diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index aa60c5ff03c..ea33d07c086 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ config RISCV
 config SANDBOX
 	bool "Sandbox"
 	select HAVE_SETJMP
+	select HAVE_INITJMP
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO
 	select BOARD_LATE_INIT
 	select BZIP2
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/Makefile b/arch/sandbox/cpu/Makefile
index bfcdc335d32..038ad78accc 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # (C) Copyright 2000-2003
 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
 
-obj-y	:= cache.o cpu.o state.o
+obj-y	:= cache.o cpu.o state.o initjmp.o
 extra-y	:= start.o os.o
 extra-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX_SDL)    += sdl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XPL_BUILD)	+= spl.o
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ cmd_cc_eth-raw-os.o = $(CC) $(filter-out -nostdinc, \
 $(obj)/eth-raw-os.o: $(src)/eth-raw-os.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_eth-raw-os.o)
 
+# initjmp.c is build in the system environment, so needs standard includes
+# CFLAGS_REMOVE_initjmp.o cannot be used to drop header include path
+quiet_cmd_cc_initjmp.o = CC $(quiet_modtag)  $@
+cmd_cc_initjmp.o = $(CC) $(filter-out -nostdinc, \
+	$(patsubst -I%,-idirafter%,$(c_flags))) -c -o $@ $<
+
+$(obj)/initjmp.o: $(src)/initjmp.c FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,cc_initjmp.o)
+
 # sdl.c fails to build with -fshort-wchar using musl
 cmd_cc_sdl.o = $(CC) $(filter-out -nostdinc -fshort-wchar, \
 	$(patsubst -I%,-idirafter%,$(c_flags))) -fno-lto -c -o $@ $<
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/cpu/initjmp.c b/arch/sandbox/cpu/initjmp.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e72d32cb4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sandbox/cpu/initjmp.c
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+/*
+ * An implementation of initjmp() in C, that plays well with the system's
+ * setjmp() and longjmp() functions.
+ * Taken verbatim from arch/sandbox/os/setjmp.c in the barebox project.
+ * Modified so that initjmp() accepts a stack_size argument.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006  Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>
+ * Copyright (C) 2011  Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2012  Alex Barcelo <abarcelo@ac.upc.edu>
+ * Copyright (C) 2021  Ahmad Fatoum, Pengutronix
+ * Copyright (C) 2025  Linaro Ltd.
+ * This file is partly based on pth_mctx.c, from the GNU Portable Threads
+ *  Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
+ */
+
+/* XXX Is there a nicer way to disable glibc's stack check for longjmp? */
+#ifdef _FORTIFY_SOURCE
+#undef _FORTIFY_SOURCE
+#endif
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <setjmp.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+
+typedef sigjmp_buf _jmp_buf __attribute__((aligned((16))));
+_Static_assert(sizeof(_jmp_buf) <= 512, "sigjmp_buf size exceeds expectation");
+
+/*
+ * Information for the signal handler (trampoline)
+ */
+static struct {
+	_jmp_buf *reenter;
+	void (*entry)(void);
+	volatile sig_atomic_t called;
+} tr_state;
+
+/*
+ * "boot" function
+ * This is what starts the coroutine, is called from the trampoline
+ * (from the signal handler when it is not signal handling, read ahead
+ * for more information).
+ */
+static void __attribute__((noinline, noreturn))
+coroutine_bootstrap(void (*entry)(void))
+{
+	for (;;)
+		entry();
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is used as the signal handler. This is called with the brand new stack
+ * (thanks to sigaltstack). We have to return, given that this is a signal
+ * handler and the sigmask and some other things are changed.
+ */
+static void coroutine_trampoline(int signal)
+{
+	/* Get the thread specific information */
+	tr_state.called = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Here we have to do a bit of a ping pong between the caller, given that
+	 * this is a signal handler and we have to do a return "soon". Then the
+	 * caller can reestablish everything and do a siglongjmp here again.
+	 */
+	if (!sigsetjmp(*tr_state.reenter, 0)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Ok, the caller has siglongjmp'ed back to us, so now prepare
+	 * us for the real machine state switching. We have to jump
+	 * into another function here to get a new stack context for
+	 * the auto variables (which have to be auto-variables
+	 * because the start of the thread happens later). Else with
+	 * PIC (i.e. Position Independent Code which is used when PTH
+	 * is built as a shared library) most platforms would
+	 * horrible core dump as experience showed.
+	 */
+	coroutine_bootstrap(tr_state.entry);
+}
+
+int __attribute__((weak)) initjmp(_jmp_buf jmp, void (*func)(void),
+				  void *stack_base, size_t stack_size)
+{
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	struct sigaction osa;
+	stack_t ss;
+	stack_t oss;
+	sigset_t sigs;
+	sigset_t osigs;
+
+	/* The way to manipulate stack is with the sigaltstack function. We
+	 * prepare a stack, with it delivering a signal to ourselves and then
+	 * put sigsetjmp/siglongjmp where needed.
+	 * This has been done keeping coroutine-ucontext (from the QEMU project)
+	 * as a model and with the pth ideas (GNU Portable Threads).
+	 * See coroutine-ucontext for the basics of the coroutines and see
+	 * pth_mctx.c (from the pth project) for the
+	 * sigaltstack way of manipulating stacks.
+	 */
+
+	tr_state.entry = func;
+	tr_state.reenter = (void *)jmp;
+
+	/*
+	 * Preserve the SIGUSR2 signal state, block SIGUSR2,
+	 * and establish our signal handler. The signal will
+	 * later transfer control onto the signal stack.
+	 */
+	sigemptyset(&sigs);
+	sigaddset(&sigs, SIGUSR2);
+	pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigs, &osigs);
+	sa.sa_handler = coroutine_trampoline;
+	sigfillset(&sa.sa_mask);
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_ONSTACK;
+	if (sigaction(SIGUSR2, &sa, &osa) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Set the new stack.
+	 */
+	ss.ss_sp = stack_base;
+	ss.ss_size = stack_size;
+	ss.ss_flags = 0;
+	if (sigaltstack(&ss, &oss) < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Now transfer control onto the signal stack and set it up.
+	 * It will return immediately via "return" after the sigsetjmp()
+	 * was performed. Be careful here with race conditions.  The
+	 * signal can be delivered the first time sigsuspend() is
+	 * called.
+	 */
+	tr_state.called = 0;
+	pthread_kill(pthread_self(), SIGUSR2);
+	sigfillset(&sigs);
+	sigdelset(&sigs, SIGUSR2);
+	while (!tr_state.called) {
+		sigsuspend(&sigs);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Inform the system that we are back off the signal stack by
+	 * removing the alternative signal stack. Be careful here: It
+	 * first has to be disabled, before it can be removed.
+	 */
+	sigaltstack(NULL, &ss);
+	ss.ss_flags = SS_DISABLE;
+	if (sigaltstack(&ss, NULL) < 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	sigaltstack(NULL, &ss);
+	if (!(oss.ss_flags & SS_DISABLE)) {
+		sigaltstack(&oss, NULL);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Restore the old SIGUSR2 signal handler and mask
+	 */
+	sigaction(SIGUSR2, &osa, NULL);
+	pthread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK, &osigs, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * jmp can now be used to enter the trampoline again, but not as a
+	 * signal handler. Instead it's longjmp'd to directly.
+	 */
+	return 0;
+}
+
