diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
index 5978fb2934..5d6da5db89 100644
--- a/common/spl/Kconfig
+++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
@@ -918,6 +918,20 @@ config SPL_SATA_SUPPORT
 	  expense and power consumption. This enables loading from SATA
 	  using a configured device.
 
+config SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR
+	bool "SATA raw mode: by sector"
+	depends on SPL_SATA_SUPPORT
+	help
+	  Use sector number for specifying U-Boot location on SATA disk in
+	  raw mode.
+
+config SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_SECTOR
+	hex "Sector on the SATA disk to load U-Boot from"
+	depends on SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR
+	help
+	  Sector on the SATA disk to load U-Boot from, when the SATA disk is being
+	  used in raw mode. Units: SATA disk sectors (1 sector = 512 bytes).
+
 config SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
 	bool "Support serial"
 	select SPL_PRINTF
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_sata.c b/common/spl/spl_sata.c
index f0af9f38d1..e108af0576 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_sata.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_sata.c
@@ -25,6 +25,37 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME	"u-boot.img"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_SECTOR
+/* Dummy value to make the compiler happy */
+#define CONFIG_SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_SECTOR 0x100
+#endif
+
+static int spl_sata_load_image_raw(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
+		struct blk_desc *stor_dev, unsigned long sector)
+{
+	struct image_header *header;
+	unsigned long count;
+	u32 image_size_sectors;
+	int ret;
+
+	header = spl_get_load_buffer(-sizeof(*header), stor_dev->blksz);
+	count = blk_dread(stor_dev, sector, 1, header);
+	if (count == 0)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	ret = spl_parse_image_header(spl_image, header);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	image_size_sectors = DIV_ROUND_UP(spl_image->size, stor_dev->blksz);
+	count = blk_dread(stor_dev, sector, image_size_sectors,
+			(void *)spl_image->load_addr);
+	if (count != image_size_sectors)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int spl_sata_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
 			       struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
@@ -59,6 +90,9 @@ static int spl_sata_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
 			err = spl_load_image_fat(spl_image, stor_dev,
 					CONFIG_SYS_SATA_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION,
 					CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME);
+		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR)) {
+			err = spl_sata_load_image_raw(spl_image, stor_dev,
+				CONFIG_SPL_SATA_RAW_U_BOOT_SECTOR);
 		}
 	}
 	if (err) {