diff --git a/include/bootstage.h b/include/bootstage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddfb07a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/bootstage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * This file implements recording of each stage of the boot process. It is
+ * intended to implement timing of each stage, reporting this information
+ * to the user and passing it to the OS for logging / further analysis.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BOOTSTAGE_H
+#define _BOOTSTAGE_H
+
+/*
+ * A list of boot stages that we know about. Each of these indicates the
+ * state that we are at, and the action that we are about to perform. For
+ * errors, we issue an error for an item when it fails. Therefore the
+ * normal sequence is:
+ *
+ * progress action1
+ * progress action2
+ * progress action3
+ *
+ * and an error condition where action 3 failed would be:
+ *
+ * progress action1
+ * progress action2
+ * progress action3
+ * error on action3
+ */
+enum bootstage_id {
+	BOOTSTAGE_ID_RUN_OS	= 15,	/* Exiting U-Boot, entering OS */
+};
+
+/*
+ * Board code can implement show_boot_progress() if needed.
+ *
+ * @param val	Progress state (enum bootstage_id), or -id if an error
+ *		has occurred.
+ */
+void show_boot_progress(int val);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 0bda049..399363a 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -798,10 +798,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_STATUS_LED
 # include <status_led.h>
 #endif
-/*
- * Board-specific Platform code can reimplement show_boot_progress () if needed
- */
-void show_boot_progress(int val);
+
+#include <bootstage.h>
 
 /* Multicore arch functions */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MP