diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c
index 69fff323d3..52e0f4a6cf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap-common/boot-common.c
@@ -66,7 +66,18 @@ u32 spl_boot_device(void)
 
 u32 spl_boot_mode(void)
 {
-	return gd->arch.omap_boot_params.omap_bootmode;
+	u32 val = gd->arch.omap_boot_params.omap_bootmode;
+
+	if (val == MMCSD_MODE_RAW)
+		return MMCSD_MODE_RAW;
+	else if (val == MMCSD_MODE_FAT)
+		return MMCSD_MODE_FAT;
+	else
+#ifdef CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
+		return MMCSD_MODE_EMMCBOOT;
+#else
+		return MMCSD_MODE_UNDEFINED;
+#endif
 }
 
 void spl_board_init(void)
diff --git a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
index 13fbff082c..fa6f891bc8 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
@@ -110,6 +110,30 @@ void spl_mmc_load_image(void)
 		err = spl_load_image_fat(&mmc->block_dev,
 					CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION,
 					CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
+	} else if (boot_mode == MMCSD_MODE_EMMCBOOT) {
+		/*
+		 * We need to check what the partition is configured to.
+		 * 1 and 2 match up to boot0 / boot1 and 7 is user data
+		 * which is the first physical partition (0).
+		 */
+		int part = (mmc->part_config >> 3) & PART_ACCESS_MASK;
+
+		if (part == 7)
+			part = 0;
+
+		if (mmc_switch_part(0, part)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
+			puts("MMC partition switch failed\n");
+#endif
+			hang();
+		}
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
+		if (spl_start_uboot() || mmc_load_image_raw_os(mmc))
+#endif
+		err = mmc_load_image_raw(mmc,
+			CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR);
 #endif
 	} else {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
diff --git a/include/spl.h b/include/spl.h
index 5e248561f1..dad00c0075 100644
--- a/include/spl.h
+++ b/include/spl.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #define MMCSD_MODE_UNDEFINED	0
 #define MMCSD_MODE_RAW		1
 #define MMCSD_MODE_FAT		2
+#define MMCSD_MODE_EMMCBOOT	3
 
 struct spl_image_info {
 	const char *name;