diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 124a427..0b42968 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ COBJS-$(CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) += usb_storage.o
 endif
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_XIMG) += cmd_ximg.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_YAFFS2) += cmd_yaffs2.o
+COBJS-$(CONFIG_CMD_SAVEBP) += cmd_savebp.o
 
 # others
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_DDR_SPD) += ddr_spd.o
diff --git a/common/cmd_savebp.c b/common/cmd_savebp.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc988fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/cmd_savebp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2011
+ * Corscience GmbH & Co. KG - Simon Schwarz <schwarz@corscience.de>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * 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; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * 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
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <command.h>
+
+#define TYPE_FDT	0
+#define TYPE_ATAGS	1
+
+static inline int str2off(const char *p, loff_t *num)
+{
+	char *endptr;
+
+	*num = simple_strtoull(p, &endptr, 16);
+	return *p != '\0' && *endptr == '\0';
+}
+
+int do_savebp(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
+{
+	loff_t offset;
+	char *bootm_argsv[] = {"do_bootm", "xxxxxxx"};
+	int img_type = TYPE_ATAGS;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	/* - Validate args - */
+	switch (argc) {
+	case 3: /*2. arg offset */
+		if (!str2off(argv[2], &offset)) {
+			printf("'%s' is not a number\n", argv[2]);
+		return cmd_usage(cmdtp);
+		}
+	case 2: /* 1. arg atags or fdt */
+		if (!(strcmp(argv[1], "fdt") || strcmp(argv[1], "atags")))
+			return cmd_usage(cmdtp);
+		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "fdt"))
+			img_type = TYPE_FDT;
+		/* using standard offset */
+		offset = (loff_t)CONFIG_CMD_SAVEBP_NAND_OFS;
+		printf("using standard destination at: 0x%x\n",
+		(uint32_t)offset);
+		break;
+	default:
+		return cmd_usage(cmdtp);
+	}
+
+	/* - do the work - */
+	/* exec bootm_start as subcommand of do_bootm to init the images
+	 * data structure */
+	debug("exec bootm subcommand start\n");
+	bootm_argsv[1] = "start";
+	ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+	debug("Subcommand start bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+
+	debug("exec bootm subcommand loados\n");
+	bootm_argsv[1] = "loados";
+	ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+	debug("Subcommand loados bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH
+	debug("exec bootm subcommand ramdisk\n");
+	bootm_argsv[1] = "ramdisk";
+	ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+	debug("Subcommand ramdisk bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
+	if (img_type == TYPE_FDT) {
+		debug("exec bootm subcommand fdt\n");
+		bootm_argsv[1] = "fdt";
+		ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+		debug("Subcommand fdt bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	debug("exec bootm subcommand cmdline\n");
+	bootm_argsv[1] = "cmdline";
+	ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+	debug("Subcommand cmdline bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+
+	debug("exec bootm bdt cmdline\n");
+	bootm_argsv[1] = "bdt";
+	ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+	debug("Subcommand bdt bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+
+	debug("exec bootm subcommand prep\n");
+	bootm_argsv[1] = "prep";
+	ret = do_bootm(find_cmd("do_bootm"), 0, 2, bootm_argsv);
+	debug("Subcommand prep bootm retcode: %d\n", ret);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("ERROR prep subcommand failed!\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+	/* call arch specific handlers */
+	if (img_type == TYPE_FDT)
+		do_savebp_fdt(offset);
+	else
+		do_savebp_atags(offset);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+U_BOOT_CMD(
+	savebp, 3 , 1, do_savebp, "save boot params to NAND flash",
+	"[ftd|atags] [nand_offset] saves the parameter image to NAND. Kernel image has to be in RAM!");
diff --git a/include/configs/devkit8000.h b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
index 9cbdb5d..80b441a 100644
--- a/include/configs/devkit8000.h
+++ b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
@@ -353,4 +353,10 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE	0x200000
 
+/* SPL OS boot options */
+#define CONFIG_CMD_SAVEBP
+#define CONFIG_CMD_SAVEBP_NAND_OFS	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SPL_KERNEL_OFFS+\
+						0x400000)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SPL_KERNEL_OFFS	0x280000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_ARGS_ADDR	(PHYS_SDRAM_1 + 0x100)
 #endif /* __CONFIG_H */
