diff --git a/Kconfig.host b/Kconfig.host
index ccd84be60f..842cbe0d6c 100644
--- a/Kconfig.host
+++ b/Kconfig.host
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ config LINUX
 config LIBCBOR
     bool
 
+config GNUTLS
+    bool
+
 config OPENGL
     bool
 
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 649bd5ab1a..19b7d54a19 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -1834,6 +1834,13 @@ F: hw/i386/microvm.c
 F: include/hw/i386/microvm.h
 F: pc-bios/bios-microvm.bin
 
+nitro-enclave
+M: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>
+M: Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>
+S: Maintained
+F: hw/core/eif.c
+F: hw/core/eif.h
+
 Machine core
 M: Eduardo Habkost <eduardo@habkost.net>
 M: Marcel Apfelbaum <marcel.apfelbaum@gmail.com>
diff --git a/hw/core/Kconfig b/hw/core/Kconfig
index 24411f5930..d1bdf765ee 100644
--- a/hw/core/Kconfig
+++ b/hw/core/Kconfig
@@ -34,3 +34,7 @@ config REGISTER
 
 config SPLIT_IRQ
     bool
+
+config EIF
+    bool
+    depends on LIBCBOR && GNUTLS
diff --git a/hw/core/eif.c b/hw/core/eif.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f3b2edc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/core/eif.c
@@ -0,0 +1,719 @@
+/*
+ * EIF (Enclave Image Format) related helpers
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  See the COPYING file in the
+ * top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qemu/bswap.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "crypto/hash.h"
+#include "crypto/x509-utils.h"
+#include <zlib.h> /* for crc32 */
+#include <cbor.h>
+
+#include "hw/core/eif.h"
+
+#define MAX_SECTIONS 32
+
+/* members are ordered according to field order in .eif file */
+typedef struct EifHeader {
+    uint8_t  magic[4]; /* must be .eif in ascii i.e., [46, 101, 105, 102] */
+    uint16_t version;
+    uint16_t flags;
+    uint64_t default_memory;
+    uint64_t default_cpus;
+    uint16_t reserved;
+    uint16_t section_cnt;
+    uint64_t section_offsets[MAX_SECTIONS];
+    uint64_t section_sizes[MAX_SECTIONS];
+    uint32_t unused;
+    uint32_t eif_crc32;
+} QEMU_PACKED EifHeader;
+
+/* members are ordered according to field order in .eif file */
+typedef struct EifSectionHeader {
+    /*
+     * 0 = invalid, 1 = kernel, 2 = cmdline, 3 = ramdisk, 4 = signature,
+     * 5 = metadata
+     */
+    uint16_t section_type;
+    uint16_t flags;
+    uint64_t section_size;
+} QEMU_PACKED EifSectionHeader;
+
+enum EifSectionTypes {
+    EIF_SECTION_INVALID = 0,
+    EIF_SECTION_KERNEL = 1,
+    EIF_SECTION_CMDLINE = 2,
+    EIF_SECTION_RAMDISK = 3,
+    EIF_SECTION_SIGNATURE = 4,
+    EIF_SECTION_METADATA = 5,
+    EIF_SECTION_MAX = 6,
+};
+
+static const char *section_type_to_string(uint16_t type)
+{
+    const char *str;
+    switch (type) {
+    case EIF_SECTION_INVALID:
+        str = "invalid";
+        break;
+    case EIF_SECTION_KERNEL:
+        str = "kernel";
+        break;
+    case EIF_SECTION_CMDLINE:
+        str = "cmdline";
+        break;
+    case EIF_SECTION_RAMDISK:
+        str = "ramdisk";
+        break;
+    case EIF_SECTION_SIGNATURE:
+        str = "signature";
+        break;
+    case EIF_SECTION_METADATA:
+        str = "metadata";
+        break;
+    default:
+        str = "unknown";
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return str;
+}
+
+static bool read_eif_header(FILE *f, EifHeader *header, uint32_t *crc,
+                            Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t got;
+    size_t header_size = sizeof(*header);
+
+    got = fread(header, 1, header_size, f);
+    if (got != header_size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF header");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (memcmp(header->magic, ".eif", 4) != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. Magic mismatch.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* Exclude header->eif_crc32 field from CRC calculation */
+    *crc = crc32(*crc, (uint8_t *)header, header_size - 4);
+
+    header->version = be16_to_cpu(header->version);
+    header->flags = be16_to_cpu(header->flags);
+    header->default_memory = be64_to_cpu(header->default_memory);
+    header->default_cpus = be64_to_cpu(header->default_cpus);
+    header->reserved = be16_to_cpu(header->reserved);
+    header->section_cnt = be16_to_cpu(header->section_cnt);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_SECTIONS; ++i) {
+        header->section_offsets[i] = be64_to_cpu(header->section_offsets[i]);
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_SECTIONS; ++i) {
+        header->section_sizes[i] = be64_to_cpu(header->section_sizes[i]);
+    }
+
+    header->unused = be32_to_cpu(header->unused);
+    header->eif_crc32 = be32_to_cpu(header->eif_crc32);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool read_eif_section_header(FILE *f, EifSectionHeader *section_header,
+                                    uint32_t *crc, Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t got;
+    size_t section_header_size = sizeof(*section_header);
+
+    got = fread(section_header, 1, section_header_size, f);
+    if (got != section_header_size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF section header");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *crc = crc32(*crc, (uint8_t *)section_header, section_header_size);
+
+    section_header->section_type = be16_to_cpu(section_header->section_type);
+    section_header->flags = be16_to_cpu(section_header->flags);
+    section_header->section_size = be64_to_cpu(section_header->section_size);
+    return true;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Upon success, the caller is responsible for unlinking and freeing *tmp_path.
+ */
+static bool get_tmp_file(const char *template, char **tmp_path, Error **errp)
+{
+    int tmp_fd;
+
+    *tmp_path = NULL;
+    tmp_fd = g_file_open_tmp(template, tmp_path, NULL);
+    if (tmp_fd < 0 || *tmp_path == NULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to create temporary file for template %s",
+                   template);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    close(tmp_fd);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static void safe_fclose(FILE *f)
+{
+    if (f) {
+        fclose(f);
+    }
+}
+
+static void safe_unlink(char *f)
+{
+    if (f) {
+        unlink(f);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Upon success, the caller is reponsible for unlinking and freeing *kernel_path
+ */
+static bool read_eif_kernel(FILE *f, uint64_t size, char **kernel_path,
+                            uint8_t *kernel, uint32_t *crc, Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t got;
+    FILE *tmp_file = NULL;
+
+    *kernel_path = NULL;
+    if (!get_tmp_file("eif-kernel-XXXXXX", kernel_path, errp)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    tmp_file = fopen(*kernel_path, "wb");
+    if (tmp_file == NULL) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to open temporary file %s",
+                         *kernel_path);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    got = fread(kernel, 1, size, f);
+    if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF kernel section data");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    got = fwrite(kernel, 1, size, tmp_file);
+    if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to write EIF kernel section data to temporary"
+                   " file");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    *crc = crc32(*crc, kernel, size);
+    fclose(tmp_file);
+
+    return true;
+
+ cleanup:
+    safe_fclose(tmp_file);
+
+    safe_unlink(*kernel_path);
+    g_free(*kernel_path);
+    *kernel_path = NULL;
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+static bool read_eif_cmdline(FILE *f, uint64_t size, char *cmdline,
+                             uint32_t *crc, Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t got = fread(cmdline, 1, size, f);
+    if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF cmdline section data");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *crc = crc32(*crc, (uint8_t *)cmdline, size);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool read_eif_ramdisk(FILE *eif, FILE *initrd, uint64_t size,
+                             uint8_t *ramdisk, uint32_t *crc, Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t got;
+
+    got = fread(ramdisk, 1, size, eif);
+    if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF ramdisk section data");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    got = fwrite(ramdisk, 1, size, initrd);
+    if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to write EIF ramdisk data to temporary file");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *crc = crc32(*crc, ramdisk, size);
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool get_signature_fingerprint_sha384(FILE *eif, uint64_t size,
+                                             uint8_t *sha384,
+                                             uint32_t *crc,
+                                             Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t got;
+    g_autofree uint8_t *sig = NULL;
+    g_autofree uint8_t *cert = NULL;
+    cbor_item_t *item = NULL;
+    cbor_item_t *pcr0 = NULL;
+    size_t len;
+    size_t hash_len = QCRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_LEN_SHA384;
+    struct cbor_pair *pair;
+    struct cbor_load_result result;
+    bool ret = false;
+
+    sig = g_malloc(size);
+    got = fread(sig, 1, size, eif);
+    if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF signature section data");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    *crc = crc32(*crc, sig, size);
+
+    item = cbor_load(sig, size, &result);
+    if (!item || result.error.code != CBOR_ERR_NONE) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to load signature section data as CBOR");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!cbor_isa_array(item) || cbor_array_size(item) < 1) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid signature CBOR");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    pcr0 = cbor_array_get(item, 0);
+    if (!pcr0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Failed to get PCR0 signature");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!cbor_isa_map(pcr0) || cbor_map_size(pcr0) != 2) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid signature CBOR");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    pair = cbor_map_handle(pcr0);
+    if (!cbor_isa_string(pair->key) || cbor_string_length(pair->key) != 19 ||
+        memcmp(cbor_string_handle(pair->key), "signing_certificate", 19) != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid signautre CBOR");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!cbor_isa_array(pair->value)) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid signature CBOR");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    len = cbor_array_size(pair->value);
+    if (len == 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid signature CBOR");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    cert = g_malloc(len);
+    for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+        cbor_item_t *tmp = cbor_array_get(pair->value, i);
+        if (!tmp) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid signature CBOR");
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+        if (!cbor_isa_uint(tmp) || cbor_int_get_width(tmp) != CBOR_INT_8) {
+            cbor_decref(&tmp);
+            error_setg(errp, "Invalid signature CBOR");
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+        cert[i] = cbor_get_uint8(tmp);
+        cbor_decref(&tmp);
+    }
+
+    if (qcrypto_get_x509_cert_fingerprint(cert, len, QCRYPTO_HASH_ALGO_SHA384,
+                                          sha384, &hash_len, errp)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    ret = true;
+
+ cleanup:
+    if (pcr0) {
+        cbor_decref(&pcr0);
+    }
+    if (item) {
+        cbor_decref(&item);
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/* Expects file to have offset 0 before this function is called */
+static long get_file_size(FILE *f, Error **errp)
+{
+    long size;
+
+    if (fseek(f, 0, SEEK_END) != 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to seek to the end of file");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    size = ftell(f);
+    if (size == -1) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to get offset");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (fseek(f, 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to seek back to the start");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return size;
+}
+
+static bool get_SHA384_digest(GList *list, uint8_t *digest, Error **errp)
+{
+    size_t digest_len = QCRYPTO_HASH_DIGEST_LEN_SHA384;
+    size_t list_len = g_list_length(list);
+    struct iovec *iovec_list = g_new0(struct iovec, list_len);
+    bool ret = true;
+    GList *l;
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0, l = list; l != NULL; l = l->next, i++) {
+        iovec_list[i] = *(struct iovec *) l->data;
+    }
+
+    if (qcrypto_hash_bytesv(QCRYPTO_HASH_ALGO_SHA384, iovec_list, list_len,
+                            &digest, &digest_len, errp) < 0) {
+        ret = false;
+    }
+
+    g_free(iovec_list);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static void free_iovec(struct iovec *iov)
+{
+    if (iov) {
+        g_free(iov->iov_base);
+        g_free(iov);
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Upon success, the caller is reponsible for unlinking and freeing
+ * *kernel_path, *initrd_path and freeing *cmdline.
+ */
+bool read_eif_file(const char *eif_path, const char *machine_initrd,
+                   char **kernel_path, char **initrd_path, char **cmdline,
+                   uint8_t *image_sha384, uint8_t *bootstrap_sha384,
+                   uint8_t *app_sha384, uint8_t *fingerprint_sha384,
+                   bool *signature_found, Error **errp)
+{
+    FILE *f = NULL;
+    FILE *machine_initrd_f = NULL;
+    FILE *initrd_path_f = NULL;
+    long machine_initrd_size;
+    uint32_t crc = 0;
+    EifHeader eif_header;
+    bool seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_MAX] = {false};
+    /* kernel + ramdisks + cmdline sha384 hash */
+    GList *iov_PCR0 = NULL;
+    /* kernel + boot ramdisk + cmdline sha384 hash */
+    GList *iov_PCR1 = NULL;
+    /* application ramdisk(s) hash */
+    GList *iov_PCR2 = NULL;
+    uint8_t *ptr = NULL;
+    struct iovec *iov_ptr = NULL;
+
+    *signature_found = false;
+    *kernel_path = *initrd_path = *cmdline = NULL;
+
+    f = fopen(eif_path, "rb");
+    if (f == NULL) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to open %s", eif_path);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (!read_eif_header(f, &eif_header, &crc, errp)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (eif_header.version < 4) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Expected EIF version 4 or greater");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (eif_header.flags != 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Expected EIF flags to be 0");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (eif_header.section_cnt > MAX_SECTIONS) {
+        error_setg(errp, "EIF header section count must not be greater than "
+                   "%d but found %d", MAX_SECTIONS, eif_header.section_cnt);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < eif_header.section_cnt; ++i) {
+        EifSectionHeader hdr;
+        uint16_t section_type;
+
+        if (fseek(f, eif_header.section_offsets[i], SEEK_SET) != 0) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to offset to %" PRIu64 " in EIF file",
+                             eif_header.section_offsets[i]);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        if (!read_eif_section_header(f, &hdr, &crc, errp)) {
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        if (hdr.flags != 0) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Expected EIF section header flags to be 0");
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        if (eif_header.section_sizes[i] != hdr.section_size) {
+            error_setg(errp, "EIF section size mismatch between header and "
+                       "section header: header %" PRIu64 ", section header %" PRIu64,
+                       eif_header.section_sizes[i],
+                       hdr.section_size);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        section_type = hdr.section_type;
+
+        switch (section_type) {
+        case EIF_SECTION_KERNEL:
+            if (seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_KERNEL]) {
+                error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. More than 1 kernel "
+                           "section");
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+
+            ptr = g_malloc(hdr.section_size);
+
+            iov_ptr = g_malloc(sizeof(struct iovec));
+            iov_ptr->iov_base = ptr;
+            iov_ptr->iov_len = hdr.section_size;
+
+            iov_PCR0 = g_list_append(iov_PCR0, iov_ptr);
+            iov_PCR1 = g_list_append(iov_PCR1, iov_ptr);
+
+            if (!read_eif_kernel(f, hdr.section_size, kernel_path, ptr, &crc,
+                                 errp)) {
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+
+            break;
+        case EIF_SECTION_CMDLINE:
+        {
+            uint64_t size;
+            uint8_t *cmdline_copy;
+            if (seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_CMDLINE]) {
+                error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. More than 1 cmdline "
+                           "section");
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            size = hdr.section_size;
+            *cmdline = g_malloc(size + 1);
+            if (!read_eif_cmdline(f, size, *cmdline, &crc, errp)) {
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            (*cmdline)[size] = '\0';
+
+            /*
+             * We make a copy of '*cmdline' for putting it in iovecs so that
+             * we can easily free all the iovec entries later as we cannot
+             * free '*cmdline' which is used by the caller.
+             */
+            cmdline_copy = g_memdup2(*cmdline, size);
+
+            iov_ptr = g_malloc(sizeof(struct iovec));
+            iov_ptr->iov_base = cmdline_copy;
+            iov_ptr->iov_len = size;
+
+            iov_PCR0 = g_list_append(iov_PCR0, iov_ptr);
+            iov_PCR1 = g_list_append(iov_PCR1, iov_ptr);
+            break;
+        }
+        case EIF_SECTION_RAMDISK:
+        {
+            if (!seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_RAMDISK]) {
+                /*
+                 * If this is the first time we are seeing a ramdisk section,
+                 * we need to create the initrd temporary file.
+                 */
+                if (!get_tmp_file("eif-initrd-XXXXXX", initrd_path, errp)) {
+                    goto cleanup;
+                }
+                initrd_path_f = fopen(*initrd_path, "wb");
+                if (initrd_path_f == NULL) {
+                    error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to open file %s",
+                                     *initrd_path);
+                    goto cleanup;
+                }
+            }
+
+            ptr = g_malloc(hdr.section_size);
+
+            iov_ptr = g_malloc(sizeof(struct iovec));
+            iov_ptr->iov_base = ptr;
+            iov_ptr->iov_len = hdr.section_size;
+
+            iov_PCR0 = g_list_append(iov_PCR0, iov_ptr);
+            /*
+             * If it's the first ramdisk, we need to hash it into bootstrap
+             * i.e., iov_PCR1, otherwise we need to hash it into app i.e.,
+             * iov_PCR2.
+             */
+            if (!seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_RAMDISK]) {
+                iov_PCR1 = g_list_append(iov_PCR1, iov_ptr);
+            } else {
+                iov_PCR2 = g_list_append(iov_PCR2, iov_ptr);
+            }
+
+            if (!read_eif_ramdisk(f, initrd_path_f, hdr.section_size, ptr,
+                                  &crc, errp)) {
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+
+            break;
+        }
+        case EIF_SECTION_SIGNATURE:
+            *signature_found = true;
+            if (!get_signature_fingerprint_sha384(f, hdr.section_size,
+                                                  fingerprint_sha384, &crc,
+                                                  errp)) {
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            break;
+        default:
+            /* other sections including invalid or unknown sections */
+        {
+            uint8_t *buf;
+            size_t got;
+            uint64_t size = hdr.section_size;
+            buf = g_malloc(size);
+            got = fread(buf, 1, size, f);
+            if ((uint64_t) got != size) {
+                g_free(buf);
+                error_setg(errp, "Failed to read EIF %s section data",
+                           section_type_to_string(section_type));
+                goto cleanup;
+            }
+            crc = crc32(crc, buf, size);
+            g_free(buf);
+            break;
+        }
+        }
+
+        if (section_type < EIF_SECTION_MAX) {
+            seen_sections[section_type] = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_KERNEL]) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. No kernel section.");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_CMDLINE]) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. No cmdline section.");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!seen_sections[EIF_SECTION_RAMDISK]) {
+        error_setg(errp, "Invalid EIF image. No ramdisk section.");
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    if (eif_header.eif_crc32 != crc) {
+        error_setg(errp, "CRC mismatch. Expected %u but header has %u.",
+                   crc, eif_header.eif_crc32);
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Let's append the initrd file from "-initrd" option if any. Although
+     * we pass the crc pointer to read_eif_ramdisk, it is not useful anymore.
+     * We have already done the crc mismatch check above this code.
+     */
+    if (machine_initrd) {
+        machine_initrd_f = fopen(machine_initrd, "rb");
+        if (machine_initrd_f == NULL) {
+            error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Failed to open initrd file %s",
+                             machine_initrd);
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        machine_initrd_size = get_file_size(machine_initrd_f, errp);
+        if (machine_initrd_size == -1) {
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+
+        ptr = g_malloc(machine_initrd_size);
+
+        iov_ptr = g_malloc(sizeof(struct iovec));
+        iov_ptr->iov_base = ptr;
+        iov_ptr->iov_len = machine_initrd_size;
+
+        iov_PCR0 = g_list_append(iov_PCR0, iov_ptr);
+        iov_PCR2 = g_list_append(iov_PCR2, iov_ptr);
+
+        if (!read_eif_ramdisk(machine_initrd_f, initrd_path_f,
+                              machine_initrd_size, ptr, &crc, errp)) {
+            goto cleanup;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!get_SHA384_digest(iov_PCR0, image_sha384, errp)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!get_SHA384_digest(iov_PCR1, bootstrap_sha384, errp)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+    if (!get_SHA384_digest(iov_PCR2, app_sha384, errp)) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * We only need to free iov_PCR0 entries because iov_PCR1 and
+     * iov_PCR2 iovec entries are subsets of iov_PCR0 iovec entries.
+     */
+    g_list_free_full(iov_PCR0, (GDestroyNotify) free_iovec);
+    g_list_free(iov_PCR1);
+    g_list_free(iov_PCR2);
+    fclose(f);
+    fclose(initrd_path_f);
+    safe_fclose(machine_initrd_f);
+    return true;
+
+ cleanup:
+    g_list_free_full(iov_PCR0, (GDestroyNotify) free_iovec);
+    g_list_free(iov_PCR1);
+    g_list_free(iov_PCR2);
+
+    safe_fclose(f);
+    safe_fclose(initrd_path_f);
+    safe_fclose(machine_initrd_f);
+
+    safe_unlink(*kernel_path);
+    g_free(*kernel_path);
+    *kernel_path = NULL;
+
+    safe_unlink(*initrd_path);
+    g_free(*initrd_path);
+    *initrd_path = NULL;
+
+    g_free(*cmdline);
+    *cmdline = NULL;
+
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/hw/core/eif.h b/hw/core/eif.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fed3cb5514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/core/eif.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * EIF (Enclave Image Format) related helpers
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Dorjoy Chowdhury <dorjoychy111@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  See the COPYING file in the
+ * top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef HW_CORE_EIF_H
+#define HW_CORE_EIF_H
+
+bool read_eif_file(const char *eif_path, const char *machine_initrd,
+                   char **kernel_path, char **initrd_path,
+                   char **kernel_cmdline, uint8_t *image_sha384,
+                   uint8_t *bootstrap_sha384, uint8_t *app_sha384,
+                   uint8_t *fingerprint_sha384, bool *signature_found,
+                   Error **errp);
+
+#endif
+
diff --git a/hw/core/meson.build b/hw/core/meson.build
index a3d9bab9f4..9fd0b5aaa5 100644
--- a/hw/core/meson.build
+++ b/hw/core/meson.build
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_REGISTER', if_true: files('register.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SPLIT_IRQ', if_true: files('split-irq.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_XILINX_AXI', if_true: files('stream.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_PLATFORM_BUS', if_true: files('sysbus-fdt.c'))
+system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_EIF', if_true: [files('eif.c'), zlib, libcbor, gnutls])
 
 system_ss.add(files(
   'cpu-sysemu.c',
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2739cc4964..5bb519ea15 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3137,6 +3137,7 @@ host_kconfig = \
   (have_ivshmem ? ['CONFIG_IVSHMEM=y'] : []) + \
   (opengl.found() ? ['CONFIG_OPENGL=y'] : []) + \
   (libcbor.found() ? ['CONFIG_LIBCBOR=y'] : []) + \
+  (gnutls.found() ? ['CONFIG_GNUTLS=y'] : []) + \
   (x11.found() ? ['CONFIG_X11=y'] : []) + \
   (fdt.found() ? ['CONFIG_FDT=y'] : []) + \
   (have_vhost_user ? ['CONFIG_VHOST_USER=y'] : []) + \