diff --git a/src/include/cbfs.h b/src/include/cbfs.h
index f7067f9009..acdd55211f 100644
--- a/src/include/cbfs.h
+++ b/src/include/cbfs.h
@@ -140,15 +140,18 @@ enum cb_err cbfs_prog_stage_load(struct prog *prog);
    and instead use cbfs_alloc() so the file only needs to be looked up once. */
 static inline size_t cbfs_get_size(const char *name);
 static inline size_t cbfs_ro_get_size(const char *name);
+static inline size_t cbfs_unverified_area_get_size(const char *area, const char *name);
 
 /* Returns the type of a CBFS file, or CBFS_TYPE_NULL on error. Use cbfs_type_load() instead of
    this where possible to avoid looking up the file more than once. */
 static inline enum cbfs_type cbfs_get_type(const char *name);
 static inline enum cbfs_type cbfs_ro_get_type(const char *name);
+static inline enum cbfs_type cbfs_unverified_area_get_type(const char *area, const char *name);
 
 /* Check whether a CBFS file exists. */
 static inline bool cbfs_file_exists(const char *name);
 static inline bool cbfs_ro_file_exists(const char *name);
+static inline bool cbfs_unverified_area_file_exists(const char *area, const char *name);
 
 
 /**********************************************************************************************
@@ -197,6 +200,9 @@ enum cb_err cbfs_init_boot_device(const struct cbfs_boot_device *cbd,
 enum cb_err _cbfs_boot_lookup(const char *name, bool force_ro,
 			      union cbfs_mdata *mdata, struct region_device *rdev);
 
+enum cb_err _cbfs_unverified_area_lookup(const char *area, const char *name,
+			      union cbfs_mdata *mdata, struct region_device *rdev);
+
 void *_cbfs_alloc(const char *name, cbfs_allocator_t allocator, void *arg,
 		  size_t *size_out, bool force_ro, enum cbfs_type *type);
 
@@ -370,6 +376,15 @@ static inline size_t cbfs_ro_get_size(const char *name)
 	return be32toh(mdata.h.len);
 }
 
+static inline size_t cbfs_unverified_area_get_size(const char *area, const char *name)
+{
+	union cbfs_mdata mdata;
+	struct region_device rdev;
+	if (_cbfs_unverified_area_lookup(area, name, &mdata, &rdev) != CB_SUCCESS)
+		return 0;
+	return be32toh(mdata.h.len);
+}
+
 static inline enum cbfs_type cbfs_get_type(const char *name)
 {
 	union cbfs_mdata mdata;
@@ -388,6 +403,15 @@ static inline enum cbfs_type cbfs_ro_get_type(const char *name)
 	return be32toh(mdata.h.type);
 }
 
+static inline enum cbfs_type cbfs_unverified_area_get_type(const char *area, const char *name)
+{
+	union cbfs_mdata mdata;
+	struct region_device rdev;
+	if (_cbfs_unverified_area_lookup(area, name, &mdata, &rdev) != CB_SUCCESS)
+		return CBFS_TYPE_NULL;
+	return be32toh(mdata.h.type);
+}
+
 static inline bool cbfs_file_exists(const char *name)
 {
 	union cbfs_mdata mdata;
@@ -406,4 +430,13 @@ static inline bool cbfs_ro_file_exists(const char *name)
 	return true;
 }
 
+static inline bool cbfs_unverified_area_file_exists(const char *area, const char *name)
+{
+	union cbfs_mdata mdata;
+	struct region_device rdev;
+	if (_cbfs_unverified_area_lookup(area, name, &mdata, &rdev) != CB_SUCCESS)
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lib/cbfs.c b/src/lib/cbfs.c
index 74314118cf..efd4243a69 100644
--- a/src/lib/cbfs.c
+++ b/src/lib/cbfs.c
@@ -96,6 +96,33 @@ enum cb_err _cbfs_boot_lookup(const char *name, bool force_ro,
 	return CB_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+enum cb_err _cbfs_unverified_area_lookup(const char *area, const char *name, union cbfs_mdata *mdata, struct region_device *rdev)
+{
+	struct region_device area_dev;
+
+	if (fmap_locate_area_as_rdev(area, &area_dev)) {
+		printk(BIOS_ERR, "CBFS ERROR: Could not find region %s\n", area);
+	}
+
+	size_t data_offset;
+	enum cb_err err;
+
+	err = cbfs_lookup(&area_dev, name, mdata, &data_offset, NULL);
+
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == CB_CBFS_NOT_FOUND)
+			printk(BIOS_WARNING, "CBFS: Could not find file %s in region %s\n", name, area);
+		else
+			printk(BIOS_ERR, "CBFS ERROR: Error %d when looking up '%s'\n", err, name);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	if (rdev_chain(rdev, &area_dev, data_offset, be32toh(mdata->h.len)))
+		return CB_ERR;
+
+	return CB_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 void cbfs_unmap(void *mapping)
 {
 	/*