vernum);
+	if (ret)
+		return log_msg_ret("ver", ret);
+	ret = ofnode_write_string(node, "bootloader-version", version_string);
+	if (ret)
+		return log_msg_ret("fix", ret);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup() - Write out all VBE simple data to the DT
+ *
+ * @ctx: Context for event
+ * @event: Event to process
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ve on error
+ */
+static int bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup(void *ctx, struct event *event)
+{
+	oftree tree = event->data.ft_fixup.tree;
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	ofnode node;
+	int ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ideally we would have driver model support for fixups, but that does
+	 * not exist yet. It is a step too far to try to do this before VBE is
+	 * in place.
+	 */
+	for (ret = vbe_find_first_device(&dev); dev;
+	     ret = vbe_find_next_device(&dev)) {
+		struct simple_state state;
+
+		if (strcmp("vbe_simple", dev->driver->name))
+			continue;
+
+		/* Check if there is a node to fix up */
+		node = ofnode_path_root(tree, "/chosen/fwupd");
+		if (!ofnode_valid(node))
+			continue;
+		node = ofnode_find_subnode(node, dev->name);
+		if (!ofnode_valid(node))
+			continue;
+
+		log_debug("Fixing up: %s\n", dev->name);
+		ret = device_probe(dev);
+		if (ret)
+			return log_msg_ret("probe", ret);
+		ret = simple_read_state(dev, &state);
+		if (ret)
+			return log_msg_ret("read", ret);
+
+		ret = vbe_simple_fixup_node(node, &state);
+		if (ret)
+			return log_msg_ret("fix", ret);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EVENT_SPY(EVT_FT_FIXUP, bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup);
+
+static int bootmeth_vbe_simple_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct simple_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	memset(priv, '\0', sizeof(*priv));
+	if (dev_read_u32(dev, "area-start", &priv->area_start) ||
+	    dev_read_u32(dev, "area-size", &priv->area_size) ||
+	    dev_read_u32(dev, "version-offset", &priv->version_offset) ||
+	    dev_read_u32(dev, "version-size", &priv->version_size) ||
+	    dev_read_u32(dev, "state-offset", &priv->state_offset) ||
+	    dev_read_u32(dev, "state-size", &priv->state_size))
+		return log_msg_ret("read", -EINVAL);
+	dev_read_u32(dev, "skip-offset", &priv->skip_offset);
+	priv->storage = strdup(dev_read_string(dev, "storage"));
+	if (!priv->storage)
+		return log_msg_ret("str", -EINVAL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int bootmeth_vbe_simple_bind(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct bootmeth_uc_plat *plat = dev_get_uclass_plat(dev);
+
+	plat->desc = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BOOTSTD_FULL) ?
+		"VBE simple" : "vbe-simple";
+	plat->flags = BOOTMETHF_GLOBAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_REAL)
+static const struct udevice_id generic_simple_vbe_simple_ids[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "fwupd,vbe-simple" },
+	{ }
+};
+#endif
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(vbe_simple) = {
+	.name	= "vbe_simple",
+	.id	= UCLASS_BOOTMETH,
+	.of_match = of_match_ptr(generic_simple_vbe_simple_ids),
+	.ops	= &bootmeth_vbe_simple_ops,
+	.bind	= bootmeth_vbe_simple_bind,
+	.probe	= bootmeth_vbe_simple_probe,
+	.flags	= DM_FLAG_PRE_RELOC,
+	.priv_auto	= sizeof(struct simple_priv),
+};
diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py b/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
index 1700177..bc54149 100644
--- a/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
     out = util.run_and_log(cons, ['scripts/event_dump.py', sandbox])
     expect = '''.*Event type            Id                              Source location
 --------------------  ------------------------------  ------------------------------
-EVT_FT_FIXUP          bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup    boot/vbe_simple.c:.*
+EVT_FT_FIXUP          bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup    .*boot/vbe_simple.c:.*
 EVT_MISC_INIT_F       sandbox_misc_init_f             .*arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c:'''
     assert re.match(expect, out, re.MULTILINE) is not None