diff --git a/config/coreboot/default/patches/0026-sb-intel-ibexpeak-setup_heci_uma.c-Add-timeouts-when.patch b/config/coreboot/default/patches/0026-sb-intel-ibexpeak-setup_heci_uma.c-Add-timeouts-when.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bca1b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/coreboot/default/patches/0026-sb-intel-ibexpeak-setup_heci_uma.c-Add-timeouts-when.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From 27bf50138af0c5267581f8cc1f80676fb1836572 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo@cyberdimension.org>
+Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 22:05:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] sb/intel/ibexpeak/setup_heci_uma.c: Add timeouts when
+ waiting for heci
+
+Since until now, the code running on the management engine is:
+- Signed by its manufacturer
+- Proprietary software, without corresponding source code
+It can desirable to run the least ammount possible of such
+code, which is what me_cleaner[1] enables.
+
+It does it by removing partitions of the management engine
+firmwares, however when doing so, the HECI interface might
+not be present anymore.
+
+So it is desirable not to have the RAM initialisation code
+wait forever for the HECI interface to appear.
+
+[1] https://github.com/corna/me_cleaner/
+
+MERGENOTE: Adapted from this patch:
+https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-March/083798.html
+Author on this version of the patch set to same author as in the
+linked one, with same date set, but the commit message is modified
+to match the new code path. Patch author Denis Carikli, but this
+versions of the patch was rebased from it by Leah Rowe on 29 Oct 2023.
+
+Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <leah@libreboot.org>
+---
+ src/southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/setup_heci_uma.c | 14 ++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/setup_heci_uma.c b/src/southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/setup_heci_uma.c
+index 572e5e7a76..3a68344d97 100644
+--- a/src/southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/setup_heci_uma.c
++++ b/src/southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/setup_heci_uma.c
+@@ -8,28 +8,30 @@
+ #include <southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/me.h>
+ #include <southbridge/intel/ibexpeak/pch.h>
+ #include <types.h>
++#include <delay.h>
+ 
+ #define HECIDEV PCI_DEV(0, 0x16, 0)
+ 
+-/* FIXME: add timeout.  */
+ static void wait_heci_ready(void)
+ {
+-	while (!(read32(DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0xc) & 8))	// = 0x8000000c
+-		;
++	int i = 1000*1000;
+ 
++	while (i-- && !(read32(DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0xc) & 8)) /* = 0x8000000c */
++		udelay(1);
+ 	write32((DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0x4), (read32(DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0x4) & ~0x10) | 0xc);
+ }
+ 
+-/* FIXME: add timeout.  */
+ static void wait_heci_cb_avail(int len)
+ {
++	int i = 1000*1000;
++
+ 	union {
+ 		struct mei_csr csr;
+ 		u32 raw;
+ 	} csr;
+ 
+-	while (!(read32(DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0xc) & 8))
+-		;
++	while (i-- && !(read32(DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0xc) & 8))
++		udelay(1);
+ 
+ 	do {
+ 		csr.raw = read32(DEFAULT_HECIBAR + 0x4);
+-- 
+2.39.2
+