diff --git a/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/Makefile b/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/Makefile
index f9ee8ae..acaadcd 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/Makefile
+++ b/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/Makefile
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 #
 
 obj-y += imx8qxp_mek.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) += spl.o
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/imximage.cfg b/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/imximage.cfg
index bbffb1a..259a164 100644
--- a/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/imximage.cfg
+++ b/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/imximage.cfg
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@
 /* Add scfw image with exec attribute */
 IMAGE SCU mx8qx-mek-scfw-tcm.bin
 /* Add ATF image with exec attribute */
-IMAGE A35 bl31.bin 0x80000000
-/* Add U-Boot image with load attribute */
-DATA A35 u-boot-dtb.bin 0x80020000
+IMAGE A35 spl/u-boot-spl.bin 0x00100000
diff --git a/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/spl.c b/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/spl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95ce9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/imx8qxp_mek/spl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 NXP
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <spl.h>
+#include <dm/uclass.h>
+#include <dm/device.h>
+#include <dm/uclass-internal.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
+#include <dm/lists.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+void spl_board_init(void)
+{
+	struct udevice *dev;
+	int offset;
+
+	uclass_find_first_device(UCLASS_MISC, &dev);
+
+	for (; dev; uclass_find_next_device(&dev)) {
+		if (device_probe(dev))
+			continue;
+	}
+
+	offset = fdt_node_offset_by_compatible(gd->fdt_blob, -1, "nxp,imx8-pd");
+	while (offset != -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND) {
+		lists_bind_fdt(gd->dm_root, offset_to_ofnode(offset),
+			       NULL, true);
+		offset = fdt_node_offset_by_compatible(gd->fdt_blob, offset,
+						       "nxp,imx8-pd");
+	}
+
+	uclass_find_first_device(UCLASS_POWER_DOMAIN, &dev);
+
+	for (; dev; uclass_find_next_device(&dev)) {
+		if (device_probe(dev))
+			continue;
+	}
+
+	arch_cpu_init();
+
+	board_early_init_f();
+
+	timer_init();
+
+	preloader_console_init();
+
+	puts("Normal Boot\n");
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT
+int board_fit_config_name_match(const char *name)
+{
+	/* Just empty function now - can't decide what to choose */
+	debug("%s: %s\n", __func__, name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
+{
+	/* Clear global data */
+	memset((void *)gd, 0, sizeof(gd_t));
+
+	/* Clear the BSS. */
+	memset(__bss_start, 0, __bss_end - __bss_start);
+
+	board_init_r(NULL, 0);
+}