diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/beaglebone/board.c b/arch/arm/boards/beaglebone/board.c
index 3042189..9b1a9ec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/beaglebone/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/beaglebone/board.c
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 
 	armlinux_set_architecture(MACH_TYPE_BEAGLEBONE);
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SHELL_NONE))
+		return am33xx_of_register_bootdevice();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 coredevice_initcall(beaglebone_devices_init);
diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-bone-common.dts b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-bone-common.dts
index bbc5561..5d3d2ed 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-bone-common.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-bone-common.dts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 /dts-v1/;
 
+/*
+ * DTS for the beaglebone white/black MLO
+ *
+ * Only contains the common parts of both boards which is
+ * all we need for the MLO
+ */
+
 #include "am33xx.dtsi"
 #include "am335x-bone-common.dtsi"
 
@@ -7,3 +14,12 @@
 	model = "TI AM335x BeagleBone";
 	compatible = "ti,am335x-bone", "ti,am33xx";
 };
+
+&mmc2 {
+	vmmc-supply = <&vmmcsd_fixed>;
+	pinctrl-names = "default";
+	pinctrl-0 = <&emmc_pins>;
+	bus-width = <8>;
+	status = "disabled"; /* only present on beaglebone black, enabled during runtime */
+	ti,vcc-aux-disable-is-sleep;
+};