diff --git a/litex/build/sim/core/modules/spdeeprom/spdeeprom.c b/litex/build/sim/core/modules/spdeeprom/spdeeprom.c
index db5d85fdf..27b37c9c2 100644
--- a/litex/build/sim/core/modules/spdeeprom/spdeeprom.c
+++ b/litex/build/sim/core/modules/spdeeprom/spdeeprom.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static int spdeeprom_new(void **sess, char *args)
     spd_file = fopen(spd_filename, "r");
   }
   if (spd_filename != NULL && spd_file != NULL) {
-    DBG("[spdeeprom] loading EEPROM contents from file: %s\n", spd_filename);
+    printf("[spdeeprom] loading EEPROM contents from file: %s\n", spd_filename);
     spdeeprom_from_file(s, spd_file);
     fclose(spd_file);
   } else {  // fill in the memory with some data
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static void spdeeprom_from_file(struct session_s *s, FILE *file)
     if ((n_read = getline(&line, &bufsize, file)) < 0) {
       break;
     }
-    byte = strtoul(line, &c, 0);
+    byte = strtoul(line, &c, 16);
     if (c == line) {
       DBG("[spdeeprom] Incorrect value at line %d\n", i);
     } else {
diff --git a/litex/soc/integration/soc.py b/litex/soc/integration/soc.py
index f3191e053..a08e32533 100644
--- a/litex/soc/integration/soc.py
+++ b/litex/soc/integration/soc.py
@@ -1030,6 +1030,26 @@ class LiteXSoC(SoC):
             **kwargs)
         self.csr.add("sdram")
 
+        # Save SPD data to be able to verify it at runtime
+        if hasattr(module, "_spd_data"):
+            # pack the data into words of bus width
+            bytes_per_word = self.bus.data_width // 8
+            mem = [0] * ceil(len(module._spd_data) / bytes_per_word)
+            for i in range(len(mem)):
+                for offset in range(bytes_per_word):
+                    mem[i] <<= 8
+                    if self.cpu.endianness == "little":
+                        offset = bytes_per_word - 1 - offset
+                    spd_byte = i * bytes_per_word + offset
+                    if spd_byte < len(module._spd_data):
+                        mem[i] |= module._spd_data[spd_byte]
+            self.add_rom(
+                name="spd",
+                origin=self.mem_map.get("spd", None),
+                size=len(module._spd_data),
+                contents=mem,
+            )
+
         if not with_soc_interconnect: return
 
         # Compute/Check SDRAM size
diff --git a/litex/soc/software/bios/cmds/cmd_litedram.c b/litex/soc/software/bios/cmds/cmd_litedram.c
index 8c81017fc..4c14d98b6 100644
--- a/litex/soc/software/bios/cmds/cmd_litedram.c
+++ b/litex/soc/software/bios/cmds/cmd_litedram.c
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include <generated/csr.h>
+#include <generated/mem.h>
 #include <i2c.h>
 
 #include <liblitedram/sdram.h>
@@ -272,6 +274,19 @@ static void spdread_handler(int nb_params, char **params)
 	}
 
 	dump_bytes((unsigned int *) buf, len, 0);
+
+#ifdef SPD_BASE
+	{
+		int cmp_result;
+		cmp_result = memcmp(buf, (void *) SPD_BASE, SPD_SIZE);
+		if (cmp_result == 0) {
+			printf("Memory conents matches the data used for gateware generation\n");
+		} else {
+			printf("\nWARNING: memory differs from the data used during gateware generation:\n");
+			dump_bytes((void *) SPD_BASE, SPD_SIZE, 0);
+		}
+	}
+#endif
 }
 define_command(spdread, spdread_handler, "Read SPD EEPROM", LITEDRAM_CMDS);
 #endif