diff --git a/arch/kvx/Kconfig b/arch/kvx/Kconfig
index 5463bb4..3327021 100644
--- a/arch/kvx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/kvx/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 config KVX
 	bool
 	select 64BIT
+	select BOOTM
+	select BOOTM_ELF
+	select BOOTM_OFTREE
+	select BOOTM_INITRD
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select COMMON_CLK_OF_PROVIDER
+	select ELF
 	select FLEXIBLE_BOOTARGS
 	select GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
 	select LIBFDT
diff --git a/arch/kvx/configs/generic_defconfig b/arch/kvx/configs/generic_defconfig
index f9ff773..8162171 100644
--- a/arch/kvx/configs/generic_defconfig
+++ b/arch/kvx/configs/generic_defconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE=y
 CONFIG_BAUDRATE=115200
-# CONFIG_BOOTM is not set
 CONFIG_CLOCKSOURCE_KVX=y
+CONFIG_CMD_BOOT=y
+CONFIG_CMD_BOOTM=y
 CONFIG_CMD_CMP=y
 CONFIG_CMD_OF_DUMP=y
 CONFIG_CMD_POWEROFF=y
diff --git a/arch/kvx/include/asm/bootm.h b/arch/kvx/include/asm/bootm.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ad7e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/kvx/include/asm/bootm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Kalray Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _ASM_KVX_BOOTM_H
+#define _ASM_KVX_BOOTM_H
+
+#define LINUX_BOOT_PARAM_MAGIC 0x31564752414E494CULL
+
+#endif /* _ASM_KVX_BOOTM_H */
diff --git a/arch/kvx/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/kvx/include/asm/elf.h
index 7cc09d7..2975ad1 100644
--- a/arch/kvx/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/kvx/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
  */
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
+#define EM_KVX		256
+
+#define ELF_ARCH	EM_KVX
 #define ELF_CLASS	ELFCLASS32
 #define ELF_DATA	ELFDATA2MSB
 
diff --git a/arch/kvx/lib/Makefile b/arch/kvx/lib/Makefile
index 352e703..6e56462 100644
--- a/arch/kvx/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/kvx/lib/Makefile
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019 Kalray Inc.
 #
 
-obj-y	+= cpuinfo.o board.o dtb.o poweroff.o
+obj-y	+= cpuinfo.o board.o dtb.o poweroff.o bootm.o
diff --git a/arch/kvx/lib/bootm.c b/arch/kvx/lib/bootm.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..198eef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/kvx/lib/bootm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Kalray Inc.
+ */
+
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <boot.h>
+#include <init.h>
+#include <bootm.h>
+#include <binfmt.h>
+#include <common.h>
+#include <libfile.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
+#include <asm/cache.h>
+#include <asm/bootm.h>
+
+typedef void __noreturn (*boot_func_entry)(unsigned long, void *);
+
+static int do_boot_entry(struct image_data *data, boot_func_entry entry,
+			 void *fdt_load_addr)
+{
+	printf("starting elf (entry at %p)\n", entry);
+
+	if (data->dryrun)
+		return 0;
+
+	shutdown_barebox();
+
+	/* Synchronize I-cache with D-cache */
+	sync_caches_for_execution();
+
+	/**
+	 * Parameters passing
+	 * r0: boot magic
+	 * r1: device tree pointer
+	 */
+	entry(LINUX_BOOT_PARAM_MAGIC, (void *) fdt_load_addr);
+
+	/* should never return ! */
+	panic("Returned from boot program !\n");
+
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int do_boot_elf(struct image_data *data, struct elf_image *elf)
+{
+	int ret;
+	void *fdt;
+	boot_func_entry entry;
+	unsigned long load_addr, initrd_address;
+
+	/* load initrd after the elf */
+	load_addr = PAGE_ALIGN((unsigned long) elf->high_addr);
+	if (bootm_has_initrd(data)) {
+		if (data->initrd_address != UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS)
+			initrd_address = data->initrd_address;
+		else
+			initrd_address = load_addr;
+
+		printf("Loading initrd at 0x%lx\n", initrd_address);
+		ret = bootm_load_initrd(data, initrd_address);
+		if (ret) {
+			printf("Failed to load initrd\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		if (data->initrd_address == UIMAGE_INVALID_ADDRESS) {
+			load_addr += resource_size(data->initrd_res);
+			load_addr = PAGE_ALIGN(load_addr);
+		}
+	}
+
+	fdt = bootm_get_devicetree(data);
+	if (IS_ERR(fdt)) {
+		printf("Failed to load dtb\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(fdt);
+	}
+
+	printf("Loading device tree at %lx\n", load_addr);
+	/* load device tree after the initrd if any */
+	ret = bootm_load_devicetree(data, fdt, load_addr);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("Failed to load device tree: %d\n", ret);
+		goto err_free_fdt;
+	}
+
+	entry = (boot_func_entry) data->os_address;
+
+	ret = do_boot_entry(data, entry, fdt);
+
+err_free_fdt:
+	free(fdt);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int do_bootm_elf(struct image_data *data)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = bootm_load_os(data, data->os_address);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return do_boot_elf(data, data->elf);
+}
+
+static struct image_handler elf_handler = {
+	.name = "ELF",
+	.bootm = do_bootm_elf,
+	.filetype = filetype_elf,
+};
+
+static struct binfmt_hook binfmt_elf_hook = {
+	.type = filetype_elf,
+	.exec = "bootm",
+};
+
+static int kvx_register_image_handler(void)
+{
+	register_image_handler(&elf_handler);
+
+	binfmt_register(&binfmt_elf_hook);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+late_initcall(kvx_register_image_handler);