diff --git a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
index c0118702a8..2696d0b6cd 100644
--- a/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
+++ b/configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0
+CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x200000
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
diff --git a/doc/arch/sandbox.rst b/doc/arch/sandbox.rst
index 60ee1e0741..1ccb5344ac 100644
--- a/doc/arch/sandbox.rst
+++ b/doc/arch/sandbox.rst
@@ -537,5 +537,7 @@ Addr      Config                     Usage
    e000   CONFIG_BLOBLIST_ADDR       Blob list
   10000   CONFIG_MALLOC_F_ADDR       Early memory allocation
   f0000   CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR    Pre-console buffer
- 100000   CONFIG_TRACE_EARLY_ADDR    Early trace buffer (if enabled)
+ 100000   CONFIG_TRACE_EARLY_ADDR    Early trace buffer (if enabled). Also used
+                                     as the SPL load buffer in spl_test_load().
+ 200000   CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE       Load buffer for U-Boot (sandbox_spl only)
 =======   ========================   ===============================
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 0d134587de..4f6e0e53f5 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ struct spl_load_info {
 	void *priv;
 	int bl_len;
 	const char *filename;
+	/**
+	 * read() - Read from device
+	 *
+	 * @load: Information about the load state
+	 * @sector: Sector number to read from (each @load->bl_len bytes)
+	 * @count: Number of sectors to read
+	 * @buf: Buffer to read into
+	 * @return number of sectors read, 0 on error
+	 */
 	ulong (*read)(struct spl_load_info *load, ulong sector, ulong count,
 		      void *buf);
 };
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 5cd284e322..a26e915e05 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # (C) Copyright 2012 The Chromium Authors
 
 obj-y += test-main.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX) += image/
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_$(SPL_)BLOBLIST),)
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)CMDLINE) += bloblist.o
diff --git a/test/image/Makefile b/test/image/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4039df707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) += spl_load.o
diff --git a/test/image/spl_load.c b/test/image/spl_load.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..851603ddd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/spl_load.c
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+ * Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <image.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+#include <os.h>
+#include <spl.h>
+#include <test/ut.h>
+
+/* Declare a new SPL test */
+#define SPL_TEST(_name, _flags)		UNIT_TEST(_name, _flags, spl_test)
+
+/* Context used for this test */
+struct text_ctx {
+	int fd;
+};
+
+static ulong read_fit_image(struct spl_load_info *load, ulong sector,
+			    ulong count, void *buf)
+{
+	struct text_ctx *text_ctx = load->priv;
+	off_t offset, ret;
+	ssize_t res;
+
+	offset = sector * load->bl_len;
+	ret = os_lseek(text_ctx->fd, offset, OS_SEEK_SET);
+	if (ret != offset) {
+		printf("Failed to seek to %zx, got %zx (errno=%d)\n", offset,
+		       ret, errno);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	res = os_read(text_ctx->fd, buf, count * load->bl_len);
+	if (res == -1) {
+		printf("Failed to read %lx bytes, got %ld (errno=%d)\n",
+		       count * load->bl_len, res, errno);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+int board_fit_config_name_match(const char *name)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct image_header *spl_get_load_buffer(ssize_t offset, size_t size)
+{
+	return map_sysmem(0x100000, 0);
+}
+
+static int spl_test_load(struct unit_test_state *uts)
+{
+	struct spl_image_info image;
+	struct image_header *header;
+	struct text_ctx text_ctx;
+	struct spl_load_info load;
+	char fname[256];
+	int ret;
+	int fd;
+
+	memset(&load, '\0', sizeof(load));
+	load.bl_len = 512;
+	load.read = read_fit_image;
+
+	ret = os_find_u_boot(fname, sizeof(fname), true);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("(%s not found, error %d)\n", fname, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+	load.filename = fname;
+
+	header = spl_get_load_buffer(-sizeof(*header), sizeof(*header));
+
+	fd = os_open(fname, OS_O_RDONLY);
+	ut_assert(fd >= 0);
+	ut_asserteq(512, os_read(fd, header, 512));
+	text_ctx.fd = fd;
+
+	load.priv = &text_ctx;
+
+	ut_assertok(spl_load_simple_fit(&image, &load, 0, header));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+SPL_TEST(spl_test_load, 0);