diff --git a/src/Kconfig b/src/Kconfig
index c51190ef83..14876fe057 100644
--- a/src/Kconfig
+++ b/src/Kconfig
@@ -202,6 +202,14 @@ config COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS
 	  Make coreboot create a table of timer-ID/timer-value pairs to
 	  allow measuring time spent at different phases of the boot process.
 
+config HAS_PRECBMEM_TIMESTAMP_REGION
+	bool "Timestamp region exists for pre-cbmem timestamps"
+	depends on COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS
+	help
+	  A separate region is maintained to allow storing of timestamps before
+	  cbmem comes up. This is useful for storing timestamps across different
+	  stage boundaries.
+
 config USE_BLOBS
 	bool "Allow use of binary-only repository"
 	default n
diff --git a/src/include/memlayout.h b/src/include/memlayout.h
index a80e03ef85..17bc8c9549 100644
--- a/src/include/memlayout.h
+++ b/src/include/memlayout.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 
 #define DRAM_START(addr) SYMBOL(dram, addr)
 
+#define TIMESTAMP(addr, size) \
+	REGION(timestamp, addr, size, 8)
+
 #define PRERAM_CBMEM_CONSOLE(addr, size) \
 	REGION(preram_cbmem_console, addr, size, 4)
 
diff --git a/src/include/symbols.h b/src/include/symbols.h
index 2259dcb5b6..6ba692f8b8 100644
--- a/src/include/symbols.h
+++ b/src/include/symbols.h
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ extern u8 _esram[];
 
 extern u8 _dram[];
 
+extern u8 _timestamp[];
+extern u8 _etimestamp[];
+#define _timestamp_size	(_etimestamp - _timestamp)
+
 extern u8 _preram_cbmem_console[];
 extern u8 _epreram_cbmem_console[];
 #define _preram_cbmem_console_size \