diff --git a/arch/mips/config.mk b/arch/mips/config.mk
index 609a998f3b634798aca97dbad3d84599eef1315d..dcd346002cab9ce63dff390260190015480ba96c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/config.mk
+++ b/arch/mips/config.mk
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ else
 PF_ABICALLS			:= -mabicalls
 PF_PIC				:= -fpic
 PF_PIE				:= -pie
-PF_OBJCOPY			:= -j .got -j .u_boot_list -j .rel.dyn -j .padding
+PF_OBJCOPY			:= -j .got -j .rel.dyn -j .padding
 PF_OBJCOPY			+= -j .dtb.init.rodata
 endif
 
@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS		+= -msoft-float
 PLATFORM_LDFLAGS		+= -G 0 -static -n -nostdlib
 PLATFORM_RELFLAGS		+= -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
 LDFLAGS_FINAL			+= --gc-sections $(PF_PIE)
-OBJCOPYFLAGS			+= -j .text -j .rodata -j .data $(PF_OBJCOPY)
+OBJCOPYFLAGS			+= -j .text -j .rodata -j .data -j .u_boot_list
+OBJCOPYFLAGS			+= $(PF_OBJCOPY)
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..07004ea1115562497dad54b91afb59a2d2bccdbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+MEMORY { .spl_mem : ORIGIN = CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE, \
+		LENGTH = CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE }
+MEMORY { .bss_mem : ORIGIN = CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR, \
+		LENGTH = CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE }
+
+OUTPUT_ARCH(mips)
+ENTRY(_start)
+SECTIONS
+{
+	. = 0x00000000;
+
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.text : {
+		*(.text*)
+	} > .spl_mem
+
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.rodata : {
+		*(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
+	} > .spl_mem
+
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.data : {
+		*(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.data*))
+		*(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(.sdata*))
+	} > .spl_mem
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_DM
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.u_boot_list : {
+		KEEP(*(SORT(.u_boot_list*)));
+	} > .spl_mem
+#endif
+
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	__image_copy_end = .;
+
+	.bss (NOLOAD) : {
+		__bss_start = .;
+		*(.bss*)
+		*(.sbss*)
+		*(COMMON)
+		. = ALIGN(4);
+		__bss_end = .;
+	} > .bss_mem
+
+	.rel.dyn (NOLOAD) : {
+		*(.rel.dyn)
+	}
+
+	.dynsym : {
+		*(.dynsym)
+	}
+
+	.dynbss : {
+		*(.dynbss)
+	}
+
+	.dynstr : {
+		*(.dynstr)
+	}
+
+	.dynamic : {
+		*(.dynamic)
+	}
+
+	.plt : {
+		*(.plt)
+	}
+
+	.interp : {
+		*(.interp)
+	}
+
+	.gnu : {
+		*(.gnu*)
+	}
+
+	.MIPS.stubs : {
+		*(.MIPS.stubs)
+	}
+
+	.hash : {
+		*(.hash)
+	}
+}