diff --git a/hw/arm/ast2400.c b/hw/arm/ast2400.c
index 326fdb36eed5..136bf6464e1d 100644
--- a/hw/arm/ast2400.c
+++ b/hw/arm/ast2400.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define AST2400_FMC_BASE         0X1E620000
 #define AST2400_SPI_BASE         0X1E630000
 #define AST2400_VIC_BASE         0x1E6C0000
+#define AST2400_SDMC_BASE        0x1E6E0000
 #define AST2400_SCU_BASE         0x1E6E2000
 #define AST2400_TIMER_BASE       0x1E782000
 #define AST2400_I2C_BASE         0x1E78A000
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ static void ast2400_init(Object *obj)
     object_initialize(&s->spi, sizeof(s->spi), "aspeed.smc.spi");
     object_property_add_child(obj, "spi", OBJECT(&s->spi), NULL);
     qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->spi), sysbus_get_default());
+
+    object_initialize(&s->sdmc, sizeof(s->sdmc), TYPE_ASPEED_SDMC);
+    object_property_add_child(obj, "sdmc", OBJECT(&s->sdmc), NULL);
+    qdev_set_parent_bus(DEVICE(&s->sdmc), sysbus_get_default());
+    qdev_prop_set_uint32(DEVICE(&s->sdmc), "silicon-rev",
+                         AST2400_A0_SILICON_REV);
 }
 
 static void ast2400_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
@@ -183,6 +190,14 @@ static void ast2400_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->spi), 0, AST2400_SPI_BASE);
     sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->spi), 1, AST2400_SPI_FLASH_BASE);
+
+    /* SDMC - SDRAM Memory Controller */
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(&s->sdmc), true, "realized", &err);
+    if (err) {
+        error_propagate(errp, err);
+        return;
+    }
+    sysbus_mmio_map(SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->sdmc), 0, AST2400_SDMC_BASE);
 }
 
 static void ast2400_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/misc/Makefile.objs b/hw/misc/Makefile.objs
index 4cfbd1024a93..1a89615a6270 100644
--- a/hw/misc/Makefile.objs
+++ b/hw/misc/Makefile.objs
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PVPANIC) += pvpanic.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EDU) += edu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HYPERV_TESTDEV) += hyperv_testdev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_AUX) += auxbus.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_SOC) += aspeed_scu.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ASPEED_SOC) += aspeed_scu.o aspeed_sdmc.o
diff --git a/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c b/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08e780c3b9d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+/*
+ * ASPEED SDRAM Memory Controller
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/log.h"
+#include "hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h"
+#include "hw/misc/aspeed_scu.h"
+#include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "trace.h"
+
+/* Protection Key Register */
+#define R_PROT            (0x00 / 4)
+#define   PROT_KEY_UNLOCK     0xFC600309
+
+/* Configuration Register */
+#define R_CONF            (0x04 / 4)
+
+/*
+ * Configuration register Ox4 (for Aspeed AST2400 SOC)
+ *
+ * These are for the record and future use. ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_SIZE is
+ * what we care about right now as it is checked by U-Boot to
+ * determine the RAM size.
+ */
+
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_AST2300_COMPAT      (1 << 10)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_SCRAMBLE_PATTERN    (1 << 9)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_DATA_SCRAMBLE       (1 << 8)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_ECC_ENABLE          (1 << 7)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_COMPAT          (1 << 6) /* readonly */
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_BANK           (1 << 5)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_BURST          (1 << 4)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_APERTURE(x)     ((x & 0x3) << 2) /* readonly */
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_8MB             0x0
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_16MB            0x1
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_32MB            0x2
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_64MB            0x3
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_SIZE(x)        (x & 0x3)
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_64MB           0x0
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_128MB          0x1
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_256MB          0x2
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_512MB          0x3
+
+/*
+ * Configuration register Ox4 (for Aspeed AST2500 SOC and higher)
+ *
+ * Incompatibilities are annoted in the list. ASPEED_SDMC_HW_VERSION
+ * should be set to 1 for the AST2500 SOC.
+ */
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_HW_VERSION(x)       ((x & 0xf) << 28) /* readonly */
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_SW_VERSION          ((x & 0xff) << 20)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_CACHE_INITIAL_DONE  (1 << 19) /* readonly */
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_CACHE_DDR4_CONF     (1 << 13)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_CACHE_INITIAL       (1 << 12)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_CACHE_RANGE_CTRL    (1 << 11)
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_CACHE_ENABLE        (1 << 10) /* differs from AST2400 */
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_TYPE           (1 << 4)  /* differs from AST2400 */
+
+/* DRAM size definitions differs */
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_128MB       0x0
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_256MB       0x1
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_512MB       0x2
+#define     ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_1024MB      0x3
+
+
+static uint64_t aspeed_sdmc_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
+{
+    AspeedSDMCState *s = ASPEED_SDMC(opaque);
+
+    addr >>= 2;
+
+    if (addr >= ARRAY_SIZE(s->regs)) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+                      "%s: Out-of-bounds read at offset 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",
+                      __func__, addr);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return s->regs[addr];
+}
+
+static void aspeed_sdmc_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
+                             unsigned int size)
+{
+    AspeedSDMCState *s = ASPEED_SDMC(opaque);
+
+    addr >>= 2;
+
+    if (addr >= ARRAY_SIZE(s->regs)) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+                      "%s: Out-of-bounds write at offset 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",
+                      __func__, addr);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (addr != R_PROT && s->regs[R_PROT] != PROT_KEY_UNLOCK) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: SDMC is locked!\n", __func__);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (addr == R_CONF) {
+        /* Make sure readonly bits are kept */
+        switch (s->silicon_rev) {
+        case AST2400_A0_SILICON_REV:
+            data &= 0x000007B3;
+            break;
+        case AST2500_A0_SILICON_REV:
+            data &= 0x0FF03FB3;
+            break;
+        default:
+            g_assert_not_reached();
+        }
+    }
+
+    s->regs[addr] = data;
+}
+
+static const MemoryRegionOps aspeed_sdmc_ops = {
+    .read = aspeed_sdmc_read,
+    .write = aspeed_sdmc_write,
+    .endianness = DEVICE_LITTLE_ENDIAN,
+    .valid.min_access_size = 4,
+    .valid.max_access_size = 4,
+    .valid.unaligned = false,
+};
+
+static int ast2400_rambits(void)
+{
+    switch (ram_size >> 20) {
+    case   64: return ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_64MB;
+    case  128: return ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_128MB;
+    case  256: return ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_256MB;
+    case  512: return ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_512MB;
+    default:
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: Invalid RAM size: 0x%"
+                      HWADDR_PRIx "\n", __func__, ram_size);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    /* set a minimum default */
+    return ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_64MB;
+}
+
+static int ast2500_rambits(void)
+{
+    switch (ram_size >> 20) {
+    case  128: return ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_128MB;
+    case  256: return ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_256MB;
+    case  512: return ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_512MB;
+    case 1024: return ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_1024MB;
+    default:
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: Invalid RAM size: 0x%"
+                      HWADDR_PRIx "\n", __func__, ram_size);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    /* set a minimum default */
+    return ASPEED_SDMC_AST2500_128MB;
+}
+
+static void aspeed_sdmc_reset(DeviceState *dev)
+{
+    AspeedSDMCState *s = ASPEED_SDMC(dev);
+
+    memset(s->regs, 0, sizeof(s->regs));
+
+    /* Set ram size bit and defaults values */
+    switch (s->silicon_rev) {
+    case AST2400_A0_SILICON_REV:
+        s->regs[R_CONF] |=
+            ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_COMPAT |
+            ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_SIZE(ast2400_rambits());
+        break;
+
+    case AST2500_A0_SILICON_REV:
+        s->regs[R_CONF] |=
+            ASPEED_SDMC_HW_VERSION(1) |
+            ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_APERTURE(ASPEED_SDMC_VGA_64MB) |
+            ASPEED_SDMC_DRAM_SIZE(ast2500_rambits());
+    default:
+        g_assert_not_reached();
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_sdmc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
+{
+    SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
+    AspeedSDMCState *s = ASPEED_SDMC(dev);
+
+    if (!is_supported_silicon_rev(s->silicon_rev)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Unknown silicon revision: 0x%" PRIx32,
+                s->silicon_rev);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    memory_region_init_io(&s->iomem, OBJECT(s), &aspeed_sdmc_ops, s,
+                          TYPE_ASPEED_SDMC, 0x1000);
+    sysbus_init_mmio(sbd, &s->iomem);
+}
+
+static const VMStateDescription vmstate_aspeed_sdmc = {
+    .name = "aspeed.sdmc",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_UINT32_ARRAY(regs, AspeedSDMCState, ASPEED_SDMC_NR_REGS),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+
+static Property aspeed_sdmc_properties[] = {
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("silicon-rev", AspeedSDMCState, silicon_rev, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
+};
+
+static void aspeed_sdmc_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
+{
+    DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_CLASS(klass);
+    dc->realize = aspeed_sdmc_realize;
+    dc->reset = aspeed_sdmc_reset;
+    dc->desc = "ASPEED SDRAM Memory Controller";
+    dc->vmsd = &vmstate_aspeed_sdmc;
+    dc->props = aspeed_sdmc_properties;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo aspeed_sdmc_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_ASPEED_SDMC,
+    .parent = TYPE_SYS_BUS_DEVICE,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(AspeedSDMCState),
+    .class_init = aspeed_sdmc_class_init,
+};
+
+static void aspeed_sdmc_register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&aspeed_sdmc_info);
+}
+
+type_init(aspeed_sdmc_register_types);
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/ast2400.h b/include/hw/arm/ast2400.h
index 7833bc716cd8..e68807d475b7 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/ast2400.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/ast2400.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "hw/arm/arm.h"
 #include "hw/intc/aspeed_vic.h"
 #include "hw/misc/aspeed_scu.h"
+#include "hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h"
 #include "hw/timer/aspeed_timer.h"
 #include "hw/i2c/aspeed_i2c.h"
 #include "hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct AST2400State {
     AspeedSCUState scu;
     AspeedSMCState smc;
     AspeedSMCState spi;
+    AspeedSDMCState sdmc;
 } AST2400State;
 
 #define TYPE_AST2400 "ast2400"
diff --git a/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h b/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e081f6d2b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/hw/misc/aspeed_sdmc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * ASPEED SDRAM Memory Controller
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * This code is licensed under the GPL version 2 or later. See the
+ * COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#ifndef ASPEED_SDMC_H
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_H
+
+#include "hw/sysbus.h"
+
+#define TYPE_ASPEED_SDMC "aspeed.sdmc"
+#define ASPEED_SDMC(obj) OBJECT_CHECK(AspeedSDMCState, (obj), TYPE_ASPEED_SDMC)
+
+#define ASPEED_SDMC_NR_REGS (0x8 >> 2)
+
+typedef struct AspeedSDMCState {
+    /*< private >*/
+    SysBusDevice parent_obj;
+
+    /*< public >*/
+    MemoryRegion iomem;
+
+    uint32_t regs[ASPEED_SDMC_NR_REGS];
+    uint32_t silicon_rev;
+
+} AspeedSDMCState;
+
+#endif /* ASPEED_SDMC_H */
