diff --git a/plat/qemu/platform.mk b/plat/qemu/platform.mk
index e6d7014f21153648b42461a1fb7748add3e14280..dc3b5d9330d10df3e18829503dd640a914b09b9f 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/qemu/platform.mk
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 
 include lib/libfdt/libfdt.mk
 
+# Enable new version of image loading on QEMU platforms
+LOAD_IMAGE_V2		:=	1
+
+ifeq ($(NEED_BL32),yes)
+$(eval $(call add_define,QEMU_LOAD_BL32))
+endif
+
 PLAT_INCLUDES		:=	-Iinclude/plat/arm/common/		\
 				-Iinclude/plat/arm/common/aarch64/	\
 				-Iplat/qemu/include			\
@@ -53,6 +60,11 @@ BL2_SOURCES		+=	drivers/io/io_semihosting.c		\
 				plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_setup.c		\
 				plat/qemu/dt.c				\
 				$(LIBFDT_SRCS)
+ifeq (${LOAD_IMAGE_V2},1)
+BL2_SOURCES		+=	plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c	\
+				plat/qemu/qemu_image_load.c		\
+				common/desc_image_load.c
+endif
 
 BL31_SOURCES		+=	lib/cpus/aarch64/aem_generic.S		\
 				lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a53.S		\
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl1_setup.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl1_setup.c
index 85ff20e499449f9c1f454414e7f5d23902ac9d4d..5a705584f84b79b06321ce20714ca302e1fba118 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl1_setup.c
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl1_setup.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ meminfo_t *bl1_plat_sec_mem_layout(void)
  ******************************************************************************/
 void bl1_early_platform_setup(void)
 {
-	const size_t bl1_size = BL1_RAM_LIMIT - BL1_RAM_BASE;
-
 	/* Initialize the console to provide early debug support */
 	console_init(PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_BASE, PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
 		     PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
@@ -45,11 +43,13 @@ void bl1_early_platform_setup(void)
 	bl1_tzram_layout.total_base = BL_RAM_BASE;
 	bl1_tzram_layout.total_size = BL_RAM_SIZE;
 
+#if !LOAD_IMAGE_V2
 	/* Calculate how much RAM BL1 is using and how much remains free */
 	bl1_tzram_layout.free_base = BL_RAM_BASE;
 	bl1_tzram_layout.free_size = BL_RAM_SIZE;
 	reserve_mem(&bl1_tzram_layout.free_base, &bl1_tzram_layout.free_size,
-		    BL1_RAM_BASE, bl1_size);
+		    BL1_RAM_BASE, BL1_RAM_LIMIT - BL1_RAM_BASE);
+#endif /* !LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ void bl1_platform_setup(void)
 	plat_qemu_io_setup();
 }
 
+#if !LOAD_IMAGE_V2
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Function that takes a memory layout into which BL2 has been loaded and
  * populates a new memory layout for BL2 that ensures that BL1's data sections
@@ -110,3 +111,4 @@ void bl1_plat_set_bl2_ep_info(image_info_t *bl2_image,
 	SET_SECURITY_STATE(bl2_ep->h.attr, SECURE);
 	bl2_ep->spsr = SPSR_64(MODE_EL1, MODE_SP_ELX, DISABLE_ALL_EXCEPTIONS);
 }
+#endif /* !LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3396140a13536ce2f82d49970a703a65bb5650e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_mem_params_desc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <desc_image_load.h>
+#include <platform.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Following descriptor provides BL image/ep information that gets used
+ * by BL2 to load the images and also subset of this information is
+ * passed to next BL image. The image loading sequence is managed by
+ * populating the images in required loading order. The image execution
+ * sequence is managed by populating the `next_handoff_image_id` with
+ * the next executable image id.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+static bl_mem_params_node_t bl2_mem_params_descs[] = {
+#ifdef EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE
+	/* Fill EL3 payload related information (BL31 is EL3 payload) */
+	{ .image_id = BL31_IMAGE_ID,
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(ep_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2,
+				entry_point_info_t,
+				SECURE | EXECUTABLE | EP_FIRST_EXE),
+	  .ep_info.pc = EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE,
+	  .ep_info.spsr = SPSR_64(MODE_EL3, MODE_SP_ELX,
+				  DISABLE_ALL_EXCEPTIONS),
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(image_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2, image_info_t,
+				IMAGE_ATTRIB_PLAT_SETUP | IMAGE_ATTRIB_SKIP_LOADING),
+
+	  .next_handoff_image_id = INVALID_IMAGE_ID,
+	},
+#else /* EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE */
+	/* Fill BL31 related information */
+	{ .image_id = BL31_IMAGE_ID,
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(ep_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2,
+				entry_point_info_t,
+				SECURE | EXECUTABLE | EP_FIRST_EXE),
+	  .ep_info.pc = BL31_BASE,
+	  .ep_info.spsr = SPSR_64(MODE_EL3, MODE_SP_ELX,
+				  DISABLE_ALL_EXCEPTIONS),
+# if DEBUG
+	  .ep_info.args.arg1 = QEMU_BL31_PLAT_PARAM_VAL,
+# endif
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(image_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2, image_info_t,
+				IMAGE_ATTRIB_PLAT_SETUP),
+	  .image_info.image_base = BL31_BASE,
+	  .image_info.image_max_size = BL31_LIMIT - BL31_BASE,
+
+# ifdef QEMU_LOAD_BL32
+	  .next_handoff_image_id = BL32_IMAGE_ID,
+# else
+	  .next_handoff_image_id = BL33_IMAGE_ID,
+# endif
+	},
+# ifdef QEMU_LOAD_BL32
+	/* Fill BL32 related information */
+	{ .image_id = BL32_IMAGE_ID,
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(ep_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2,
+				entry_point_info_t, SECURE | EXECUTABLE),
+	  .ep_info.pc = BL32_BASE,
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(image_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2, image_info_t,
+				0),
+	  .image_info.image_base = BL32_BASE,
+	  .image_info.image_max_size = BL32_LIMIT - BL32_BASE,
+
+	  .next_handoff_image_id = BL33_IMAGE_ID,
+	},
+# endif /* QEMU_LOAD_BL32 */
+
+	/* Fill BL33 related information */
+	{ .image_id = BL33_IMAGE_ID,
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(ep_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2,
+				entry_point_info_t, NON_SECURE | EXECUTABLE),
+# ifdef PRELOADED_BL33_BASE
+	  .ep_info.pc = PRELOADED_BL33_BASE,
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(image_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2, image_info_t,
+				IMAGE_ATTRIB_SKIP_LOADING),
+# else /* PRELOADED_BL33_BASE */
+	  .ep_info.pc = NS_IMAGE_OFFSET,
+
+	  SET_STATIC_PARAM_HEAD(image_info, PARAM_EP, VERSION_2, image_info_t,
+				0),
+	  .image_info.image_base = NS_IMAGE_OFFSET,
+	  .image_info.image_max_size = NS_DRAM0_BASE + NS_DRAM0_SIZE -
+				       NS_IMAGE_OFFSET,
+# endif /* !PRELOADED_BL33_BASE */
+
+	  .next_handoff_image_id = INVALID_IMAGE_ID,
+	}
+#endif /* !EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE */
+};
+
+REGISTER_BL_IMAGE_DESCS(bl2_mem_params_descs)
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_setup.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_setup.c
index f928b105331d2028f115b6406166cd274f95043f..1306f34bdd20170c0594b0151afd7300ebceef51 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_setup.c
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl2_setup.c
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 #include <arch_helpers.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <bl_common.h>
 #include <console.h>
 #include <debug.h>
+#include <desc_image_load.h>
 #include <libfdt.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -22,6 +24,10 @@
 #define BL2_RO_BASE (unsigned long)(&__RO_START__)
 #define BL2_RO_LIMIT (unsigned long)(&__RO_END__)
 
+/* Data structure which holds the extents of the trusted SRAM for BL2 */
+static meminfo_t bl2_tzram_layout __aligned(CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE);
+
+#if !LOAD_IMAGE_V2
 /*******************************************************************************
  * This structure represents the superset of information that is passed to
  * BL3-1, e.g. while passing control to it from BL2, bl31_params
@@ -41,10 +47,6 @@ typedef struct bl2_to_bl31_params_mem {
 static bl2_to_bl31_params_mem_t bl31_params_mem;
 
 
-
-/* Data structure which holds the extents of the trusted SRAM for BL2 */
-static meminfo_t bl2_tzram_layout __aligned(CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE);
-
 meminfo_t *bl2_plat_sec_mem_layout(void)
 {
 	return &bl2_tzram_layout;
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ struct entry_point_info *bl2_plat_get_bl31_ep_info(void)
 
 	return &bl31_params_mem.bl31_ep_info;
 }
+#endif /* !LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
 
 
 
@@ -217,6 +220,41 @@ static uint32_t qemu_get_spsr_for_bl33_entry(void)
 	return spsr;
 }
 
+#if LOAD_IMAGE_V2
+static int qemu_bl2_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+	bl_mem_params_node_t *bl_mem_params = get_bl_mem_params_node(image_id);
+
+	assert(bl_mem_params);
+
+	switch (image_id) {
+# ifdef AARCH64
+	case BL32_IMAGE_ID:
+		bl_mem_params->ep_info.spsr = qemu_get_spsr_for_bl32_entry();
+		break;
+# endif
+	case BL33_IMAGE_ID:
+		/* BL33 expects to receive the primary CPU MPID (through r0) */
+		bl_mem_params->ep_info.args.arg0 = 0xffff & read_mpidr();
+		bl_mem_params->ep_info.spsr = qemu_get_spsr_for_bl33_entry();
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image
+ * information for given `image_id`.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+int bl2_plat_handle_post_image_load(unsigned int image_id)
+{
+	return qemu_bl2_handle_post_image_load(image_id);
+}
+
+#else /* LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
+
 /*******************************************************************************
  * Before calling this function BL3-1 is loaded in memory and its entrypoint
  * is set by load_image. This is a placeholder for the platform to change
@@ -282,6 +320,7 @@ void bl2_plat_get_bl33_meminfo(meminfo_t *bl33_meminfo)
 	bl33_meminfo->free_base = NS_DRAM0_BASE;
 	bl33_meminfo->free_size = NS_DRAM0_SIZE;
 }
+#endif /* !LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
 
 unsigned long plat_get_ns_image_entrypoint(void)
 {
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl31_setup.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl31_setup.c
index 34866f06e5de303f13818fbe90f6e6c8f0379c68..5bf458955d73f61464506b6e7264ff656a48a7b5 100644
--- a/plat/qemu/qemu_bl31_setup.c
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_bl31_setup.c
@@ -37,13 +37,49 @@ static entry_point_info_t bl33_image_ep_info;
  * tables. BL2 has flushed this information to memory, so we are guaranteed
  * to pick up good data.
  ******************************************************************************/
+#if LOAD_IMAGE_V2
+void bl31_early_platform_setup(void *from_bl2,
+			       void *plat_params_from_bl2)
+#else
 void bl31_early_platform_setup(bl31_params_t *from_bl2,
 				void *plat_params_from_bl2)
+#endif
 {
 	/* Initialize the console to provide early debug support */
 	console_init(PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_BASE, PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
 			PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
 
+#if LOAD_IMAGE_V2
+	/*
+	 * Check params passed from BL2
+	 */
+	bl_params_t *params_from_bl2 = (bl_params_t *)from_bl2;
+
+	assert(params_from_bl2);
+	assert(params_from_bl2->h.type == PARAM_BL_PARAMS);
+	assert(params_from_bl2->h.version >= VERSION_2);
+
+	bl_params_node_t *bl_params = params_from_bl2->head;
+
+	/*
+	 * Copy BL33 and BL32 (if present), entry point information.
+	 * They are stored in Secure RAM, in BL2's address space.
+	 */
+	while (bl_params) {
+		if (bl_params->image_id == BL32_IMAGE_ID)
+			bl32_image_ep_info = *bl_params->ep_info;
+
+		if (bl_params->image_id == BL33_IMAGE_ID)
+			bl33_image_ep_info = *bl_params->ep_info;
+
+		bl_params = bl_params->next_params_info;
+	}
+
+	if (!bl33_image_ep_info.pc)
+		panic();
+
+#else /* LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
+
 	/*
 	 * Check params passed from BL2 should not be NULL,
 	 */
@@ -65,6 +101,8 @@ void bl31_early_platform_setup(bl31_params_t *from_bl2,
 	if (from_bl2->bl32_ep_info)
 		bl32_image_ep_info = *from_bl2->bl32_ep_info;
 	bl33_image_ep_info = *from_bl2->bl33_ep_info;
+
+#endif /* !LOAD_IMAGE_V2 */
 }
 
 void bl31_plat_arch_setup(void)
diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_image_load.c b/plat/qemu/qemu_image_load.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8e246477c9b5128378eed91fe39ca2997f4aadfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_image_load.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <desc_image_load.h>
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * This function is a wrapper of a common function which flushes the data
+ * structures so that they are visible in memory for the next BL image.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void plat_flush_next_bl_params(void)
+{
+	flush_bl_params_desc();
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * This function is a wrapper of a common function which returns the list of
+ * loadable images.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+bl_load_info_t *plat_get_bl_image_load_info(void)
+{
+	return get_bl_load_info_from_mem_params_desc();
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * This function is a wrapper of a common function which returns the data
+ * structures of the next BL image.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+bl_params_t *plat_get_next_bl_params(void)
+{
+	return get_next_bl_params_from_mem_params_desc();
+}