diff --git a/fastboot/README.md b/fastboot/README.md
index d3b6c1a..63db5c3 100644
--- a/fastboot/README.md
+++ b/fastboot/README.md
@@ -29,20 +29,27 @@
 
 2. Client response with a single packet no greater than 256 bytes.
    The first four bytes of the response are "OKAY", "FAIL", "DATA",
-   or "INFO".  Additional bytes may contain an (ascii) informative
+   "INFO" or "TEXT".  Additional bytes may contain an (ascii) informative
    message.
 
    a. INFO -> the remaining 252 bytes are an informative message
       (providing progress or diagnostic messages).  They should
-      be displayed and then step #2 repeats
+      be displayed and then step #2 repeats. The print format is:
+      "(bootloader) " + InfoMessagePayload + '\n'
 
-   b. FAIL -> the requested command failed.  The remaining 252 bytes
+   b. TEXT -> the remaining 252 bytes are arbitrary. They should
+      be displayed and then step #2 repeats.
+      It differs from info in that no formatting is applied.
+      The payload is printed as-is with no newline at the end.
+      Payload is expected to be NULL terminated.
+
+   c. FAIL -> the requested command failed.  The remaining 252 bytes
       of the response (if present) provide a textual failure message
       to present to the user.  Stop.
 
-   c. OKAY -> the requested command completed successfully.  Go to #5
+   d. OKAY -> the requested command completed successfully.  Go to #5
 
-   d. DATA -> the requested command is ready for the data phase.
+   e. DATA -> the requested command is ready for the data phase.
       A DATA response packet will be 12 bytes long, in the form of
       DATA00000000 where the 8 digit hexadecimal number represents
       the total data size to transfer.
@@ -54,15 +61,17 @@
    in the "DATA" response above.
 
 4. Client responds with a single packet no greater than 256 bytes.
-   The first four bytes of the response are "OKAY", "FAIL", or "INFO".
-   Similar to #2:
+   The first four bytes of the response are "OKAY", "FAIL",
+   "INFO" or "TEXT". Similar to #2:
 
-   a. INFO -> display the remaining 252 bytes and return to #4
+   a. INFO -> display the formatted remaining 252 bytes and return to #4
 
-   b. FAIL -> display the remaining 252 bytes (if present) as a failure
+   b. TEXT -> display the unformatted remaining 252 bytes and return to #4
+
+   c. FAIL -> display the remaining 252 bytes (if present) as a failure
       reason and consider the command failed.  Stop.
 
-   c. OKAY -> success.  Go to #5
+   d. OKAY -> success.  Go to #5
 
 5. Success.  Stop.
 
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
index 0c8747c..a30b10c 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.cpp
@@ -251,6 +251,10 @@
     fprintf(stderr, "(bootloader) %s\n", info.c_str());
 }
 
+static void TextMessage(const std::string& text) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s", text.c_str());
+}
+
 bool ReadFileToVector(const std::string& file, std::vector<char>* out) {
     out->clear();
 
@@ -2303,7 +2307,9 @@
             .prolog = Status,
             .epilog = Epilog,
             .info = InfoMessage,
+            .text = TextMessage,
     };
+
     fastboot::FastBootDriver fastboot_driver(transport, driver_callbacks, false);
     fb = &fastboot_driver;
 
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot_driver.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot_driver.cpp
index 99a4873..9770ab2 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot_driver.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot_driver.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
       prolog_(std::move(driver_callbacks.prolog)),
       epilog_(std::move(driver_callbacks.epilog)),
       info_(std::move(driver_callbacks.info)),
+      text_(std::move(driver_callbacks.text)),
       disable_checks_(no_checks) {}
 
 FastBootDriver::~FastBootDriver() {
@@ -498,6 +499,10 @@
             error_ = android::base::StringPrintf("remote: '%s'", status + strlen("FAIL"));
             set_response(input.substr(strlen("FAIL")));
             return DEVICE_FAIL;
+        } else if (android::base::StartsWith(input, "TEXT")) {
+            text_(input.substr(strlen("TEXT")));
+            // Reset timeout as many more TEXT may come
+            start = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
         } else if (android::base::StartsWith(input, "DATA")) {
             std::string tmp = input.substr(strlen("DATA"));
             uint32_t num = strtol(tmp.c_str(), 0, 16);
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot_driver.h b/fastboot/fastboot_driver.h
index b422c91..f60c9f1 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot_driver.h
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot_driver.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     std::function<void(const std::string&)> prolog = [](const std::string&) {};
     std::function<void(int)> epilog = [](int) {};
     std::function<void(const std::string&)> info = [](const std::string&) {};
+    std::function<void(const std::string&)> text = [](const std::string&) {};
 };
 
 class FastBootDriver {
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@
     std::function<void(const std::string&)> prolog_;
     std::function<void(int)> epilog_;
     std::function<void(const std::string&)> info_;
+    std::function<void(const std::string&)> text_;
     bool disable_checks_;
 };
 
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot_driver_test.cpp b/fastboot/fastboot_driver_test.cpp
index e874c3a..6f6cf8c 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot_driver_test.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot_driver_test.cpp
@@ -58,3 +58,38 @@
     ASSERT_EQ(info.size(), size_t(1));
     ASSERT_EQ(info[0], "this is an info line");
 }
+
+TEST_F(DriverTest, TextMessage) {
+    MockTransport transport;
+    std::string text;
+
+    DriverCallbacks callbacks{[](const std::string&) {}, [](int) {}, [](const std::string&) {},
+                              [&text](const std::string& extra_text) { text += extra_text; }};
+
+    FastBootDriver driver(&transport, callbacks);
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(transport, Write(_, _))
+            .With(AllArgs(RawData("oem trusty runtest trusty.hwaes.bench")))
+            .WillOnce(ReturnArg<1>());
+    EXPECT_CALL(transport, Read(_, _)).WillOnce(Invoke(CopyData("TEXTthis is a text line")));
+    EXPECT_CALL(transport, Read(_, _))
+            .WillOnce(Invoke(
+                    CopyData("TEXT, albeit very long and split over multiple TEXT messages.")));
+    EXPECT_CALL(transport, Read(_, _))
+            .WillOnce(Invoke(CopyData("TEXT Indeed we can do that now with a TEXT message whenever "
+                                      "we feel like it.")));
+    EXPECT_CALL(transport, Read(_, _))
+            .WillOnce(Invoke(CopyData("TEXT Isn't that truly super cool?")));
+
+    EXPECT_CALL(transport, Read(_, _)).WillOnce(Invoke(CopyData("OKAY")));
+
+    std::vector<std::string> info;
+    ASSERT_EQ(driver.RawCommand("oem trusty runtest trusty.hwaes.bench", "", nullptr, &info),
+              SUCCESS)
+            << driver.Error();
+    ASSERT_EQ(text,
+              "this is a text line"
+              ", albeit very long and split over multiple TEXT messages."
+              " Indeed we can do that now with a TEXT message whenever we feel like it."
+              " Isn't that truly super cool?");
+}
diff --git a/trusty/libtrusty/tipc-test/tipc_test.c b/trusty/libtrusty/tipc-test/tipc_test.c
index eb0acb5..81c9881 100644
--- a/trusty/libtrusty/tipc-test/tipc_test.c
+++ b/trusty/libtrusty/tipc-test/tipc_test.c
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@
         TEST_PASSED = 0,
         TEST_FAILED = 1,
         TEST_MESSAGE = 2,
+        TEST_TEXT = 3,
     };
 
     int fd;
@@ -625,7 +626,7 @@
             break;
         } else if (rx_buf[0] == TEST_FAILED) {
             break;
-        } else if (rx_buf[0] == TEST_MESSAGE) {
+        } else if (rx_buf[0] == TEST_MESSAGE || rx_buf[0] == TEST_TEXT) {
             write(STDOUT_FILENO, rx_buf + 1, ret - 1);
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: Bad message header: %d\n", __func__, rx_buf[0]);
diff --git a/trusty/utils/trusty-ut-ctrl/ut-ctrl.c b/trusty/utils/trusty-ut-ctrl/ut-ctrl.c
index 9e72af3..6cc6670 100644
--- a/trusty/utils/trusty-ut-ctrl/ut-ctrl.c
+++ b/trusty/utils/trusty-ut-ctrl/ut-ctrl.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     TEST_PASSED = 0,
     TEST_FAILED = 1,
     TEST_MESSAGE = 2,
+    TEST_TEXT = 3,
 };
 
 static int run_trusty_unitest(const char* utapp) {
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@
             break;
         } else if (rx_buf[0] == TEST_FAILED) {
             break;
-        } else if (rx_buf[0] == TEST_MESSAGE) {
+        } else if (rx_buf[0] == TEST_MESSAGE || rx_buf[0] == TEST_TEXT) {
             write(STDOUT_FILENO, rx_buf + 1, rc - 1);
         } else {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s: Bad message header: %d\n", __func__, rx_buf[0]);