diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 3a336e6..7981355 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -567,6 +567,15 @@ config TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP
 	select ARM64
 	select SEMIHOSTING
 
+config TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP_DRAM
+	bool "Support Versatile Express ARMv8a FVP BASE model booting from DRAM"
+	select ARM64
+	help
+	  This target is derived from TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP and over-rides
+	  the default config to allow the user to load the images directly into
+	  DRAM using model parameters rather than by using semi-hosting to load
+	  the files from the host filesystem.
+
 config TARGET_VEXPRESS64_JUNO
 	bool "Support Versatile Express Juno Development Platform"
 	select ARM64
diff --git a/board/armltd/vexpress64/Kconfig b/board/armltd/vexpress64/Kconfig
index 9014418..e05f353 100644
--- a/board/armltd/vexpress64/Kconfig
+++ b/board/armltd/vexpress64/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP || TARGET_VEXPRESS64_JUNO
+if TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP || TARGET_VEXPRESS64_JUNO || TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP_DRAM
 
 config SYS_BOARD
 	default "vexpress64"
diff --git a/board/armltd/vexpress64/MAINTAINERS b/board/armltd/vexpress64/MAINTAINERS
index 0ba044d..15b0a08 100644
--- a/board/armltd/vexpress64/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/armltd/vexpress64/MAINTAINERS
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	configs/vexpress_aemv8a_semi_defconfig
 
+VEXPRESS_AEMV8A_DRAM BOARD
+M:	Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	configs/vexpress_aemv8a_dram_defconfig
+
 JUNO DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM BOARD
 M:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
 S:	Maintained
diff --git a/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_dram_defconfig b/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_dram_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9fc870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/vexpress_aemv8a_dram_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP_DRAM=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="vexpress64"
+# CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_XIMG is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_ENV_EXISTS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_LOADS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_FPGA is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_ITEST is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_MISC is not set
+CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="VExpress64# "
diff --git a/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h b/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h
index c54baf8..c1e2e11 100644
--- a/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h
+++ b/include/configs/vexpress_aemv8a.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 #define CONFIG_BOOTP_VCI_STRING		"U-boot.armv8.vexpress_aemv8a"
 
 /* Link Definitions */
-#ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP
+#if defined(CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP) || \
+	defined(CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP_DRAM)
 /* ATF loads u-boot here for BASE_FVP model */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x88000000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR         (CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x03f00000)
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@
 #define GICR_BASE			(0x2f100000)
 #else
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP
+#if defined(CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP) || \
+	defined(CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP_DRAM)
 #define GICD_BASE			(0x2f000000)
 #define GICC_BASE			(0x2c000000)
 #elif CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_JUNO
@@ -233,6 +235,25 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY		1
 
+#elif CONFIG_TARGET_VEXPRESS64_BASE_FVP_DRAM
+#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS	\
+				"kernel_addr=0x80080000\0"	\
+				"initrd_addr=0x84000000\0"	\
+				"fdt_addr=0x83000000\0"		\
+				"fdt_high=0xffffffffffffffff\0"	\
+				"initrd_high=0xffffffffffffffff\0"
+
+#define CONFIG_BOOTARGS		"console=ttyAMA0 earlyprintk=pl011,"\
+				"0x1c090000 debug user_debug=31 "\
+				"androidboot.hardware=fvpbase "\
+				"root=/dev/vda2 rw "\
+				"rootwait "\
+				"loglevel=9"
+
+#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND	"booti $kernel_addr $initrd_addr $fdt_addr"
+
+#define CONFIG_BOOTDELAY		1
+
 #else
 #error "Unknown board variant"
 #endif