diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/core.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/core.c
index 44b001e..9f0331a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/core.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2021, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -112,6 +112,47 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int nand_seek_bb(uintptr_t base, unsigned int offset, size_t *extra_offset)
+{
+	unsigned int block;
+	unsigned int offset_block;
+	unsigned int max_block;
+	int is_bad;
+	size_t count_bb = 0U;
+
+	block = base / nand_dev.block_size;
+
+	if (offset != 0U) {
+		offset_block = (base + offset - 1U) / nand_dev.block_size;
+	} else {
+		offset_block = block;
+	}
+
+	max_block = nand_dev.size / nand_dev.block_size;
+
+	while (block <= offset_block) {
+		if (offset_block >= max_block) {
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		is_bad = nand_dev.mtd_block_is_bad(block);
+		if (is_bad < 0) {
+			return is_bad;
+		}
+
+		if (is_bad == 1) {
+			count_bb++;
+			offset_block++;
+		}
+
+		block++;
+	}
+
+	*extra_offset = count_bb * nand_dev.block_size;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct nand_device *get_nand_device(void)
 {
 	return &nand_dev;
diff --git a/include/drivers/nand.h b/include/drivers/nand.h
index 1dbb008..1b78ad4 100644
--- a/include/drivers/nand.h
+++ b/include/drivers/nand.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2021, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
 	      size_t *length_read);
 
 /*
+ * Look for an extra offset to be added in case of bad blocks
+ *
+ * @base: Base address of the area
+ * @offset: Byte offset to read from in device
+ * @extra_offset: [out] Extra offset to be added if bad blocks are found
+ * Return: 0 on success, a negative errno on failure
+ */
+int nand_seek_bb(uintptr_t base, unsigned int offset, size_t *extra_offset);
+
+/*
  * Get NAND device instance
  *
  * Return: NAND device instance reference