diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index b3f9f2680b..cc94e62be4 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1174,6 +1174,7 @@ F: docs/system/arm/fby35.rst
 F: tests/*/*aspeed*
 F: tests/*/*ast2700*
 F: hw/arm/fby35.c
+F: pc-bios/ast27x0_bootrom.bin
 
 NRF51
 M: Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
diff --git a/pc-bios/README b/pc-bios/README
index f0f13e15f2..d009c37895 100644
--- a/pc-bios/README
+++ b/pc-bios/README
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
   more features over time as needed. The source code is available at:
   https://github.com/google/vbootrom
 
+- ast27x0_bootrom.bin is a simplified, free (Apache 2.0) boot ROM for
+  ASPEED AST27x0 BMC SOC. It currently implements the bare minimum to
+  load, parse, initialize and run boot images stored in SPI flash, but may grow
+  more features over time as needed. The source code is available at:
+  https://github.com/google/vbootrom
+
 - hppa-firmware.img (32-bit) and hppa-firmware64.img (64-bit) are firmware
   files for the HP-PARISC (hppa) architecture.
   They are built form the SeaBIOS-hppa sources, which is a fork of SeaBIOS
diff --git a/pc-bios/ast27x0_bootrom.bin b/pc-bios/ast27x0_bootrom.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b9b3a2360
Binary files /dev/null and b/pc-bios/ast27x0_bootrom.bin differ
diff --git a/pc-bios/meson.build b/pc-bios/meson.build
index 34d8cc4f33..79bb2e1800 100644
--- a/pc-bios/meson.build
+++ b/pc-bios/meson.build
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if unpack_edk2_blobs
 endif
 
 blobs = [
+  'ast27x0_bootrom.bin',
   'bios.bin',
   'bios-256k.bin',
   'bios-microvm.bin',