diff --git a/board/xilinx/common/board.c b/board/xilinx/common/board.c
index 9641ed3..e5ab32f 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/common/board.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/common/board.c
@@ -358,6 +358,14 @@
 	void *fdt_blob;
 
 	*err = 0;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TARGET_XILINX_MBV)) {
+		fdt_blob = (void *)CONFIG_XILINX_OF_BOARD_DTB_ADDR;
+
+		if (fdt_magic(fdt_blob) == FDT_MAGIC)
+			return fdt_blob;
+	}
+
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) &&
 	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VERSAL_NO_DDR) &&
 	    !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZYNQMP_NO_DDR)) {
diff --git a/board/xilinx/mbv/Kconfig b/board/xilinx/mbv/Kconfig
index 553c232..9d5ee65 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/mbv/Kconfig
+++ b/board/xilinx/mbv/Kconfig
@@ -15,12 +15,23 @@
 config TEXT_BASE
 	default 0x21200000
 
+config SPL_TEXT_BASE
+	default 0x20000000
+
+config SPL_OPENSBI_LOAD_ADDR
+	hex
+	default 0x20200000
+
 config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	def_bool y
 	select GENERIC_RISCV
+	select SUPPORT_SPL
 	imply BOARD_LATE_INIT
+	imply SPL_RAM_SUPPORT
+	imply SPL_RAM_DEVICE
 	imply CMD_SBI
 	imply CMD_PING
+	imply OF_HAS_PRIOR_STAGE
 
 source "board/xilinx/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/board/xilinx/mbv/board.c b/board/xilinx/mbv/board.c
index ccf4395..c478f7e 100644
--- a/board/xilinx/mbv/board.c
+++ b/board/xilinx/mbv/board.c
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@
  * Michal Simek <michal.simek@amd.com>
  */
 
+#include <spl.h>
+
 int board_init(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL
+u32 spl_boot_device(void)
+{
+	/* RISC-V QEMU only supports RAM as SPL boot device */
+	return BOOT_DEVICE_RAM;
+}
+#endif