diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 0a543309f2..33d5d545bd 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ F:	doc/README.uefi
 F:	doc/README.iscsi
 F:	Documentation/efi.rst
 F:	include/capitalization.h
+F:	include/cp1250.h
+F:	include/cp437.h
 F:	include/efi*
 F:	include/pe.h
 F:	include/asm-generic/pe.h
diff --git a/include/cp1250.h b/include/cp1250.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adacf8a958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cp1250.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+
+/*
+ * Constant CP1250 contains the Unicode code points for characters 0x80 - 0xff
+ * of the code page 1250.
+ */
+#define CP1250 { \
+	0x20ac, 0x0000, 0x201a, 0x0000, \
+	0x201e, 0x2026, 0x2020, 0x2021, \
+	0x0000, 0x2030, 0x0160, 0x2039, \
+	0x015a, 0x0164, 0x017d, 0x0179, \
+	0x0000, 0x2018, 0x2019, 0x201c, \
+	0x201d, 0x2022, 0x2013, 0x2014, \
+	0x0000, 0x2122, 0x0161, 0x203a, \
+	0x015b, 0x0165, 0x017e, 0x017a, \
+	0x00a0, 0x02c7, 0x02d8, 0x0141, \
+	0x00a4, 0x0104, 0x00a6, 0x00a7, \
+	0x00a8, 0x00a9, 0x015e, 0x00ab, \
+	0x00ac, 0x00ad, 0x00ae, 0x017b, \
+	0x00b0, 0x00b1, 0x02db, 0x0142, \
+	0x00b4, 0x00b5, 0x00b6, 0x00b7, \
+	0x00b8, 0x0105, 0x015f, 0x00bb, \
+	0x013d, 0x02dd, 0x013e, 0x017c, \
+	0x0154, 0x00c1, 0x00c2, 0x0102, \
+	0x00c4, 0x0139, 0x0106, 0x00c7, \
+	0x010c, 0x00c9, 0x0118, 0x00cb, \
+	0x011a, 0x00cd, 0x00ce, 0x010e, \
+	0x0110, 0x0143, 0x0147, 0x00d3, \
+	0x00d4, 0x0150, 0x00d6, 0x00d7, \
+	0x0158, 0x016e, 0x00da, 0x0170, \
+	0x00dc, 0x00dd, 0x0162, 0x00df, \
+	0x0155, 0x00e1, 0x00e2, 0x0103, \
+	0x00e4, 0x013a, 0x0107, 0x00e7, \
+	0x010d, 0x00e9, 0x0119, 0x00eb, \
+	0x011b, 0x00ed, 0x00ee, 0x010f, \
+	0x0111, 0x0144, 0x0148, 0x00f3, \
+	0x00f4, 0x0151, 0x00f6, 0x00f7, \
+	0x0159, 0x016f, 0x00fa, 0x0171, \
+	0x00fc, 0x00fd, 0x0163, 0x02d9, \
+}
diff --git a/include/cp437.h b/include/cp437.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b2b97132e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/cp437.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+
+/*
+ * Constant CP437 contains the Unicode code points for characters 0x80 - 0xff
+ * of the code page 437.
+ */
+#define CP437 { \
+	0x00c7, 0x00fc, 0x00e9, 0x00e2, \
+	0x00e4, 0x00e0, 0x00e5, 0x00e7, \
+	0x00ea, 0x00eb, 0x00e8, 0x00ef, \
+	0x00ee, 0x00ec, 0x00c4, 0x00c5, \
+	0x00c9, 0x00e6, 0x00c6, 0x00f4, \
+	0x00f6, 0x00f2, 0x00fb, 0x00f9, \
+	0x00ff, 0x00d6, 0x00dc, 0x00a2, \
+	0x00a3, 0x00a5, 0x20a7, 0x0192, \
+	0x00e1, 0x00ed, 0x00f3, 0x00fa, \
+	0x00f1, 0x00d1, 0x00aa, 0x00ba, \
+	0x00bf, 0x2310, 0x00ac, 0x00bd, \
+	0x00bc, 0x00a1, 0x00ab, 0x00bb, \
+	0x2591, 0x2592, 0x2593, 0x2502, \
+	0x2524, 0x2561, 0x2562, 0x2556, \
+	0x2555, 0x2563, 0x2551, 0x2557, \
+	0x255d, 0x255c, 0x255b, 0x2510, \
+	0x2514, 0x2534, 0x252c, 0x251c, \
+	0x2500, 0x253c, 0x255e, 0x255f, \
+	0x255a, 0x2554, 0x2569, 0x2566, \
+	0x2560, 0x2550, 0x256c, 0x2567, \
+	0x2568, 0x2564, 0x2565, 0x2559, \
+	0x2558, 0x2552, 0x2553, 0x256b, \
+	0x256a, 0x2518, 0x250c, 0x2588, \
+	0x2584, 0x258c, 0x2590, 0x2580, \
+	0x03b1, 0x00df, 0x0393, 0x03c0, \
+	0x03a3, 0x03c3, 0x00b5, 0x03c4, \
+	0x03a6, 0x0398, 0x03a9, 0x03b4, \
+	0x221e, 0x03c6, 0x03b5, 0x2229, \
+	0x2261, 0x00b1, 0x2265, 0x2264, \
+	0x2320, 0x2321, 0x00f7, 0x2248, \
+	0x00b0, 0x2219, 0x00b7, 0x221a, \
+	0x207f, 0x00b2, 0x25a0, 0x00a0, \
+}
diff --git a/include/efi_api.h b/include/efi_api.h
index ebf2a3bc18..1efc448184 100644
--- a/include/efi_api.h
+++ b/include/efi_api.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ enum efi_timer_delay {
 	EFI_TIMER_RELATIVE = 2
 };
 
+#define efi_intn_t ssize_t
 #define efi_uintn_t size_t
 typedef uint16_t *efi_string_t;
 
@@ -958,4 +959,24 @@ struct efi_driver_binding_protocol {
 	efi_handle_t driver_binding_handle;
 };
 
+#define EFI_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL2_GUID \
+	EFI_GUID(0xa4c751fc, 0x23ae, 0x4c3e, \
+		 0x92, 0xe9, 0x49, 0x64, 0xcf, 0x63, 0xf3, 0x49)
+struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol {
+	efi_intn_t (EFIAPI *stri_coll)(
+		struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this, u16 *s1, u16 *s2);
+	bool (EFIAPI *metai_match)(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+				   const u16 *string, const u16 *patter);
+	void (EFIAPI *str_lwr)(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol
+			       *this, u16 *string);
+	void (EFIAPI *str_upr)(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+			       u16 *string);
+	void (EFIAPI *fat_to_str)(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+				  efi_uintn_t fat_size, char *fat, u16 *string);
+	bool (EFIAPI *str_to_fat)(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+				  const u16 *string, efi_uintn_t fat_size,
+				  char *fat);
+	char *supported_languages;
+};
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/efi_loader.h b/include/efi_loader.h
index f162adfff7..c5ae7c3c36 100644
--- a/include/efi_loader.h
+++ b/include/efi_loader.h
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ extern const struct efi_device_path_to_text_protocol efi_device_path_to_text;
 /* implementation of the EFI_DEVICE_PATH_UTILITIES_PROTOCOL */
 extern const struct efi_device_path_utilities_protocol
 					efi_device_path_utilities;
+/* Implementation of the EFI_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL */
+extern const struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol
+					efi_unicode_collation_protocol;
 
 uint16_t *efi_dp_str(struct efi_device_path *dp);
 
@@ -127,6 +130,8 @@ extern const efi_guid_t efi_file_info_guid;
 /* GUID for file system information */
 extern const efi_guid_t efi_file_system_info_guid;
 extern const efi_guid_t efi_guid_device_path_utilities_protocol;
+/* GUID of the Unicode collation protocol */
+extern const efi_guid_t efi_guid_unicode_collation_protocol;
 
 extern unsigned int __efi_runtime_start, __efi_runtime_stop;
 extern unsigned int __efi_runtime_rel_start, __efi_runtime_rel_stop;
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
index 1ffbf52a89..0769df20f7 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@ always += helloworld.efi
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI_HELLO) += helloworld_efi.o
-obj-y += efi_image_loader.o efi_boottime.o efi_runtime.o efi_console.o
-obj-y += efi_memory.o efi_device_path_to_text.o efi_device_path.o
-obj-y += efi_device_path_utilities.o efi_file.o efi_variable.o efi_bootmgr.o
-obj-y += efi_watchdog.o
+obj-y += \
+efi_bootmgr.o \
+efi_boottime.o \
+efi_console.o \
+efi_device_path.o \
+efi_device_path_to_text.o \
+efi_device_path_utilities.o \
+efi_file.o \
+efi_image_loader.o \
+efi_memory.o \
+efi_runtime.o \
+efi_unicode_collation.o \
+efi_variable.o \
+efi_watchdog.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LCD) += efi_gop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DM_VIDEO) += efi_gop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARTITIONS) += efi_disk.o
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
index 618e8a8d8c..8a0701e828 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,12 @@ efi_status_t efi_setup_loaded_image(
 	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
 		goto failure;
 
+	ret = efi_add_protocol(obj->handle,
+			       &efi_guid_unicode_collation_protocol,
+			       (void *)&efi_unicode_collation_protocol);
+	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		goto failure;
+
 	return ret;
 failure:
 	printf("ERROR: Failure to install protocols for loaded image\n");
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_unicode_collation.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_unicode_collation.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a16b6a8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_unicode_collation.c
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * EFI Unicode collation protocol
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <charset.h>
+#include <cp1250.h>
+#include <cp437.h>
+#include <efi_loader.h>
+
+/* Characters that may not be used in file names */
+static const char illegal[] = "<>:\"/\\|?*";
+
+/*
+ * EDK2 assumes codepage 1250 when creating FAT 8.3 file names.
+ * Linux defaults to codepage 437 for FAT 8.3 file names.
+ */
+#if CONFIG_FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE == 1250
+/* Unicode code points for code page 1250 characters 0x80 - 0xff */
+static const u16 codepage[] = CP1250;
+#else
+/* Unicode code points for code page 437 characters 0x80 - 0xff */
+static const u16 codepage[] = CP437;
+#endif
+
+const efi_guid_t efi_guid_unicode_collation_protocol =
+	EFI_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL2_GUID;
+
+static efi_intn_t EFIAPI efi_stri_coll(
+		struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this, u16 *s1, u16 *s2)
+{
+	s32 c1, c2;
+	efi_intn_t ret = 0;
+
+	EFI_ENTRY("%p, %ls, %ls", this, s1, s2);
+	for (; *s1 | *s2; ++s1, ++s2) {
+		c1 = utf_to_lower(*s1);
+		c2 = utf_to_lower(*s2);
+		if (c1 < c2) {
+			ret = -1;
+			goto out;
+		} else if (c1 > c2) {
+			ret = 1;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+out:
+	EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static bool metai_match(const u16 *s, const u16 *p)
+{
+	u16 first;
+
+	for (; *s && *p; ++s, ++p) {
+		switch (*p) {
+		case '*':
+			/* Match 0 or more characters */
+			++p;
+			for (;; ++s) {
+				if (metai_match(s, p))
+					return true;
+				if (!*s)
+					return false;
+			}
+		case '?':
+			/* Match any one character */
+			break;
+		case '[':
+			/* Match any character in the set */
+			++p;
+			first = *p;
+			if (first == ']')
+				/* Empty set */
+				return false;
+			++p;
+			if (*p == '-') {
+				/* Range */
+				++p;
+				if (*s < first || *s > *p)
+					return false;
+				++p;
+				if (*p != ']')
+					return false;
+			} else {
+				/* Set */
+				bool hit = false;
+
+				if (*s == first)
+					hit = true;
+				for (; *p && *p != ']'; ++p) {
+					if (*p == *s)
+						hit = true;
+				}
+				if (!hit || *p != ']')
+					return false;
+			}
+			break;
+		default:
+			/* Match one character */
+			if (*p != *s)
+				return false;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!*p && !*s)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+static bool EFIAPI efi_metai_match(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+				   const u16 *string, const u16 *pattern)
+{
+	bool ret;
+
+	EFI_ENTRY("%p, %ls, %ls", this, string, pattern);
+	ret =  metai_match(string, pattern);
+	EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void EFIAPI efi_str_lwr(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+			       u16 *string)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%p, %ls", this, string);
+	for (; *string; ++string)
+		*string = utf_to_lower(*string);
+	EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+static void EFIAPI efi_str_upr(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+			       u16 *string)
+{
+	EFI_ENTRY("%p, %ls", this, string);
+	for (; *string; ++string)
+		*string = utf_to_upper(*string);
+	EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+static void EFIAPI efi_fat_to_str(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+				  efi_uintn_t fat_size, char *fat, u16 *string)
+{
+	efi_uintn_t i;
+	u16 c;
+
+	EFI_ENTRY("%p, %zu, %s, %p", this, fat_size, fat, string);
+	for (i = 0; i < fat_size; ++i) {
+		c = (unsigned char)fat[i];
+		if (c > 0x80)
+			c = codepage[i - 0x80];
+		string[i] = c;
+		if (!c)
+			break;
+	}
+	string[i] = 0;
+	EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+static bool EFIAPI efi_str_to_fat(struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol *this,
+				  const u16 *string, efi_uintn_t fat_size,
+				  char *fat)
+{
+	efi_uintn_t i;
+	s32 c;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	EFI_ENTRY("%p, %ls, %zu, %p", this, string, fat_size, fat);
+	for (i = 0; i < fat_size;) {
+		c = utf16_get(&string);
+		switch (c) {
+		/* Ignore period and space */
+		case '.':
+		case ' ':
+			continue;
+		case 0:
+			break;
+		}
+		c = utf_to_upper(c);
+		if (c >= 0x80) {
+			int j;
+
+			/* Look for codepage translation */
+			for (j = 0; j < 0x80; ++j) {
+				if (c == codepage[j]) {
+					c = j + 0x80;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (j >= 0x80) {
+				c = '_';
+				ret = true;
+			}
+		} else if (c && (c < 0x20 || strchr(illegal, c))) {
+			c = '_';
+			ret = true;
+		}
+
+		fat[i] = c;
+		if (!c)
+			break;
+		++i;
+	}
+	EFI_EXIT(EFI_SUCCESS);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+const struct efi_unicode_collation_protocol efi_unicode_collation_protocol = {
+	.stri_coll = efi_stri_coll,
+	.metai_match = efi_metai_match,
+	.str_lwr = efi_str_lwr,
+	.str_upr = efi_str_upr,
+	.fat_to_str = efi_fat_to_str,
+	.str_to_fat = efi_str_to_fat,
+	.supported_languages = "en-US",
+};
