diff --git a/configs/colibri-imx6ull_defconfig b/configs/colibri-imx6ull_defconfig
index 3defaf0ccc..6ef5dff2db 100644
--- a/configs/colibri-imx6ull_defconfig
+++ b/configs/colibri-imx6ull_defconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="IMX_CONFIG=board/toradex/colibri-imx6ull/imximage.cfg,
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=1
 # CONFIG_USE_BOOTCOMMAND is not set
 # CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX is not set
+CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
+CONFIG_PREBOOT="setenv fdtfile imx6ull-colibri${variant}-${fdt_board}.dtb"
 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV=y
 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
diff --git a/include/configs/colibri-imx6ull.h b/include/configs/colibri-imx6ull.h
index 530240f069..63b3fef34c 100644
--- a/include/configs/colibri-imx6ull.h
+++ b/include/configs/colibri-imx6ull.h
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_NETMASK			255.255.255.0
 #define CONFIG_SERVERIP			192.168.10.1
 
-#define FDT_FILE "imx6ull-colibri${variant}-${fdt_board}.dtb"
-
 #define MEM_LAYOUT_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	"bootm_size=0x10000000\0" \
 	"fdt_addr_r=0x82100000\0" \
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@
 		"setenv bootargs ${defargs} ${nfsargs} " \
 		"${setupargs} ${vidargs}; echo Booting from NFS...;" \
 		"dhcp ${kernel_addr_r} && " \
-		"tftp ${fdt_addr_r} " FDT_FILE " && " \
+		"tftp ${fdt_addr_r} ${fdtfile} && " \
 		"run fdt_fixup && bootz ${kernel_addr_r} - ${fdt_addr_r}\0" \
 
 #define UBI_BOOTCMD \
@@ -71,8 +69,8 @@
 		"ubi read ${fdt_addr_r} dtb && " \
 		"run fdt_fixup && bootz ${kernel_addr_r} - ${fdt_addr_r}\0" \
 
-#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND "run ubiboot; " \
-	"setenv fdtfile " FDT_FILE " && run distro_bootcmd;"
+/* Run Distro Boot script if ubiboot fails */
+#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND "run ubiboot || run distro_bootcmd;"
 
 #define BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES(func) \
 	func(MMC, mmc, 0) \