diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
index f72d389..25f04ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/spl.c
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@
 
 	timer_init();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
+	spl_board_init();
+#endif
+
 	boot_device = omap_boot_device();
 	debug("boot device - %d\n", boot_device);
 	switch (boot_device) {
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
index cdf452d..1f33c63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/board.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include <asm/armv7.h>
 #include <asm/arch/gpio.h>
 #include <asm/omap_common.h>
+#include <i2c.h>
 
 /* Declarations */
 extern omap3_sysinfo sysinfo;
@@ -89,6 +90,10 @@
 	return omap3_boot_device;
 }
 
+void spl_board_init(void)
+{
+	i2c_init(CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE);
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPL_BUILD */
 
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
index 913231b..1ec651b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/omap_common.h
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@
 /* MMC SPL functions */
 void spl_mmc_load_image(void);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
+void spl_board_init(void);
+#endif
+
 /*
  * silicon revisions.
  * Moving this to common, so that most of code can be moved to common,
diff --git a/include/configs/devkit8000.h b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
index 4b58dc3..c090d2b 100644
--- a/include/configs/devkit8000.h
+++ b/include/configs/devkit8000.h
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT