diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi
index 1683f3472e..d9e8b9926a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/da850-evm-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 	soc@1c00000 {
 		u-boot,dm-spl;
 	};
+
+	nand {
+		compatible = "ti,davinci-nand";
+	};
 };
 
 &flash {
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
index 99300cb297..7de1d2ffc4 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_defconfig
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ CONFIG_DA8XX_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DAVINCI=y
 CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
+CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
index dcb4d96d0d..e3c2d13986 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CONFIG_DA8XX_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DAVINCI=y
 # CONFIG_MMC is not set
+CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NOR_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER=y
 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION=y
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig
index 7065205783..96602e514a 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_nand_defconfig
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CONFIG_DM_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DA8XX_GPIO=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
 CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
+CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_NAND=y
 CONFIG_NAND_DAVINCI=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_LOCATIONS=y
diff --git a/include/configs/da850evm.h b/include/configs/da850evm.h
index 2dab17afab..ff536131ba 100644
--- a/include/configs/da850evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/da850evm.h
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_LOAD
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SELF_INIT
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /*