diff --git a/include/tee/optee.h b/include/tee/optee.h
index e782cb0e0e..4b9e94c175 100644
--- a/include/tee/optee.h
+++ b/include/tee/optee.h
@@ -55,4 +55,17 @@ static inline int optee_verify_image(struct optee_header *hdr,
 
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_OPTEE)
+int optee_verify_bootm_image(unsigned long image_addr,
+			     unsigned long image_load_addr,
+			     unsigned long image_len);
+#else
+static inline int optee_verify_bootm_image(unsigned long image_addr,
+					   unsigned long image_load_addr,
+					   unsigned long image_len)
+{
+	return -EPERM;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _OPTEE_H */
diff --git a/lib/optee/optee.c b/lib/optee/optee.c
index 2cc16d7c97..365c078a51 100644
--- a/lib/optee/optee.c
+++ b/lib/optee/optee.c
@@ -29,3 +29,23 @@ int optee_verify_image(struct optee_header *hdr, unsigned long tzdram_start,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int optee_verify_bootm_image(unsigned long image_addr,
+			     unsigned long image_load_addr,
+			     unsigned long image_len)
+{
+	struct optee_header *hdr = (struct optee_header *)image_addr;
+	unsigned long tzdram_start = CONFIG_OPTEE_TZDRAM_BASE;
+	unsigned long tzdram_len = CONFIG_OPTEE_TZDRAM_SIZE;
+
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = optee_verify_image(hdr, tzdram_start, tzdram_len, image_len);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (image_load_addr + sizeof(*hdr) != hdr->init_load_addr_lo)
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	return ret;
+}