diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 75f9563ce6c..82df59f176e 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -715,6 +715,20 @@ config SYS_CLK_FREQ
 	  A static value for the CPU frequency.  Note that if not required
 	  for a given SoC, this can be left at 0.
 
+config HAS_LDR
+	bool
+	help
+	  Enables building .ldr targets for U-Boot and SPL. This does not
+	  automatically build any additional targets with make or buildman.
+
+config LDR_CPU
+	string "CPU name to be passed to LDR utility."
+	depends on HAS_LDR
+	help
+	  Set the CPU name for the -T parameter in the LDR utility.  This is
+	  generally used on processors from Analog Devices, but may be also
+	  be useful for other vendors.
+
 source "api/Kconfig"
 
 endmenu		# General setup
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1069adca91e..7321fe1499e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ u-boot-nodtb.bin: u-boot FORCE
 
 u-boot.ldr:	u-boot
 		$(CREATE_LDR_ENV)
-		$(LDR) -T $(CONFIG_CPU) -c $@ $< $(LDR_FLAGS)
+		$(LDR) -T $(CONFIG_LDR_CPU) -c $@ $< $(LDR_FLAGS)
 		$(BOARD_SIZE_CHECK)
 
 # binman
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.spl b/scripts/Makefile.spl
index 60db38d5bdd..1868f1beef6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.spl
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.spl
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ $(obj)/$(BOARD)-spl.bin: $(obj)/u-boot-spl.bin
 	$(objtree)/tools/mkexynosspl) $(VAR_SIZE_PARAM) $< $@
 endif
 
+$(obj)/u-boot-spl.ldr: $(obj)/u-boot-spl
+	$(CREATE_LDR_ENV)
+	$(LDR) -T $(CONFIG_LDR_CPU) -c $@ $< $(LDR_FLAGS)
+	$(BOARD_SIZE_CHECK)
+
 quiet_cmd_objcopy = OBJCOPY $@
 cmd_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS_$(@F)) $< $@