diff --git a/board/atmel/sama5d3_xplained/sama5d3_xplained.c b/board/atmel/sama5d3_xplained/sama5d3_xplained.c
index db9603f584..c25bf42e0a 100644
--- a/board/atmel/sama5d3_xplained/sama5d3_xplained.c
+++ b/board/atmel/sama5d3_xplained/sama5d3_xplained.c
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ void spl_board_init(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
+int spl_start_uboot(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void ddr2_conf(struct atmel_mpddrc_config *ddr2)
 {
 	ddr2->md = (ATMEL_MPDDRC_MD_DBW_32_BITS | ATMEL_MPDDRC_MD_DDR2_SDRAM);
diff --git a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
index 1113214bcf..4c25964b43 100644
--- a/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
+++ b/include/configs/sama5d3_xplained.h
@@ -79,4 +79,18 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	0x20000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	0x0
 
+/* Falcon boot support on raw MMC */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR	0x100  /* 128 KiB */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS	(CONFIG_CMD_SPL_WRITE_SIZE / 512)
+/* U-Boot proper stored by default at 0x200 (256 KiB) */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR	0x1000 /* 2MB */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_SPL_ARGS_ADDR		0x22000000
+
+/* Falcon boot support on FAT on MMC */
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME		"args"
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME		"uImage"
+
+/* Falcon boot support on raw NAND */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SPL_KERNEL_OFFS		0x1a0000
+
 #endif