diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index 55fad952bb..320d6db32c 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ config UTIL_GENPARSER
 
 choice
 	prompt "Option backend to use"
+	default USE_CBFS_FILE_OPTION_BACKEND if CHROMEOS && PLATFORM_USES_FSP2_0
 	default USE_MAINBOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTION_BACKEND if HAVE_MAINBOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTION_BACKEND
 	default USE_OPTION_TABLE if NVRAMCUI_SECONDARY_PAYLOAD
 	default USE_UEFI_VARIABLE_STORE if DRIVERS_EFI_VARIABLE_STORE && \
@@ -164,6 +165,12 @@ config USE_OPTION_TABLE
 	  Enable this option if coreboot shall read options from the "CMOS"
 	  NVRAM instead of using hard-coded values.
 
+config USE_CBFS_FILE_OPTION_BACKEND
+	bool "Use CBFS files for configuration values"
+	help
+	  Enable this option if coreboot shall read options from files in CBFS.
+	  Options can be set using `cbfstool add-int -n option/<option-name> -i value`.
+
 config USE_UEFI_VARIABLE_STORE
 	bool "Use UEFI variable-store in SPI flash as option backend"
 	depends on DRIVERS_EFI_VARIABLE_STORE
diff --git a/src/drivers/option/Makefile.mk b/src/drivers/option/Makefile.mk
index 7ca439db78..63ac1baea0 100644
--- a/src/drivers/option/Makefile.mk
+++ b/src/drivers/option/Makefile.mk
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_DRIVERS_OPTION_CFR) += cfr.c
+
+all-$(CONFIG_USE_CBFS_FILE_OPTION_BACKEND) += cbfs_file_option.c
diff --git a/src/drivers/option/cbfs_file_option.c b/src/drivers/option/cbfs_file_option.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b87bba8fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/drivers/option/cbfs_file_option.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#include <cbfs.h>
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <option.h>
+
+unsigned int get_uint_option(const char *name, const unsigned int fallback)
+{
+	size_t size;
+	uint64_t value;
+	char full_name[CBFS_METADATA_MAX_SIZE];
+	snprintf(full_name, sizeof(full_name), "option/%s", name);
+
+	void *p = cbfs_ro_map(full_name, &size);
+	if (!p || size < sizeof(value)) {
+		value = fallback;
+	} else {
+		value = le64dec(p);
+		cbfs_unmap(p);
+	}
+	return (unsigned int)value;
+}
+
+enum cb_err set_uint_option(const char *name, unsigned int value)
+{
+	return CB_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
diff --git a/src/include/option.h b/src/include/option.h
index 3a00570064..bee761acfb 100644
--- a/src/include/option.h
+++ b/src/include/option.h
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 void sanitize_cmos(void);
 
-#if CONFIG(OPTION_BACKEND_NONE)
+/* The CBFS file option backend cannot be used in SMM due to vboot
+ * dependencies, which are not added to SMM */
+#if CONFIG(OPTION_BACKEND_NONE) || (CONFIG(USE_CBFS_FILE_OPTION_BACKEND) && ENV_SMM)
 
 static inline unsigned int get_uint_option(const char *name, const unsigned int fallback)
 {