diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index bb7dfe489132..50fb9d14df49 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ lib_libpbcore_la_SOURCES = \
 	lib/util/util.h \
 	lib/flash/config.h \
 	lib/flash/flash.h \
+	lib/efi/efivar.h \
+	lib/efi/efivar.c \
 	$(gpg_int_SOURCES)
 
 if ENABLE_MTD
diff --git a/test/lib/Makefile.am b/test/lib/Makefile.am
index 9636b08d6a6b..22e3ac91499d 100644
--- a/test/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ lib_TESTS = \
 	test/lib/test-process-parent-stdout \
 	test/lib/test-process-both \
 	test/lib/test-process-stdout-eintr \
-	test/lib/test-fold
+	test/lib/test-fold \
+	test/lib/test-efivar
 
 $(lib_TESTS): LIBS += $(core_lib)
 
diff --git a/lib/efi/efivar.h b/lib/efi/efivar.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..da0e0d68b6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/efi/efivar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology Co.,Ltd. All rights
+ *  reserved.
+ *  Author: Ge Song <ge.song@hxt-semitech.com>
+ */
+#ifndef EFIVAR_H
+#define EFIVAR_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE                           0x00000001
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS                     0x00000002
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS                         0x00000004
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_HARDWARE_ERROR_RECORD                  0x00000008
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS             0x00000010
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_TIME_BASED_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS  0x00000020
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE                           0x00000040
+
+#define EFIVARFS_MAGIC 0xde5e81e4
+
+static inline const char* get_efivarfs_path(void)
+{
+	return "/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/";
+}
+int efi_get_variable(void *ctx, const char *guidstr, const char *name,
+		uint8_t **data, size_t *data_size, uint32_t *attributes);
+int efi_set_variable(void *ctx, const char *guidstr, const char *name,
+		uint8_t *data, size_t data_size, uint32_t attributes);
+int efi_del_variable(void *ctx, const char *guidstr, const char *name);
+#endif /* EFIVAR_H */
diff --git a/lib/efi/efivar.c b/lib/efi/efivar.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ce3464b9e77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/efi/efivar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+/*
+ *  Methods to manipulation of EFI variables on UEFI-based platforms
+ *
+ *  The library relies on pesudo file system named "efivarfs". This is the
+ *  new interface to manipulate EFI varibles and was part of the linux
+ *  kernel v3.10 release.
+ *
+ *  There is also a legacy efivars interface exported via the path
+ *  "firmware/efi/vars/" relative to the mount point of sysfs. Since it has
+ *  some drawbacks and is deprecated, we don't support this interface.
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology Co.,Ltd. All rights
+ *  reserved.
+ *  Author: Ge Song <ge.song@hxt-semitech.com>
+ */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "efivar.h"
+#include "talloc/talloc.h"
+
+int efi_del_variable(void *ctx, const char *guidstr,
+		const char *name)
+{
+	int fd, flag, errno_value;
+	int rc = -1;
+	char *path;
+
+	path = talloc_asprintf(ctx, "%s%s-%s",
+				get_efivarfs_path(), name, guidstr);
+	if (!path)
+		return ENOMEM;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (fd == -1)
+		goto err;
+
+	rc = ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_GETFLAGS, &flag);
+	if (rc == -1)
+		goto err;
+
+	flag &= ~FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
+	rc = ioctl(fd, FS_IOC_SETFLAGS, &flag);
+	if (rc == -1)
+		goto err;
+
+	close(fd);
+	rc = unlink(path);
+
+err:
+	errno_value = errno;
+	if (fd > 0)
+		close(fd);
+
+	errno = errno_value;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int efi_get_variable(void *ctx, const char *guidstr, const char *name,
+		uint8_t **data, size_t *data_size, uint32_t *attributes)
+{
+	int fd, errno_value;
+	int rc = -1;
+	void *p, *buf;
+	size_t bufsize = 4096;
+	size_t filesize = 0;
+	ssize_t sz;
+	char *path;
+
+	path = talloc_asprintf(ctx, "%s%s-%s",
+				get_efivarfs_path(), name, guidstr);
+	if (!path)
+		return ENOMEM;
+
+	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	buf = talloc_size(ctx, bufsize);
+	if (!buf)
+		goto err;
+
+	do {
+		p = buf + filesize;
+		sz = read(fd, p, bufsize);
+		if (sz < 0 && errno == EAGAIN) {
+			continue;
+		} else if (sz == 0) {
+			break;
+		}
+		filesize += sz;
+	} while (1);
+
+	*attributes = *(uint32_t *)buf;
+	*data = (uint8_t *)(buf + sizeof(uint32_t));
+	*data_size = strlen(buf + sizeof(uint32_t));
+	rc = 0;
+
+err:
+	errno_value = errno;
+	if (fd > 0)
+		close(fd);
+
+	errno = errno_value;
+	return rc;
+}
+
+int efi_set_variable(void *ctx, const char *guidstr, const char *name,
+		uint8_t *data, size_t data_size, uint32_t attributes)
+{
+	int rc = -1, errno_value;
+	int fd = -1;
+	ssize_t len;
+	char *path;
+	void *buf;
+	size_t bufsize;
+	mode_t mask = umask(umask(0));
+
+	path = talloc_asprintf(ctx, "%s%s-%s",
+				get_efivarfs_path(), name, guidstr);
+	if (!path)
+		return ENOMEM;
+
+	if (!access(path, F_OK)) {
+		rc = efi_del_variable(ctx, guidstr, name);
+		if (rc < 0) {
+			goto err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	fd = open(path, O_CREAT|O_WRONLY, mask);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		goto err;
+
+	bufsize = sizeof(uint32_t) + data_size;
+	buf = talloc_size(ctx, bufsize);
+	if (!buf)
+		goto err;
+
+	*(uint32_t *)buf = attributes;
+	memcpy(buf + sizeof(uint32_t), data, data_size);
+
+	len = write(fd, buf, bufsize);
+	if ((size_t)len != bufsize)
+		goto err;
+	else
+		rc = 0;
+
+err:
+	errno_value = errno;
+	if (fd > 0)
+		close(fd);
+
+	errno = errno_value;
+	return rc;
+}
diff --git a/test/lib/test-efivar.c b/test/lib/test-efivar.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aec2549c4993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/test-efivar.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2018 Huaxintong Semiconductor Technology Co.,Ltd. All rights
+ *  reserved.
+ *  Author: Ge Song <ge.song@hxt-semitech.com>
+ */
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "efi/efivar.h"
+#include "talloc/talloc.h"
+
+#define DEF_ATTR	(EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | \
+	EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS)
+
+static const char *test_efivar_guid = "c9c07add-256e-4452-b911-f8d0d35a1ac7";
+static const char *test_varname = "efivartest";
+static const char *test_data = "petitboot";
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	void *ctx = NULL;
+	int rc, errno_value;
+	size_t size;
+	uint8_t *data = NULL;
+	uint32_t attr = DEF_ATTR;
+
+	talloc_new(ctx);
+
+	size = strlen(test_data) + 1;
+	rc = efi_set_variable(ctx, test_efivar_guid, test_varname,
+				(uint8_t *)test_data, size, attr);
+
+	rc = efi_get_variable(ctx, test_efivar_guid, test_varname,
+				&data, &size, &attr);
+
+	rc = strcmp((char *)data, test_data);
+	if (rc) {
+		talloc_free(ctx);
+		assert(0);
+	}
+
+	rc = efi_del_variable(ctx, test_efivar_guid, test_varname);
+
+	rc = efi_get_variable(ctx, test_efivar_guid, test_varname,
+				&data, &size, &attr);
+
+	errno_value = errno;
+	talloc_free(ctx);
+	assert(errno_value == ENOENT);
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
