diff --git a/src/lib/Makefile.inc b/src/lib/Makefile.inc
index 5c715d7..043238a 100644
--- a/src/lib/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/lib/Makefile.inc
@@ -111,7 +111,14 @@
 romstage-$(CONFIG_REG_SCRIPT) += reg_script.c
 ramstage-$(CONFIG_REG_SCRIPT) += reg_script.c
 
-romstage-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_RAMSTAGE) += ramstage_cache.c
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CACHE_RELOCATED_RAMSTAGE_OUTSIDE_CBMEM),y)
+ramstage-y += ext_stage_cache.c
+romstage-y += ext_stage_cache.c
+else
+ramstage-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_RAMSTAGE) += cbmem_stage_cache.c
+romstage-$(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE_RAMSTAGE) += cbmem_stage_cache.c
+endif
+
 
 smm-y += cbfs.c cbfs_core.c memcmp.c
 smm-$(CONFIG_COMPILER_GCC) += gcc.c
diff --git a/src/lib/cbmem_stage_cache.c b/src/lib/cbmem_stage_cache.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9ee14e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/cbmem_stage_cache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * 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; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <arch/early_variables.h>
+#include <cbmem.h>
+#include <stage_cache.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+
+/* Provide empty implementations by default. */
+void __attribute__((weak)) stage_cache_create_empty(void) {}
+void __attribute__((weak)) stage_cache_recover(void) {}
+
+/* Stage cache uses cbmem. */
+void stage_cache_add(int stage_id, struct prog *stage)
+{
+	struct stage_cache *meta;
+	void *c;
+
+	meta = cbmem_add(CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_META + stage_id, sizeof(*meta));
+	if (meta == NULL)
+		return;
+	meta->load_addr = (uintptr_t)prog_start(stage);
+	meta->entry_addr = (uintptr_t)prog_entry(stage);
+
+	c = cbmem_add(CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_CACHE + stage_id, prog_size(stage));
+	if (c == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	memcpy(c, prog_start(stage), prog_size(stage));
+}
+
+void stage_cache_load_stage(int stage_id, struct prog *stage)
+{
+	struct stage_cache *meta;
+	const struct cbmem_entry *e;
+	void *c;
+	size_t size;
+	void *load_addr;
+
+	prog_set_entry(stage, NULL, NULL);
+
+	meta = cbmem_find(CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_META + stage_id);
+	if (meta == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	e = cbmem_entry_find(CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_CACHE + stage_id);
+
+	if (e == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	c = cbmem_entry_start(e);
+	size = cbmem_entry_size(e);
+	load_addr = (void *)(uintptr_t)meta->load_addr;
+
+	memcpy(load_addr, c, size);
+
+	prog_set_area(stage, load_addr, size);
+	prog_set_entry(stage, (void *)(uintptr_t)meta->entry_addr, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/ext_stage_cache.c b/src/lib/ext_stage_cache.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..379b9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/ext_stage_cache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the coreboot project.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * 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; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <arch/early_variables.h>
+#include <bootstate.h>
+#include <cbmem.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
+#include <imd.h>
+#include <rules.h>
+#include <stage_cache.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static struct imd imd_stage_cache CAR_GLOBAL = { };
+
+static inline struct imd *imd_get(void)
+{
+	return car_get_var_ptr(&imd_stage_cache);
+}
+
+void stage_cache_create_empty(void)
+{
+	struct imd *imd;
+	void *base;
+	size_t size;
+
+	imd = imd_get();
+	stage_cache_external_region(&base, &size);
+	imd_handle_init(imd, (void *)(size + (uintptr_t)base));
+
+	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "External stage cache:\n");
+	imd_create_tiered_empty(imd, 4096, 4096, 1024, 32);
+	if (imd_limit_size(imd, size))
+		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Could not limit stage cache size.\n");
+}
+
+void stage_cache_recover(void)
+{
+	struct imd *imd;
+	void *base;
+	size_t size;
+
+	imd = imd_get();
+	stage_cache_external_region(&base, &size);
+	imd_handle_init(imd, (void *)(size + (uintptr_t)base));
+	if (imd_recover(imd))
+		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Unable to recover external stage cache.\n");
+}
+
+void stage_cache_add(int stage_id, struct prog *stage)
+{
+	struct imd *imd;
+	const struct imd_entry *e;
+	struct stage_cache *meta;
+	void *c;
+
+	imd = imd_get();
+	e = imd_entry_add(imd, CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_META + stage_id, sizeof(*meta));
+
+	if (e == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	meta = imd_entry_at(imd, e);
+
+	meta->load_addr = (uintptr_t)prog_start(stage);
+	meta->entry_addr = (uintptr_t)prog_entry(stage);
+
+	e = imd_entry_add(imd, CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_CACHE + stage_id,
+				prog_size(stage));
+
+	if (e == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	c = imd_entry_at(imd, e);
+
+	memcpy(c, prog_start(stage), prog_size(stage));
+}
+
+void stage_cache_load_stage(int stage_id, struct prog *stage)
+{
+	struct imd *imd;
+	struct stage_cache *meta;
+	const struct imd_entry *e;
+	void *c;
+	size_t size;
+
+	imd = imd_get();
+	e = imd_entry_find(imd, CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_META + stage_id);
+	if (e == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	meta = imd_entry_at(imd, e);
+
+	e = imd_entry_find(imd, CBMEM_ID_STAGEx_CACHE + stage_id);
+
+	if (e == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	c = imd_entry_at(imd, e);
+	size = imd_entry_size(imd, e);
+
+	memcpy((void *)(uintptr_t)meta->load_addr, c, size);
+
+	prog_set_area(stage, (void *)(uintptr_t)meta->load_addr, size);
+	prog_set_entry(stage, (void *)(uintptr_t)meta->entry_addr, NULL);
+}
+
+#if ENV_RAMSTAGE
+static void recover_sc(void *unused)
+{
+	stage_cache_recover();
+}
+BOOT_STATE_INIT_ENTRY(BS_PRE_DEVICE, BS_ON_ENTRY, recover_sc, NULL);
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_ramstage.c b/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_ramstage.c
index b3728a1..153e38e 100644
--- a/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_ramstage.c
+++ b/src/lib/loaders/load_and_run_ramstage.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <cbfs.h>
 #include <program_loading.h>
 #include <romstage_handoff.h>
+#include <stage_cache.h>
 #include <timestamp.h>
 
 extern const struct prog_loader_ops cbfs_ramstage_loader;
@@ -35,16 +36,20 @@
 	&cbfs_ramstage_loader,
 };
 
-static void
-load_ramstage(const struct prog_loader_ops *ops,
-		struct romstage_handoff *handoff, struct prog *ramstage)
+void __attribute__((weak)) stage_cache_add(int stage_id, struct prog *stage) {}
+void __attribute__((weak)) stage_cache_load_stage(int stage_id,
+							struct prog *stage) {}
+void __attribute__((weak)) ramstage_cache_invalid(void) {}
+
+static void load_ramstage(const struct prog_loader_ops *ops,
+				struct prog *ramstage)
 {
 	timestamp_add_now(TS_START_COPYRAM);
 
 	if (ops->prepare(ramstage))
 		return;
 
-	cache_loaded_ramstage(handoff, ramstage);
+	stage_cache_add(STAGE_RAMSTAGE, ramstage);
 
 	timestamp_add_now(TS_END_COPYRAM);
 
@@ -56,18 +61,18 @@
 {
 	if (handoff != NULL && handoff->s3_resume) {
 		/* Load the cached ramstage to runtime location. */
-		load_cached_ramstage(handoff, ramstage);
+		stage_cache_load_stage(STAGE_RAMSTAGE, ramstage);
 
 		if (prog_entry(ramstage) != NULL) {
 			printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Jumping to image.\n");
 			prog_run(ramstage);
 		}
+		ramstage_cache_invalid();
 	}
 }
 
 void run_ramstage(void)
 {
-	struct romstage_handoff *handoff;
 	const struct prog_loader_ops *ops;
 	int i;
 	struct prog ramstage = {
@@ -75,14 +80,12 @@
 		.type = PROG_RAMSTAGE,
 	};
 
-	handoff = romstage_handoff_find_or_add();
-
-	run_ramstage_from_resume(handoff, &ramstage);
+	run_ramstage_from_resume(romstage_handoff_find_or_add(), &ramstage);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(loaders); i++) {
 		ops = loaders[i];
 		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Trying %s ramstage loader.\n", ops->name);
-		load_ramstage(ops, handoff, &ramstage);
+		load_ramstage(ops, &ramstage);
 	}
 
 	die("Ramstage was not loaded!\n");
diff --git a/src/lib/ramstage_cache.c b/src/lib/ramstage_cache.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dd40c7..0000000
--- a/src/lib/ramstage_cache.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,149 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of the coreboot project.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Google Inc.
- *
- * 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; version 2 of the License.
- *
- * 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
- */
-
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <console/console.h>
-#include <program_loading.h>
-#include <ramstage_cache.h>
-#include <romstage_handoff.h>
-
-#if CONFIG_CACHE_RELOCATED_RAMSTAGE_OUTSIDE_CBMEM
-
-void cache_loaded_ramstage(struct romstage_handoff *handoff,
-				struct prog *ramstage)
-{
-	struct ramstage_cache *cache;
-	uint32_t total_size;
-	uint32_t ramstage_size;
-	void *ramstage_base;
-	long cache_size = 0;
-
-	ramstage_size = prog_size(ramstage);
-	ramstage_base = prog_start(ramstage);
-
-	cache = ramstage_cache_location(&cache_size);
-
-	if (cache == NULL) {
-		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "No ramstage cache location provided.\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	total_size = sizeof(*cache) + ramstage_size;
-	if (total_size > cache_size) {
-		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "cache size too small: 0x%08x > 0x%08lx\n",
-		       total_size, cache_size);
-		/* Nuke whatever may be there now just in case. */
-		cache->magic = ~RAMSTAGE_CACHE_MAGIC;
-		return;
-	}
-
-	cache->magic = RAMSTAGE_CACHE_MAGIC;
-	cache->entry_point = (uint32_t)prog_entry(ramstage);
-	cache->load_address = (uint32_t)ramstage_base;
-	cache->size = ramstage_size;
-
-	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Saving ramstage to %p.\n", cache);
-
-	/* Copy over the program. */
-	memcpy(&cache->program[0], ramstage_base, ramstage_size);
-
-	if (handoff == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	handoff->ramstage_entry_point = cache->entry_point;
-}
-
-void load_cached_ramstage(struct romstage_handoff *handoff,
-				struct prog *ramstage)
-{
-	struct ramstage_cache *cache;
-	long size = 0;
-
-	cache = ramstage_cache_location(&size);
-
-	if (!ramstage_cache_is_valid(cache)) {
-		printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Invalid ramstage cache found.\n");
-		ramstage_cache_invalid(cache);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	printk(BIOS_DEBUG, "Loading ramstage from %p.\n", cache);
-
-	prog_set_area(ramstage, (void *)cache->load_address, cache->size);
-	prog_set_entry(ramstage, (void *)cache->entry_point, NULL);
-
-	memcpy((void *)cache->load_address, &cache->program[0], cache->size);
-}
-
-#else
-
-/* Cache relocated ramstage in CBMEM. */
-
-void cache_loaded_ramstage(struct romstage_handoff *handoff,
-				struct prog *ramstage)
-{
-	uint32_t ramstage_size;
-	const struct cbmem_entry *entry;
-
-	if (handoff == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	ramstage_size = prog_size(ramstage);
-	/* cbmem_entry_add() does a find() before add(). */
-	entry = cbmem_entry_add(CBMEM_ID_RAMSTAGE_CACHE, ramstage_size);
-
-	if (entry == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	/* Keep track of the entry point in the handoff structure. */
-	handoff->ramstage_entry_point = (uint32_t)prog_entry(ramstage);
-
-	memcpy(cbmem_entry_start(entry), prog_start(ramstage), ramstage_size);
-}
-
-void load_cached_ramstage(struct romstage_handoff *handoff,
-				struct prog *ramstage)
-{
-	const struct cbmem_entry *entry_cache;
-	const struct cbmem_entry *entry_dest;
-
-	if (handoff == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	entry_cache = cbmem_entry_find(CBMEM_ID_RAMSTAGE_CACHE);
-
-	if (entry_cache == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	entry_dest = cbmem_entry_find(CBMEM_ID_RAMSTAGE);
-
-	if (entry_dest == NULL)
-		return;
-
-	prog_set_area(ramstage, cbmem_entry_start(entry_dest),
-			cbmem_entry_size(entry_dest));
-	prog_set_entry(ramstage, (void *)handoff->ramstage_entry_point, NULL);
-
-	/* Load the cached ramstage copy into the to-be-run region. */
-	memcpy(prog_start(ramstage), cbmem_entry_start(entry_cache),
-	       prog_size(ramstage));
-}
-
-#endif