diff --git a/board/synopsys/axs10x/config.mk b/board/synopsys/axs10x/config.mk
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+++ b/board/synopsys/axs10x/config.mk
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
+
+bsp-generate: u-boot u-boot.bin
+ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2
+	$(Q)python3 $(srctree)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/headerize-axs.py \
+		--header-type v2 \
+		--arc-id 0x53 \
+		--spi-flash-offset 0x200000 \
+		--image $(srctree)/u-boot.bin \
+		--elf $(srctree)/u-boot
+else
+	$(Q)python3 $(srctree)/board/$(BOARDDIR)/headerize-axs.py \
+		--header-type v1 \
+		--arc-id 0x434 \
+		--spi-flash-offset 0x0 \
+		--image $(srctree)/u-boot.bin \
+		--elf $(srctree)/u-boot
+endif
+	$(Q)mkimage -T script -C none -n 'uboot update script' \
+		-d $(srctree)/u-boot-update.txt \
+		$(srctree)/u-boot-update.img &> /dev/null
diff --git a/board/synopsys/axs10x/headerize-axs.py b/board/synopsys/axs10x/headerize-axs.py
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+++ b/board/synopsys/axs10x/headerize-axs.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+#we can use binascii instead of zlib
+import os, getopt, sys, zlib
+from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
+
+
+def usage(exit_code):
+    print("typical usage:")
+    print("AXS101:")
+    print(sys.argv[0] + \
+        " --header-type v1 --arc-id 0x434 --spi-flash-offset 0x0 --image u-boot.bin --elf u-boot")
+    print("AXS103:")
+    print(sys.argv[0] + \
+        " --header-type v2 --arc-id 0x53 --spi-flash-offset 0x200000 --image u-boot.bin --elf u-boot")
+    sys.exit(exit_code)
+
+
+def elf_get_entry(filename):
+    with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
+        elffile = ELFFile(f)
+        return elffile.header['e_entry']
+
+
+def calc_check_sum(filename):
+    # Calculate u-boot image check_sum: it is sum of all u-boot binary bytes
+    with open(filename, "rb") as file:
+        ba = bytearray(file.read())
+    return sum(ba) & 0xFF
+
+
+def arg_verify(uboot_bin_filename, uboot_elf_filename, header_type):
+    if not os.path.isfile(uboot_bin_filename):
+        print("uboot bin file not exists: " + uboot_bin_filename)
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    if not os.path.isfile(uboot_elf_filename):
+        print("uboot elf file not exists: " + uboot_elf_filename)
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    if header_type not in ("v1", "v2"):
+        print("unknown header type: " + header_type)
+        print("choose between 'v1' (most likely AXS101) and 'v2' (most likely AXS103)")
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+
+def main():
+    try:
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:],
+            "ht:a:s:i:l:e:",
+            ["help", "header-type=", "arc-id=", "spi-flash-offset=", "image=", "elf="])
+    except getopt.GetoptError as err:
+        print(err)
+        usage(2)
+
+    # default filenames
+    uboot_elf_filename  = "u-boot"
+    uboot_bin_filename  = "u-boot.bin"
+    headerised_filename = "u-boot.head"
+    uboot_scrypt_file   = "u-boot-update.txt"
+
+    # default values
+    spi_flash_offset    = 0x200000
+    header_type         = "v2"
+    arc_id              = 0x53
+
+    # initial header values: place where preloader will store u-boot binary,
+    # should be equal to CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+    image_copy_adr  = 0x81000000
+
+    # initial constant header values, do not change these values
+    magic1          = 0xdeadbeafaf # big endian byte order
+    magic2          = [            # big endian byte order
+    0x20202a2020202020202020202a20202020207c5c2e20202020202e2f7c20202020207c2d,
+    0x2e5c2020202f2e2d7c20202020205c2020602d2d2d6020202f20202020202f205f202020,
+    0x205f20205c20202020207c205f60712070205f207c2020202020272e5f3d2f205c3d5f2e,
+    0x272020202020202020605c202f60202020202020202020202020206f2020202020202020]
+
+    for opt, arg in opts:
+        if opt in ('-h', "--help"):        usage(0)
+        if opt in ('-t', "--header-type"): header_type           = arg
+        if opt in ('-a', "--arc-id"):      arc_id                = int(arg, 16)
+        if opt in ('-s', "--spi-flash-offset"): spi_flash_offset = int(arg, 16)
+        if opt in ('-i', "--image"):       uboot_bin_filename    = arg
+        if opt in ('-e', "--elf"):         uboot_elf_filename    = arg
+
+    arg_verify(uboot_bin_filename, uboot_elf_filename, header_type)
+
+    uboot_img_size = os.path.getsize(uboot_bin_filename)
+    jump_address = elf_get_entry(uboot_elf_filename)
+    check_sum = calc_check_sum(uboot_bin_filename)
+
+    # Calculate header adresses depend on header type
+    if header_type == "v2":
+        image_copy_adr -= 0x4
+        uboot_img_size += 0x4
+        # we append image so we need to append checksum
+        jmpchk_sum = sum(jump_address.to_bytes(4, byteorder='big'))
+        check_sum = (check_sum + jmpchk_sum) & 0xFF
+        imade_jump_append = True
+    else:
+        imade_jump_append = False
+
+    # write header to file
+    with open(headerised_filename, "wb") as file:
+        file.write(arc_id.to_bytes(2, byteorder='little'))
+        file.write(uboot_img_size.to_bytes(4, byteorder='little'))
+        file.write(check_sum.to_bytes(1, byteorder='little'))
+        file.write(image_copy_adr.to_bytes(4, byteorder='little'))
+        file.write(magic1.to_bytes(5, byteorder='big'))
+        for i in range(16): file.write(0x00.to_bytes(1, byteorder='little'))
+        for byte in magic2: file.write(byte.to_bytes(36, byteorder='big'))
+        for i in range(224 - len(magic2) * 36):
+            file.write(0x00.to_bytes(1, byteorder='little'))
+        if imade_jump_append:
+            file.write(jump_address.to_bytes(4, byteorder='little'))
+
+    # append u-boot image to header
+    with open(headerised_filename, "ab") as fo:
+        with open(uboot_bin_filename,'rb') as fi:
+            fo.write(fi.read())
+
+    # calc u-boot headerised image CRC32 (will be used by uboot update
+    # command for check)
+    headerised_image_crc = ""
+    with open(headerised_filename, "rb") as fi:
+        headerised_image_crc = hex(zlib.crc32(fi.read()) & 0xffffffff)
+
+    load_addr = 0x81000000
+    crc_store_adr = load_addr - 0x8
+    crc_calc_adr = crc_store_adr - 0x4
+    load_size = os.path.getsize(headerised_filename)
+    crc_calc_cmd = \
+        "crc32 " + hex(load_addr) + " " + hex(load_size) + " " + hex(crc_calc_adr)
+    crc_check_cmd = \
+        "mw.l " + hex(crc_store_adr) + " " + headerised_image_crc + " && " + \
+        crc_calc_cmd + " && " + \
+        "cmp.l " + hex(crc_store_adr) + " " + hex(crc_calc_adr) + " 1"
+
+    # make errase size to be allighned by 64K
+    if load_size & 0xFFFF == 0:
+        errase_size = load_size
+    else:
+        errase_size = load_size - (load_size & 0xFFFF) + 0x10000
+
+    # Hack to handle n25*** flash protect ops weirdness:
+    # protect unlock return fail status is region is already unlock (entire or
+    # partially). Same for lock ops.
+    # As there is no possibility to check current flash status pretend
+    # unlock & lock always success.
+    sf_unlock_cmd = \
+        "if sf protect unlock 0x0 0x4000000 ; then true ; else true ; fi"
+    sf_lock_cmd = \
+        "if sf protect lock 0x0 0x4000000 ; then true ; else true ; fi"
+
+    # u-bood CMD to load u-bood with header to SPI flash
+    sf_load_image_cmd = \
+        "fatload mmc 0:1 " + hex(load_addr) + " " + headerised_filename + " && " + \
+        "sf probe 0:0 && " + \
+        sf_unlock_cmd + " && " + \
+        "sf erase " + hex(spi_flash_offset) + " " + hex(errase_size) + " && " + \
+        "sf write " + hex(load_addr) + " " + hex(spi_flash_offset) + " " + hex(load_size) + " && " + \
+        sf_lock_cmd
+
+    update_uboot_cmd = sf_load_image_cmd + " && echo \"u-boot update: OK\""
+
+    with open(uboot_scrypt_file, "wb") as fo:
+        fo.write(update_uboot_cmd.encode('ascii'))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        main()
+    except Exception as err:
+        print(err)
+        sys.exit(2)
diff --git a/include/configs/axs10x.h b/include/configs/axs10x.h
index f044158265..f78e1573b6 100644
--- a/include/configs/axs10x.h
+++ b/include/configs/axs10x.h
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@
  * Environment settings
  */
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE			SZ_16K
+#define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
+	"upgrade=if mmc rescan && " \
+		"fatload mmc 0:1 ${loadaddr} u-boot-update.img && " \
+		"iminfo ${loadaddr} && source ${loadaddr}; then; else echo " \
+		"\"Fail to upgrade.\n" \
+		"Do you have u-boot-update.img and u-boot.head on first (FAT) SD card partition?\"" \
+		"; fi\0"
 
 /*
  * Environment configuration