diff --git a/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h b/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h
index 0eea28c80a..c11f005535 100644
--- a/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/dra7xx_evm.h
@@ -41,4 +41,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE			115200
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_OMAP_ABE_SYSCK
+
+#define CONSOLEDEV		"ttyO0"
+
 #endif /* __CONFIG_DRA7XX_EVM_H */
diff --git a/include/configs/omap5_common.h b/include/configs/omap5_common.h
index deecf4ddab..b87ee42286 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap5_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap5_common.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	"loadaddr=0x82000000\0" \
-	"console=ttyO2,115200n8\0" \
+	"console=" CONSOLEDEV ",115200n8\0" \
 	"fdt_high=0xffffffff\0" \
 	"fdtaddr=0x80f80000\0" \
 	"fdtfile=undefined\0" \
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@
 	"findfdt="\
 		"if test $board_name = omap5_uevm; then " \
 			"setenv fdtfile omap5-uevm.dtb; fi; " \
+		"if test $board_name = dra7xx; then " \
+			"setenv fdtfile dra7-evm.dtb; fi;" \
 		"if test $fdtfile = undefined; then " \
 			"echo WARNING: Could not determine device tree to use; fi; \0" \
 	"loadfdt=load mmc ${bootpart} ${fdtaddr} ${bootdir}/${fdtfile};\0" \
diff --git a/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h b/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h
index e792b1b5c7..46dacc2074 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap5_uevm.h
@@ -55,5 +55,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT		"OMAP5432 uEVM # "
 
+#define CONSOLEDEV		"ttyO2"
+
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_PLATFORM_RESET_TIME_MAX_USEC	16296
 #endif /* __CONFIG_OMAP5_EVM_H */