diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
index 64f9e1f..3342c04 100644
--- a/common/spl/Kconfig
+++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 
 if SPL
 
+config SPL_LDSCRIPT
+	string "Linker script for the SPL stage"
+	default "arch/$(ARCH)/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds"
+	depends on SPL
+	help
+	  The SPL stage will usually require a different linker-script
+	  (as it runs from a different memory region) than the regular
+	  U-Boot stage.	 Set this to the path of the linker-script to
+	  be used for SPL.
+
 config SPL_BOARD_INIT
 	bool "Call board-specific initialization in SPL"
 	help
@@ -707,6 +717,15 @@
 
 if TPL
 
+config TPL_LDSCRIPT
+        string "Linker script for the TPL stage"
+	depends on TPL
+	help
+	  The TPL stage will usually require a different linker-script
+	  (as it runs from a different memory region) than the regular
+	  U-Boot stage.  Set this to the path of the linker-script to
+	  be used for TPL.
+
 config TPL_BOOTROM_SUPPORT
         bool "Support returning to the BOOTROM (from TPL)"
 	help
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.spl b/scripts/Makefile.spl
index 4a9a58f..167b2d9 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.spl
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.spl
@@ -103,9 +103,16 @@
 endif
 
 # Linker Script
-ifdef CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)LDSCRIPT
+# First test whether there's a linker-script for the specific stage defined...
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)LDSCRIPT),)
 # need to strip off double quotes
 LDSCRIPT := $(addprefix $(srctree)/,$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)LDSCRIPT:"%"=%))
+else
+# ...then fall back to the generic SPL linker-script
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT),)
+# need to strip off double quotes
+LDSCRIPT := $(addprefix $(srctree)/,$(CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT:"%"=%))
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(wildcard $(LDSCRIPT)),)
diff --git a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
index 488ca92..95ae3bf 100644
--- a/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
+++ b/scripts/config_whitelist.txt
@@ -2207,7 +2207,6 @@
 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
 CONFIG_SPL_JR0_LIODN_NS
 CONFIG_SPL_JR0_LIODN_S
-CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
 CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT_ADDRESS
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_PEB_SIZE
@@ -4909,7 +4908,6 @@
 CONFIG_TI_KSNAV
 CONFIG_TI_SPI_MMAP
 CONFIG_TMU_TIMER
-CONFIG_TPL_LDSCRIPT
 CONFIG_TPL_MAX_SIZE
 CONFIG_TPL_PAD_TO
 CONFIG_TPL_STACK