diff --git a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/io.h b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/io.h
index 7956041171f52beaaeb5b263da17926414d5dcdd..895fcb872f6a375876fdd05c5fe73714871fbc00 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/sandbox/include/asm/io.h
@@ -40,4 +40,14 @@ static inline void unmap_sysmem(const void *vaddr)
 /* Map from a pointer to our RAM buffer */
 phys_addr_t map_to_sysmem(const void *ptr);
 
+/* Define nops for sandbox I/O access */
+#define readb(addr) 0
+#define readw(addr) 0
+#define readl(addr) 0
+#define writeb(v, addr)
+#define writew(v, addr)
+#define writel(v, addr)
+
+#include <iotrace.h>
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/sandbox.h b/include/configs/sandbox.h
index a14509404253fd78b0d47131e4d6888953d54dc7..12b69d9a249f08d4991189c2a28cb2bd02eb8ee6 100644
--- a/include/configs/sandbox.h
+++ b/include/configs/sandbox.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 #endif
 
+#define CONFIG_IO_TRACE
+#define CONFIG_CMD_IOTRACE
+
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE		1000000
 
 #define CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE