diff --git a/board/lge/sniper/sniper.c b/board/lge/sniper/sniper.c
index f26855dd39..b211528e2b 100644
--- a/board/lge/sniper/sniper.c
+++ b/board/lge/sniper/sniper.c
@@ -98,6 +98,24 @@ int misc_init_r(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void get_board_serial(struct tag_serialnr *serialnr)
+{
+	char *serial_string;
+	unsigned long long serial;
+
+	serial_string = getenv("serial#");
+
+	if (serial_string) {
+		serial = simple_strtoull(serial_string, NULL, 16);
+
+		serialnr->high = (unsigned int) (serial >> 32);
+		serialnr->low = (unsigned int) (serial & 0xffffffff);
+	} else {
+		serialnr->high = 0;
+		serialnr->low = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 void set_muxconf_regs(void)
 {
 	MUX_SNIPER();
diff --git a/include/configs/sniper.h b/include/configs/sniper.h
index 2ac9291c44..f17bb04149 100644
--- a/include/configs/sniper.h
+++ b/include/configs/sniper.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG
 #define CONFIG_INITRD_TAG
 #define CONFIG_REVISION_TAG
+#define CONFIG_SERIAL_TAG
 
 /*
  * Boot