diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/Kconfig
index fcdc425de5..4b03de4126 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/Kconfig
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ config TARGET_AST2600_INTEL
 
 endchoice
 
+config ASPEED_AST2600_SPL_REFUSE_TO_BOOT
+	bool "Unconditionally hang in board_init_f"
+	default n
+	depends on SPL && ASPEED_AST2600
+	help
+	  Select this option to build an SPL that will never boot.
+
 source "board/aspeed/evb_ast2600/Kconfig"
 source "board/aspeed/fpga_ast2600/Kconfig"
 source "board/aspeed/slt_ast2600/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/spl.c b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/spl.c
index c759a7575d..d269831e0d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-aspeed/ast2600/spl.c
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 	spl_early_init();
 	timer_init();
 	preloader_console_init();
+#ifdef CONFIG_ASPEED_AST2600_SPL_REFUSE_TO_BOOT
+	puts(SPL_TPL_PROMPT "development image, refusing to boot\n");
+	hang();
+#endif
 	dram_init();
 	aspeed_mmc_init();
 #endif
diff --git a/configs/ast2600_openbmc_spl_emmc_refuse_to_boot_defconfig b/configs/ast2600_openbmc_spl_emmc_refuse_to_boot_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3b6106068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/ast2600_openbmc_spl_emmc_refuse_to_boot_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_SYS_CONFIG_NAME="evb_ast2600_spl"
+CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF=y
+CONFIG_POSITION_INDEPENDENT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY is not set
+# CONFIG_SPL_USE_ARCH_MEMSET is not set
+CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT="arch/$(ARCH)/mach-aspeed/ast2600/u-boot-spl.lds"
+CONFIG_ARCH_ASPEED=y
+CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x81000000
+CONFIG_ASPEED_AST2600=y
+# CONFIG_ASPEED_LOADERS is not set
+CONFIG_ASPEED_AST2600_SPL_REFUSE_TO_BOOT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
+CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_DRIVERS_MISC_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_ENV_SIZE=0x10000
+CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET=0x5000
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x800
+CONFIG_SPL=y
+CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR=0x90300000
+CONFIG_ARMV7_BOOT_SEC_DEFAULT=y
+CONFIG_ARMV7_PSCI_NR_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
+CONFIG_FIT=y
+CONFIG_FIT_ENABLE_SHA512_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
+CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyS4,115200n8 root=/dev/ram rw"
+CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND=y
+CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="bootm 20100000"
+CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE=y
+CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_EARLY_INIT_R=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
+CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_LEGACY_IMAGE_SUPPORT is not set
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SEPARATE_BSS=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR=y
+CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR=0x80
+CONFIG_SPL_SHA512_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_TINY=y
+CONFIG_SPL_DM_RESET=y
+CONFIG_SPL_RAM_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE=y
+CONFIG_SPL_WATCHDOG_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
+# CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE is not set
+CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT="ast# "
+CONFIG_CMD_BOOTZ=y
+# CONFIG_CMD_ELF is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_IMI is not set
+# CONFIG_CMD_XIMG is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST=y
+CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST=y
+CONFIG_CMD_CLK=y
+CONFIG_CMD_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_CMD_GPT=y
+# CONFIG_RANDOM_UUID is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y
+CONFIG_CMD_MMC=y
+CONFIG_CMD_PART=y
+CONFIG_CMD_SF=y
+CONFIG_CMD_DHCP=y
+CONFIG_CMD_MII=y
+CONFIG_CMD_PING=y
+CONFIG_CMD_NCSI=y
+CONFIG_CMD_EXT2=y
+CONFIG_CMD_EXT4=y
+CONFIG_CMD_EXT4_WRITE=y
+CONFIG_CMD_FAT=y
+CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC=y
+CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS=y
+# CONFIG_SPL_DOS_PARTITION is not set
+# CONFIG_SPL_EFI_PARTITION is not set
+CONFIG_SPL_OF_CONTROL=y
+CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC=y
+CONFIG_USE_DEFAULT_ENV_FILE=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENV_FILE="board/aspeed/ast2600_openbmc_mmc.txt"
+CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR=y
+CONFIG_SPL_DM=y
+CONFIG_REGMAP=y
+CONFIG_SYSCON=y
+CONFIG_SPL_OF_TRANSLATE=y
+CONFIG_CLK=y
+CONFIG_SPL_CLK=y
+CONFIG_ASPEED_HACE=y
+CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_ASPEED_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
+CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ASPEED=y
+CONFIG_MISC=y
+CONFIG_ASPEED_AHBC=y
+CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
+CONFIG_SPL_MMC_TINY=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_ASPEED=y
+CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_GIGADEVICE=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MACRONIX=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SPANSION=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_STMICRO=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WINBOND=y
+CONFIG_PHY_BROADCOM=y
+CONFIG_PHY_REALTEK=y
+CONFIG_PHY_NCSI=y
+CONFIG_DM_ETH=y
+CONFIG_PHY_GIGE=y
+CONFIG_FTGMAC100=y
+CONFIG_MDIO=y
+CONFIG_PHY=y
+CONFIG_PINCTRL=y
+CONFIG_RAM=y
+CONFIG_SPL_RAM=y
+CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
+CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
+CONFIG_SPI=y
+CONFIG_DM_SPI=y
+CONFIG_SYSRESET=y
+CONFIG_WDT=y
+CONFIG_USE_TINY_PRINTF=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TINY_MEMSET=y
+CONFIG_TPM=y
+CONFIG_SPL_TPM=y
+# CONFIG_EFI_LOADER is not set
