diff --git a/plat/rpi3/platform.mk b/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
index fa7e5eb7f..5990f2753 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/rpi3/platform.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ BL1_SOURCES		+=	drivers/io/io_fip.c			\
 				plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S	\
 				plat/rpi3/aarch64/plat_helpers.S	\
 				plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl1_setup.c		\
-				plat/rpi3/rpi3_io_storage.c
+				plat/rpi3/rpi3_io_storage.c		\
+				plat/rpi3/rpi3_mbox.c
 
 BL2_SOURCES		+=	common/desc_image_load.c		\
 				drivers/io/io_fip.c			\
diff --git a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl1_setup.c b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl1_setup.c
index c98715b9a..39bb33256 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl1_setup.c
+++ b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_bl1_setup.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <arch.h>
 #include <arch_helpers.h>
 #include <bl_common.h>
+#include <debug.h>
 #include <platform_def.h>
 #include <xlat_mmu_helpers.h>
 #include <xlat_tables_defs.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,39 @@ void bl1_plat_arch_setup(void)
 
 void bl1_platform_setup(void)
 {
+	uint32_t __unused rev;
+	int __unused rc;
+
+	rc = rpi3_vc_hardware_get_board_revision(&rev);
+
+	if (rc == 0) {
+		const char __unused *model, __unused *info;
+
+		switch (rev) {
+		case 0xA02082:
+			model = "Raspberry Pi 3 Model B";
+			info = "(1GB, Sony, UK)";
+			break;
+		case 0xA22082:
+			model = "Raspberry Pi 3 Model B";
+			info = "(1GB, Embest, China)";
+			break;
+		case 0xA020D3:
+			model = "Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+";
+			info = "(1GB, Sony, UK)";
+			break;
+		default:
+			model = "Unknown";
+			info = "(Unknown)";
+			ERROR("rpi3: Unknown board revision 0x%08x\n", rev);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		NOTICE("rpi3: Detected: %s %s [0x%08x]\n", model, info, rev);
+	} else {
+		ERROR("rpi3: Unable to detect board revision\n");
+	}
+
 	/* Initialise the IO layer and register platform IO devices */
 	plat_rpi3_io_setup();
 }
diff --git a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_hw.h b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_hw.h
index f411acbca..a83a0ad16 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_hw.h
+++ b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_hw.h
@@ -16,6 +16,27 @@
 #define RPI3_IO_BASE			ULL(0x3F000000)
 #define RPI3_IO_SIZE			ULL(0x01000000)
 
+/*
+ * ARM <-> VideoCore mailboxes
+ */
+#define RPI3_MBOX_OFFSET		ULL(0x0000B880)
+#define RPI3_MBOX_BASE			(RPI3_IO_BASE + RPI3_MBOX_OFFSET)
+/* VideoCore -> ARM */
+#define RPI3_MBOX0_READ_OFFSET		ULL(0x00000000)
+#define RPI3_MBOX0_PEEK_OFFSET		ULL(0x00000010)
+#define RPI3_MBOX0_SENDER_OFFSET	ULL(0x00000014)
+#define RPI3_MBOX0_STATUS_OFFSET	ULL(0x00000018)
+#define RPI3_MBOX0_CONFIG_OFFSET	ULL(0x0000001C)
+/* ARM -> VideoCore */
+#define RPI3_MBOX1_WRITE_OFFSET		ULL(0x00000020)
+#define RPI3_MBOX1_PEEK_OFFSET		ULL(0x00000030)
+#define RPI3_MBOX1_SENDER_OFFSET	ULL(0x00000034)
+#define RPI3_MBOX1_STATUS_OFFSET	ULL(0x00000038)
+#define RPI3_MBOX1_CONFIG_OFFSET	ULL(0x0000003C)
+/* Mailbox status constants */
+#define RPI3_MBOX_STATUS_FULL_MASK	U(0x80000000) /* Set if full */
+#define RPI3_MBOX_STATUS_EMPTY_MASK	U(0x40000000) /* Set if empty */
+
 /*
  * Power management, reset controller, watchdog.
  */
diff --git a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_mbox.c b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_mbox.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77e17af6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_mbox.c
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <arch_helpers.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+#include <mmio.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+
+#include "rpi3_hw.h"
+
+/* This struct must be aligned to 16 bytes */
+typedef struct __packed __aligned(16) rpi3_mbox_request {
+	uint32_t	size; /* Buffer size in bytes */
+	uint32_t	code; /* Request/response code */
+	uint32_t	tags[0];
+} rpi3_mbox_request_t;
+
+#define RPI3_MBOX_BUFFER_SIZE		U(256)
+static uint8_t __aligned(16) rpi3_mbox_buffer[RPI3_MBOX_BUFFER_SIZE];
+
+/* Constants to perform a request/check the status of a request. */
+#define RPI3_MBOX_PROCESS_REQUEST	U(0x00000000)
+#define RPI3_MBOX_REQUEST_SUCCESSFUL	U(0x80000000)
+#define RPI3_MBOX_REQUEST_ERROR		U(0x80000001)
+
+/* Command constants */
+#define RPI3_TAG_HARDWARE_GET_BOARD_REVISION	U(0x00010002)
+#define RPI3_TAG_END				U(0x00000000)
+
+#define RPI3_TAG_REQUEST		U(0x00000000)
+#define RPI3_TAG_IS_RESPONSE		U(0x80000000) /* Set if response */
+#define RPI3_TAG_RESPONSE_LENGTH_MASK	U(0x7FFFFFFF)
+
+#define RPI3_CHANNEL_ARM_TO_VC		U(0x8)
+#define RPI3_CHANNEL_MASK		U(0xF)
+
+#define RPI3_MAILBOX_MAX_RETRIES	U(1000000)
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Helpers to send requests to the VideoCore using the mailboxes.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+static void rpi3_vc_mailbox_request_send(void)
+{
+	uint32_t st, data;
+	uintptr_t resp_addr, addr;
+	unsigned int retries;
+
+	/* This is the location of the request buffer */
+	addr = (uintptr_t) &rpi3_mbox_buffer;
+
+	/* Make sure that the changes are seen by the VideoCore */
+	flush_dcache_range(addr, RPI3_MBOX_BUFFER_SIZE);
+
+	/* Wait until the outbound mailbox is empty */
+	retries = 0U;
+
+	do {
+		st = mmio_read_32(RPI3_MBOX_BASE + RPI3_MBOX1_STATUS_OFFSET);
+
+		retries++;
+		if (retries == RPI3_MAILBOX_MAX_RETRIES) {
+			ERROR("rpi3: mbox: Send request timeout\n");
+			return;
+		}
+
+	} while ((st & RPI3_MBOX_STATUS_EMPTY_MASK) == 0U);
+
+	/* Send base address of this message to start request */
+	mmio_write_32(RPI3_MBOX_BASE + RPI3_MBOX1_WRITE_OFFSET,
+		      RPI3_CHANNEL_ARM_TO_VC | (uint32_t) addr);
+
+	/* Wait until the inbound mailbox isn't empty */
+	retries = 0U;
+
+	do {
+		st = mmio_read_32(RPI3_MBOX_BASE + RPI3_MBOX0_STATUS_OFFSET);
+
+		retries++;
+		if (retries == RPI3_MAILBOX_MAX_RETRIES) {
+			ERROR("rpi3: mbox: Receive response timeout\n");
+			return;
+		}
+
+	} while ((st & RPI3_MBOX_STATUS_EMPTY_MASK) != 0U);
+
+	/* Get location and channel */
+	data = mmio_read_32(RPI3_MBOX_BASE + RPI3_MBOX0_READ_OFFSET);
+
+	if ((data & RPI3_CHANNEL_MASK) != RPI3_CHANNEL_ARM_TO_VC) {
+		ERROR("rpi3: mbox: Wrong channel: 0x%08x\n", data);
+		panic();
+	}
+
+	resp_addr = (uintptr_t)(data & ~RPI3_CHANNEL_MASK);
+	if (addr != resp_addr) {
+		ERROR("rpi3: mbox: Unexpected address: 0x%08x\n", data);
+		panic();
+	}
+
+	/* Make sure that the data seen by the CPU is up to date */
+	inv_dcache_range(addr, RPI3_MBOX_BUFFER_SIZE);
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Request board revision. Returns the revision and 0 on success, -1 on error.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+int rpi3_vc_hardware_get_board_revision(uint32_t *revision)
+{
+	uint32_t tag_request_size = sizeof(uint32_t);
+	rpi3_mbox_request_t *req = (rpi3_mbox_request_t *) rpi3_mbox_buffer;
+
+	assert(revision != NULL);
+
+	VERBOSE("rpi3: mbox: Sending request at %p\n", (void *)req);
+
+	req->size = sizeof(rpi3_mbox_buffer);
+	req->code = RPI3_MBOX_PROCESS_REQUEST;
+
+	req->tags[0] = RPI3_TAG_HARDWARE_GET_BOARD_REVISION;
+	req->tags[1] = tag_request_size; /* Space available for the response */
+	req->tags[2] = RPI3_TAG_REQUEST;
+	req->tags[3] = 0; /* Placeholder for the response */
+
+	req->tags[4] = RPI3_TAG_END;
+
+	rpi3_vc_mailbox_request_send();
+
+	if (req->code != RPI3_MBOX_REQUEST_SUCCESSFUL) {
+		ERROR("rpi3: mbox: Code = 0x%08x\n", req->code);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (req->tags[2] != (RPI3_TAG_IS_RESPONSE | tag_request_size)) {
+		ERROR("rpi3: mbox: get board revision failed (0x%08x)\n",
+		      req->tags[2]);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*revision = req->tags[3];
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_private.h b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_private.h
index a9fbfe479..9d1744e3f 100644
--- a/plat/rpi3/rpi3_private.h
+++ b/plat/rpi3/rpi3_private.h
@@ -33,4 +33,7 @@ uint32_t rpi3_get_spsr_for_bl33_entry(void);
 /* IO storage utility functions */
 void plat_rpi3_io_setup(void);
 
+/* VideoCore firmware commands */
+int rpi3_vc_hardware_get_board_revision(uint32_t *revision);
+
 #endif /*__RPI3_PRIVATE_H__ */