diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi
index 5cca47d86682f092f9cdb80268ca350a3c0d41d5..5cc5a81f6fbfea4d0fdf6bc7e7a910cb60af2a9c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	};
 
 	aliases {
+		i2c0 = &i2c0;
 		spi0 = &spi1;
 	};
 };
diff --git a/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig b/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
index 832c9ceb0705fd2dd8e4d0168faa2a1ce2354a87..0c60fef098d979e5d4bc54ba9468bb99ad78d018 100644
--- a/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850_am18xxevm_defconfig
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_GPIO is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_GPT is not set
-# CONFIG_CMD_I2C is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_PART is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_TIME is not set
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ CONFIG_CMD_DIAG=y
 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_STMICRO=y
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
index 80160eff079461b95af29b15a84c3000716ae97c..d6eb4a5ba2fda29a091e2e4ff61e7e6093288ff2 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_GPIO is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_GPT is not set
-# CONFIG_CMD_I2C is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_PART is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_TIME is not set
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ CONFIG_CMD_DIAG=y
 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_STMICRO=y
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
index 8f8bad075655128592f9407d955c6d17bb88f4fb..3c8e7ad15a0575742018f913ff25d8367c69621c 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_GPIO is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_GPT is not set
-# CONFIG_CMD_I2C is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_MMC is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_PART is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_SPI is not set
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ CONFIG_CMD_DIAG=y
 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT=y
 # CONFIG_MMC is not set
 CONFIG_MTD_NOR_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
diff --git a/include/configs/da850evm.h b/include/configs/da850evm.h
index 0bdf0cb1340fb4c076cc5037a05cb2f5eba5838d..821b1fe53495527f9e0071ab1224d89008ddd3c4 100644
--- a/include/configs/da850evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/da850evm.h
@@ -167,11 +167,10 @@
 /*
  * I2C Configuration
  */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_I2C
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DAVINCI
-#define CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_I2C_SPEED		25000
-#define CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_I2C_SLAVE   10 /* Bogus, master-only in U-Boot */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EXPANDER_ADDR   0x20
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Flash & Environment