diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/Kconfig b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/Kconfig
index b5609ff..b8b9cd5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/Kconfig
@@ -277,6 +277,16 @@
 	  clock, in another word SDHC_clk = Platform_clk / this_divider.
 endmenu
 
+config RESV_RAM
+	bool
+	help
+	  Reserve memory from the top, tracked by gd->arch.resv_ram. This
+	  reserved RAM can be used by special driver that resides in memory
+	  after U-Boot exits. It's up to implementation to allocate and allow
+	  access to this reserved memory. For example, the reserved RAM can
+	  be at the high end of physical memory. The reserve RAM may be
+	  excluded from memory bank(s) passed to OS, or marked as reserved.
+
 config SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A008336
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
index aee87cd..dfcbcce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@
 	phys_addr_t secure_ram;
 	unsigned long tlb_allocated;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_RESV_RAM
+	/*
+	 * Reserved RAM for memory resident, eg. Management Complex (MC)
+	 * driver which continues to run after U-Boot exits.
+	 */
+	phys_addr_t resv_ram;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_OMAP2
 	u32 omap_boot_device;