diff --git a/src/usr/diag/prdf/occ_firdata/prdfWriteHomerFirData.C b/src/usr/diag/prdf/occ_firdata/prdfWriteHomerFirData.C
index 9389db2adc0..67be5d5c1b2 100644
--- a/src/usr/diag/prdf/occ_firdata/prdfWriteHomerFirData.C
+++ b/src/usr/diag/prdf/occ_firdata/prdfWriteHomerFirData.C
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /*                                                                        */
 /* OpenPOWER HostBoot Project                                             */
 /*                                                                        */
-/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2015,2016                        */
+/* Contributors Listed Below - COPYRIGHT 2015,2017                        */
 /* [+] International Business Machines Corp.                              */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <fsi/fsiif.H>
 #include <pnor/pnorif.H>
+#include <targeting/common/targetservice.H>
 
 using namespace TARGETING;
 
@@ -523,6 +524,15 @@ errlHndl_t getPnorInfo( HOMER_Data_t & o_data )
         PNOR::PnorInfo_t pnorInfo;
         PNOR::getPnorInfo( pnorInfo );
 
+        // Saving the flash workarounds in an attribute for when we
+        // call getPnorInfo() in the runtime code.
+        // Using sys target
+        Target* sys = NULL;
+        targetService().getTopLevelTarget( sys );
+        assert(sys != NULL);
+
+        sys->setAttr<ATTR_PNOR_FLASH_WORKAROUNDS>(pnorInfo.norWorkarounds);
+
         o_data.pnorInfo.pnorOffset      = sectionInfo.flashAddr;
         o_data.pnorInfo.pnorSize        = sectionInfo.size;
         o_data.pnorInfo.mmioOffset      = pnorInfo.mmioOffset;
diff --git a/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C b/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C
index 5d3ec698a51..dc5adb7f7ec 100644
--- a/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C
+++ b/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.C
@@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ errlHndl_t PNOR::clearSection(PNOR::SectionId i_section)
     return Singleton<RtPnor>::instance().clearSection(i_section);
 }
 
+void PNOR::getPnorInfo( PnorInfo_t& o_pnorInfo )
+{
+    o_pnorInfo.mmioOffset = LPC_SFC_MMIO_OFFSET | LPC_FW_SPACE;
+
+    //Using sys target
+    TARGETING::Target* sys = NULL;
+    TARGETING::targetService().getTopLevelTarget( sys );
+    assert(sys != NULL);
+
+    o_pnorInfo.norWorkarounds = sys->getAttr<
+            TARGETING::ATTR_PNOR_FLASH_WORKAROUNDS>();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PNOR_IS_32MB
+    o_pnorInfo.flashSize = 32*MEGABYTE;
+#else
+    o_pnorInfo.flashSize = 64*MEGABYTE;
+#endif
+
+}
+
 /****************Public Methods***************************/
 /**
  * STATIC
@@ -321,12 +341,12 @@ RtPnor::RtPnor()
     {
         errlCommit(l_err, PNOR_COMP_ID);
     }
+
 }
 
 /*************************/
 RtPnor::~RtPnor()
 {
-
 }
 
 /*******************Private Methods*********************/
@@ -832,3 +852,4 @@ errlHndl_t RtPnor::clearSection(PNOR::SectionId i_section)
     return l_errl;
 }
 
+
diff --git a/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.H b/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.H
index e2f390afd5d..7425adda6db 100644
--- a/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.H
+++ b/src/usr/pnor/runtime/rt_pnor.H
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ class RtPnor
        */
         errlHndl_t clearSection(PNOR::SectionId i_section);
 
+        /**
+         * @brief Retrieve some information about the PNOR/SFC hardware
+         *        In runtime, some of this information is from attributes.
+         *
+         * @param[out] o_pnorInfo Information about PNOR.
+         */
+        errlHndl_t getPnorInfo( PNOR::PnorInfo_t& o_pnorInfo );
+
     protected:
        /**
         * @brief Constructor
diff --git a/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types.xml b/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types.xml
index 3110b081655..5c32ae8e594 100644
--- a/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types.xml
+++ b/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/attribute_types.xml
@@ -33337,4 +33337,15 @@ Measured in GB</description>
     </enumerator>
 </enumerationType>
 
+<attribute>
+    <id>PNOR_FLASH_WORKAROUNDS</id>
+    <description>Save state of the sfc driver flash workarounds for runtime</description>
+    <simpleType>
+        <uint32_t><default>0</default></uint32_t>
+    </simpleType>
+    <persistency>volatile-zeroed</persistency>
+    <readable/>
+    <writeable/>
+</attribute>
+
 </attributes>
diff --git a/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/target_types.xml b/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/target_types.xml
index 61295aae231..7156e1ce5d3 100755
--- a/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/target_types.xml
+++ b/src/usr/targeting/common/xmltohb/target_types.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     <attribute><id>ORDINAL_ID</id></attribute>
     <attribute><id>FAPI_POS</id></attribute>
     <attribute><id>FAPI_NAME</id></attribute>
+    <attribute><id>PNOR_FLASH_WORKAROUNDS</id></attribute>
 </targetType>
 
 <targetType>