diff --git a/env/Kconfig b/env/Kconfig
index 7342397..13e3210 100644
--- a/env/Kconfig
+++ b/env/Kconfig
@@ -662,6 +662,18 @@
 	  partition 0 or the first boot partition, which is 1 or some other defined
 	  partition.
 
+config USE_ENV_MMC_PARTITION
+	bool "use the mmc environment partition name"
+	depends on ENV_IS_IN_MMC
+
+config ENV_MMC_PARTITION
+	string "mmc environment partition name"
+	depends on USE_ENV_MMC_PARTITION
+	help
+	  MMC partition name used to save environment variables.
+	  If this variable is unset, u-boot will try to get the env partition name
+	  from the device-tree's /config node.
+
 config ENV_MMC_USE_DT
 	bool "Read partition name and offset in DT"
 	depends on ENV_IS_IN_MMC && OF_CONTROL
diff --git a/env/mmc.c b/env/mmc.c
index 7a5836a..cb14bbb 100644
--- a/env/mmc.c
+++ b/env/mmc.c
@@ -114,8 +114,13 @@
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_PART))
 		hwpart = mmc_get_env_part(mmc);
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_ENV_MMC_PARTITION)
+	str = CONFIG_ENV_MMC_PARTITION;
+#else
 	/* look for the partition in mmc CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV */
 	str = ofnode_conf_read_str(dt_prop.partition);
+#endif
+
 	if (str) {
 		/* try to place the environment at end of the partition */
 		err = mmc_offset_try_partition(str, copy, &val);