diff --git a/common/spl/spl.c b/common/spl/spl.c
index 3156401fd52a760fdbda894b7c5b2a913e48b089..95dd9d50ccf84b32dacbfd576ad0b3605f623c00 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl.c
@@ -76,10 +76,23 @@ void spl_parse_image_header(const struct image_header *header)
 	u32 header_size = sizeof(struct image_header);
 
 	if (image_get_magic(header) == IH_MAGIC) {
-		spl_image.size = image_get_data_size(header) + header_size;
-		spl_image.entry_point = image_get_load(header);
-		/* Load including the header */
-		spl_image.load_addr = spl_image.entry_point - header_size;
+		if (spl_image.flags & SPL_COPY_PAYLOAD_ONLY) {
+			/*
+			 * On some system (e.g. powerpc), the load-address and
+			 * entry-point is located at address 0. We can't load
+			 * to 0-0x40. So skip header in this case.
+			 */
+			spl_image.load_addr = image_get_load(header);
+			spl_image.entry_point = image_get_ep(header);
+			spl_image.size = image_get_data_size(header);
+		} else {
+			spl_image.entry_point = image_get_load(header);
+			/* Load including the header */
+			spl_image.load_addr = spl_image.entry_point -
+				header_size;
+			spl_image.size = image_get_data_size(header) +
+				header_size;
+		}
 		spl_image.os = image_get_os(header);
 		spl_image.name = image_get_name(header);
 		debug("spl: payload image: %s load addr: 0x%x size: %d\n",
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index e40538600ee1febe94cee536cd31e44268d1ff84..cf441a16b5a37937ed991986f14aa76706ae6c42 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -38,8 +38,11 @@ struct spl_image_info {
 	u32 load_addr;
 	u32 entry_point;
 	u32 size;
+	u32 flags;
 };
 
+#define SPL_COPY_PAYLOAD_ONLY	1
+
 extern struct spl_image_info spl_image;
 extern u32 *boot_params_ptr;