diff --git a/os/sb/host/compilers/GCC/sbhost.mk b/os/sb/host/compilers/GCC/sbhost.mk
index dbae38e1d..221b98bde 100644
--- a/os/sb/host/compilers/GCC/sbhost.mk
+++ b/os/sb/host/compilers/GCC/sbhost.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # List of the ChibiOS ARMv7-M sandbox host files.
 SBHOSTSRC = $(CHIBIOS)/os/sb/host/sbhost.c \
 			$(CHIBIOS)/os/sb/host/sbapi.c \
+			$(CHIBIOS)/os/sb/host/sbelf.c \
 			$(CHIBIOS)/os/sb/host/sbposix.c
           
 SBHOSTASM = $(CHIBIOS)/os/sb/host/compilers/GCC/sbexc.S
diff --git a/os/sb/host/sb.h b/os/sb/host/sb.h
index bcc99c1b6..598c6b5e1 100644
--- a/os/sb/host/sb.h
+++ b/os/sb/host/sb.h
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /*===========================================================================*/
 
 #include "sbsysc.h"
+#include "sbelf.h"
 #include "sbposix.h"
 #include "sbapi.h"
 #include "sbhost.h"
diff --git a/os/sb/host/sbelf.c b/os/sb/host/sbelf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8018ae95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/sb/host/sbelf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/*
+    ChibiOS - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,
+              2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021 Giovanni Di Sirio.
+
+    This file is part of ChibiOS.
+
+    ChibiOS 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 3 of the License.
+
+    ChibiOS 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file    sb/host/sbelf.c
+ * @brief   ARM SandBox ELF loader code.
+ *
+ * @addtogroup ARM_SANDBOX_ELF
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#include "ch.h"
+#include "sb.h"
+
+#if (SB_CFG_ENABLE_VFS == TRUE) || defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module local definitions.                                                 */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module exported variables.                                                */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module local types.                                                       */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Type of an ELF loader context.
+ */
+typedef struct elf_load_context {
+  vfs_file_node_c           *fnp;
+  memory_area_t             *map;
+  uint8_t                   *next;
+} elf_load_context_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief   Type of an ELF32 header.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+  unsigned char             e_ident[16];
+  uint16_t                  e_type;
+  uint16_t                  e_machine;
+  uint32_t                  e_version;
+  uint32_t                  e_entry;
+  uint32_t                  e_phoff;
+  uint32_t                  e_shoff;
+  uint32_t                  e_flags;
+  uint16_t                  e_ehsize;
+  uint16_t                  e_phentsize;
+  uint16_t                  e_phnum;
+  uint16_t                  e_shentsize;
+  uint16_t                  e_shnum;
+  uint16_t                  e_shstrndx;
+} elf32_header_t;
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module local variables.                                                   */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module local functions.                                                   */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+static void init_elf_context(elf_load_context_t *ctxp,
+                             vfs_file_node_c *fnp,
+                             memory_area_t *map) {
+
+  ctxp->fnp  = fnp;
+  ctxp->map  = map;
+  ctxp->next = map->base;
+}
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module exported functions.                                                */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+msg_t sbElfLoad(vfs_driver_c *drvp, const char *path, memory_area_t *map) {
+  vfs_file_node_c *fnp;
+  msg_t ret;
+  elf_load_context_t ctx;
+
+  ret = vfsDrvOpenFile(drvp, path, VO_RDONLY, &fnp);
+  CH_RETURN_ON_ERROR(ret);
+
+  init_elf_context(&ctx, fnp, map);
+
+  return CH_RET_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+#endif /* SB_CFG_ENABLE_VFS == TRUE */
+
+/** @} */
diff --git a/os/sb/host/sbelf.h b/os/sb/host/sbelf.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79f96ba8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/os/sb/host/sbelf.h
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+    ChibiOS - Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,
+              2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021 Giovanni Di Sirio.
+
+    This file is part of ChibiOS.
+
+    ChibiOS 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 3 of the License.
+
+    ChibiOS 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/**
+ * @file    sb/host/sbloader.h
+ * @brief   ARM SandBox ELF loader macros and structures.
+ *
+ * @addtogroup sbhost.h
+ * @{
+ */
+
+#ifndef SBELF_H
+#define SBELF_H
+
+#if (SB_CFG_ENABLE_VFS == TRUE) || defined(__DOXYGEN__)
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module constants.                                                         */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module pre-compile time settings.                                         */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Derived constants and error checks.                                       */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module data structures and types.                                         */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module macros.                                                            */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* External declarations.                                                    */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+  msg_t sbElfLoad(vfs_driver_c *drvp, const char *path, memory_area_t *map);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+/*===========================================================================*/
+/* Module inline functions.                                                  */
+/*===========================================================================*/
+
+#endif /* SB_CFG_ENABLE_VFS == TRUE */
+
+#endif /* SBELF_H */
+
+/** @} */