diff --git a/configs/da850evm_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
index 05dc8131facbc674ed29d39c8690484630f83338..80160eff079461b95af29b15a84c3000716ae97c 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_TIME is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS=y
 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG=y
 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
 CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH=y
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_STMICRO=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WINBOND=y
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MTD=y
 CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI=y
diff --git a/include/configs/da850evm.h b/include/configs/da850evm.h
index d383c23bbe0a29045c87df5e0da8f585f4ae28f7..0bdf0cb1340fb4c076cc5037a05cb2f5eba5838d 100644
--- a/include/configs/da850evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/da850evm.h
@@ -249,6 +249,17 @@
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			(64 << 10)
 #define CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET		(512 << 10)
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE		(64 << 10)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#undef CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MTD
+#endif
+#define CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE		/* needed for mtdparts commands */
+#define CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS		/* required for UBI partition support */
+#define MTDIDS_DEFAULT			"nor0=spi0.0"
+#define MTDPARTS_DEFAULT		"mtdparts=spi0.0:"\
+						"512k(u-boot.ais),"\
+						"64k(u-boot-env),"\
+						"7552k(kernel-spare),"\
+						"64k(MAC-Address)"
 #endif
 
 /*