diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
--- a/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_firmware.c
@@ -442,6 +442,57 @@
 	mtx_unlock(&firmware_mtx);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Find all the firmware that was loaded in the boot loader vis load -t firmware
+ * foo. There is only one firmware per file, it's the whole file, and there's no
+ * meaningful version passed in, so pass 0 for that. If version is needed by the
+ * consumer (and not just arbitrarily defined), the .ko version must be used
+ * instead.
+ */
+static void
+firmware_raw_files(void)
+{
+	caddr_t file;
+	char *fullname, *name;
+	const char *type;
+	const void *addr;
+	size_t size;
+	unsigned int version = 0;
+
+	file = 0;
+	for (;;) {
+		file = preload_search_next_name(file);
+		if (file == 0)
+			break;
+		type = (const char *)preload_search_info(file, MODINFO_TYPE);
+		if (type == NULL || strcmp(type, "firmware") != 0)
+			continue;
+		fullname = strdup(preload_search_info(file, MODINFO_NAME),
+		    M_FIRMWARE);
+		addr = preload_fetch_addr(file);
+		size = preload_fetch_size(file);
+		/*
+		 * version hard wired to 0 and the firmware name matches what's
+		 * loaded with the .bin stripped off the end (if any). The args
+		 * could be used to pass in parameters to override this, but not
+		 * currently. We strip the path and look only at the filename
+		 * part.
+		 */
+		name = strrchr(fullname, '/');
+		if (name == NULL)
+			name = fullname;
+		else
+			name++;
+		if (strlen(name) > 4) {
+			char *t = name + strlen(name) - 4;
+			if (strcmp(t, ".bin") == 0)
+				*t = '\0';
+		}
+		firmware_register(name, addr, size, version, NULL);
+		free(name, M_FIRMWARE);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Module glue.
  */
@@ -460,6 +511,7 @@
 		/* NB: use our own loop routine that sets up context */
 		(void) taskqueue_start_threads(&firmware_tq, 1, PWAIT,
 		    "firmware taskq");
+		firmware_raw_files();
 		if (rootvnode != NULL) {
 			/*
 			 * Root is already mounted so we won't get an event;