diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index cb89dbdedc46..17bdf5df404c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1092,6 +1092,11 @@
 			the driver will use only 32-bit accessors to read/write
 			the device registers.
 
+		liteuart,<addr>
+			Start an early console on a litex serial port at the
+			specified address. The serial port must already be
+			setup and configured. Options are not yet supported.
+
 		meson,<addr>
 			Start an early, polled-mode console on a meson serial
 			port at the specified address. The serial port must
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 682f9171c82c..24282ad99d85 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -1553,6 +1553,7 @@ config SERIAL_LITEUART_CONSOLE
 	bool "LiteUART serial port console support"
 	depends on SERIAL_LITEUART=y
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
 	help
 	  Say 'Y' or 'M' here if you wish to use the FPGA-based LiteUART serial
 	  controller from LiteX SoC builder as the system console
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c
index 0b06770642cb..dbc0559a9157 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/liteuart.c
@@ -370,6 +370,27 @@ static int __init liteuart_console_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 console_initcall(liteuart_console_init);
+
+static void early_liteuart_write(struct console *console, const char *s,
+				    unsigned int count)
+{
+	struct earlycon_device *device = console->data;
+	struct uart_port *port = &device->port;
+
+	uart_console_write(port, s, count, liteuart_putchar);
+}
+
+static int __init early_liteuart_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
+				       const char *options)
+{
+	if (!device->port.membase)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	device->con->write = early_liteuart_write;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(liteuart, "litex,liteuart", early_liteuart_setup);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_LITEUART_CONSOLE */
 
 static int __init liteuart_init(void)