diff --git a/include/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h b/include/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h
index 591279ba1f43..453357cc09bf 100644
--- a/include/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h
+++ b/include/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ typedef struct AspeedSMCController {
     hwaddr flash_window_base;
     uint32_t flash_window_size;
     bool has_dma;
+    hwaddr dma_flash_mask;
+    hwaddr dma_dram_mask;
     uint32_t nregs;
 } AspeedSMCController;
 
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ typedef struct AspeedSMCState {
     /* for DMA support */
     uint64_t sdram_base;
 
+    AddressSpace flash_as;
+    MemoryRegion *dram_mr;
+    AddressSpace dram_as;
+
     AspeedSMCFlash *flashes;
 
     uint8_t snoop_index;
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 7f01df1b61d8..e404f8b244a9 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ static void aspeed_board_init(MachineState *machine,
                             &error_abort);
     object_property_set_int(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), smp_cpus, "num-cpus",
                             &error_abort);
+    object_property_set_link(OBJECT(&bmc->soc), OBJECT(&bmc->ram_container),
+                             "dram", &error_abort);
     if (machine->kernel_filename) {
         /*
          * When booting with a -kernel command line there is no u-boot
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
index 02feb4361ba4..8a1545545faf 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed_soc.c
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ static void aspeed_soc_init(Object *obj)
                           sc->info->fmc_typename);
     object_property_add_alias(obj, "num-cs", OBJECT(&s->fmc), "num-cs",
                               &error_abort);
+    object_property_add_alias(obj, "dram", OBJECT(&s->fmc), "dram",
+                              &error_abort);
 
     for (i = 0; i < sc->info->spis_num; i++) {
         sysbus_init_child_obj(obj, "spi[*]", OBJECT(&s->spi[i]),
diff --git a/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c b/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c
index 81f2fb7f707a..e00cdebae232 100644
--- a/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c
+++ b/hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.c
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
  */
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "qemu/log.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
+#include "exec/address-spaces.h"
 
 #include "hw/ssi/aspeed_smc.h"
 
@@ -110,8 +112,8 @@
 #define   DMA_CTRL_FREQ_SHIFT   4
 #define   DMA_CTRL_MODE         (1 << 3)
 #define   DMA_CTRL_CKSUM        (1 << 2)
-#define   DMA_CTRL_DIR          (1 << 1)
-#define   DMA_CTRL_EN           (1 << 0)
+#define   DMA_CTRL_WRITE        (1 << 1)
+#define   DMA_CTRL_ENABLE       (1 << 0)
 
 /* DMA Flash Side Address */
 #define R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR  (0x84 / 4)
@@ -143,6 +145,24 @@
 #define ASPEED_SOC_SPI_FLASH_BASE   0x30000000
 #define ASPEED_SOC_SPI2_FLASH_BASE  0x38000000
 
+/*
+ * DMA DRAM addresses should be 4 bytes aligned and the valid address
+ * range is 0x40000000 - 0x5FFFFFFF (AST2400)
+ *          0x80000000 - 0xBFFFFFFF (AST2500)
+ *
+ * DMA flash addresses should be 4 bytes aligned and the valid address
+ * range is 0x20000000 - 0x2FFFFFFF.
+ *
+ * DMA length is from 4 bytes to 32MB
+ *   0: 4 bytes
+ *   0x7FFFFF: 32M bytes
+ */
+#define DMA_DRAM_ADDR(s, val)   ((s)->sdram_base | \
+                                 ((val) & (s)->ctrl->dma_dram_mask))
+#define DMA_FLASH_ADDR(s, val)  ((s)->ctrl->flash_window_base | \
+                                ((val) & (s)->ctrl->dma_flash_mask))
+#define DMA_LENGTH(val)         ((val) & 0x01FFFFFC)
+
 /* Flash opcodes. */
 #define SPI_OP_READ       0x03    /* Read data bytes (low frequency) */
 
@@ -212,6 +232,8 @@ static const AspeedSMCController controllers[] = {
         .flash_window_base = ASPEED_SOC_FMC_FLASH_BASE,
         .flash_window_size = 0x10000000,
         .has_dma           = true,
+        .dma_flash_mask    = 0x0FFFFFFC,
+        .dma_dram_mask     = 0x1FFFFFFC,
         .nregs             = ASPEED_SMC_R_MAX,
     }, {
         .name              = "aspeed.smc.spi",
@@ -238,6 +260,8 @@ static const AspeedSMCController controllers[] = {
         .flash_window_base = ASPEED_SOC_FMC_FLASH_BASE,
         .flash_window_size = 0x10000000,
         .has_dma           = true,
+        .dma_flash_mask    = 0x0FFFFFFC,
+        .dma_dram_mask     = 0x3FFFFFFC,
         .nregs             = ASPEED_SMC_R_MAX,
     }, {
         .name              = "aspeed.smc.ast2500-spi1",
@@ -730,9 +754,6 @@ static void aspeed_smc_reset(DeviceState *d)
 
     memset(s->regs, 0, sizeof s->regs);
 
-    /* Pretend DMA is done (u-boot initialization) */
-    s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] = INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS;
-
     /* Unselect all slaves */
     for (i = 0; i < s->num_cs; ++i) {
         s->regs[s->r_ctrl0 + i] |= CTRL_CE_STOP_ACTIVE;
@@ -773,6 +794,11 @@ static uint64_t aspeed_smc_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
         addr == s->r_ce_ctrl ||
         addr == R_INTR_CTRL ||
         addr == R_DUMMY_DATA ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_CTRL) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_LEN) ||
+        (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_CHECKSUM) ||
         (addr >= R_SEG_ADDR0 && addr < R_SEG_ADDR0 + s->ctrl->max_slaves) ||
         (addr >= s->r_ctrl0 && addr < s->r_ctrl0 + s->ctrl->max_slaves)) {
         return s->regs[addr];
@@ -783,6 +809,155 @@ static uint64_t aspeed_smc_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Accumulate the result of the reads to provide a checksum that will
+ * be used to validate the read timing settings.
+ */
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_checksum(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    MemTxResult result;
+    uint32_t data;
+
+    if (s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_WRITE) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
+                      "%s: invalid direction for DMA checksum\n",  __func__);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (s->regs[R_DMA_LEN]) {
+        result = address_space_read(&s->flash_as, s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR],
+                                    MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                    (uint8_t *)&data, 4);
+        if (result != MEMTX_OK) {
+            qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: Flash read failed @%08x\n",
+                          __func__, s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR]);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * When the DMA is on-going, the DMA registers are updated
+         * with the current working addresses and length.
+         */
+        s->regs[R_DMA_CHECKSUM] += data;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR] += 4;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_LEN] -= 4;
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_rw(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    MemTxResult result;
+    uint32_t data;
+
+    while (s->regs[R_DMA_LEN]) {
+        if (s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_WRITE) {
+            result = address_space_read(&s->dram_as, s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR],
+                                        MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                        (uint8_t *)&data, 4);
+            if (result != MEMTX_OK) {
+                qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: DRAM read failed @%08x\n",
+                              __func__, s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR]);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            result = address_space_write(&s->flash_as,
+                                         s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR],
+                                         MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                         (uint8_t *)&data, 4);
+            if (result != MEMTX_OK) {
+                qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: Flash write failed @%08x\n",
+                              __func__, s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR]);
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            result = address_space_read(&s->flash_as, s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR],
+                                        MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                        (uint8_t *)&data, 4);
+            if (result != MEMTX_OK) {
+                qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: Flash read failed @%08x\n",
+                              __func__, s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR]);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            result = address_space_write(&s->dram_as, s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR],
+                                         MEMTXATTRS_UNSPECIFIED,
+                                         (uint8_t *)&data, 4);
+            if (result != MEMTX_OK) {
+                qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: DRAM write failed @%08x\n",
+                              __func__, s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR]);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /*
+         * When the DMA is on-going, the DMA registers are updated
+         * with the current working addresses and length.
+         */
+        s->regs[R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR] += 4;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR] += 4;
+        s->regs[R_DMA_LEN] -= 4;
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_stop(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    /*
+     * When the DMA is disabled, INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS=0 means the
+     * engine is idle
+     */
+    s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] &= ~INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS;
+    s->regs[R_DMA_CHECKSUM] = 0;
+
+    /*
+     * Lower the DMA irq in any case. The IRQ control register could
+     * have been cleared before disabling the DMA.
+     */
+    qemu_irq_lower(s->irq);
+}
+
+/*
+ * When INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS=1, the DMA has completed and a new DMA
+ * can start even if the result of the previous was not collected.
+ */
+static bool aspeed_smc_dma_in_progress(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    return s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_ENABLE &&
+        !(s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] & INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS);
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_done(AspeedSMCState *s)
+{
+    s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] |= INTR_CTRL_DMA_STATUS;
+    if (s->regs[R_INTR_CTRL] & INTR_CTRL_DMA_EN) {
+        qemu_irq_raise(s->irq);
+    }
+}
+
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_ctrl(AspeedSMCState *s, uint64_t dma_ctrl)
+{
+    if (!(dma_ctrl & DMA_CTRL_ENABLE)) {
+        s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] = dma_ctrl;
+
+        aspeed_smc_dma_stop(s);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (aspeed_smc_dma_in_progress(s)) {
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: DMA in progress\n",  __func__);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] = dma_ctrl;
+
+    if (s->regs[R_DMA_CTRL] & DMA_CTRL_CKSUM) {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_checksum(s);
+    } else {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_rw(s);
+    }
+
+    aspeed_smc_dma_done(s);
+}
+
 static void aspeed_smc_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
                              unsigned int size)
 {
@@ -808,6 +983,16 @@ static void aspeed_smc_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
         }
     } else if (addr == R_DUMMY_DATA) {
         s->regs[addr] = value & 0xff;
+    } else if (addr == R_INTR_CTRL) {
+        s->regs[addr] = value;
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_CTRL) {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_ctrl(s, value);
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_DRAM_ADDR) {
+        s->regs[addr] = DMA_DRAM_ADDR(s, value);
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_FLASH_ADDR) {
+        s->regs[addr] = DMA_FLASH_ADDR(s, value);
+    } else if (s->ctrl->has_dma && addr == R_DMA_LEN) {
+        s->regs[addr] = DMA_LENGTH(value);
     } else {
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP, "%s: not implemented: 0x%" HWADDR_PRIx "\n",
                       __func__, addr);
@@ -822,6 +1007,28 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps aspeed_smc_ops = {
     .valid.unaligned = true,
 };
 
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the custom address spaces for DMAs
+ */
+static void aspeed_smc_dma_setup(AspeedSMCState *s, Error **errp)
+{
+    char *name;
+
+    if (!s->dram_mr) {
+        error_setg(errp, TYPE_ASPEED_SMC ": 'dram' link not set");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    name = g_strdup_printf("%s-dma-flash", s->ctrl->name);
+    address_space_init(&s->flash_as, &s->mmio_flash, name);
+    g_free(name);
+
+    name = g_strdup_printf("%s-dma-dram", s->ctrl->name);
+    address_space_init(&s->dram_as, s->dram_mr, name);
+    g_free(name);
+}
+
 static void aspeed_smc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     SysBusDevice *sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);
@@ -847,10 +1054,12 @@ static void aspeed_smc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         s->num_cs = s->ctrl->max_slaves;
     }
 
+    /* DMA irq. Keep it first for the initialization in the SoC */
+    sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
+
     s->spi = ssi_create_bus(dev, "spi");
 
     /* Setup cs_lines for slaves */
-    sysbus_init_irq(sbd, &s->irq);
     s->cs_lines = g_new0(qemu_irq, s->num_cs);
     ssi_auto_connect_slaves(dev, s->cs_lines, s->spi);
 
@@ -897,6 +1106,11 @@ static void aspeed_smc_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
         memory_region_add_subregion(&s->mmio_flash, offset, &fl->mmio);
         offset += fl->size;
     }
+
+    /* DMA support */
+    if (s->ctrl->has_dma) {
+        aspeed_smc_dma_setup(s, errp);
+    }
 }
 
 static const VMStateDescription vmstate_aspeed_smc = {
@@ -914,6 +1128,8 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_aspeed_smc = {
 static Property aspeed_smc_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("num-cs", AspeedSMCState, num_cs, 1),
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT64("sdram-base", AspeedSMCState, sdram_base, 0),
+    DEFINE_PROP_LINK("dram", AspeedSMCState, dram_mr,
+                     TYPE_MEMORY_REGION, MemoryRegion *),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
