diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 15e00ec..156fc79 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@
 pkgconfig_DATA = src/libdt-utils.pc
 EXTRA_DIST += src/libdt-utils.pc.in
 CLEANFILES += src/libdt-utils.pc
+
+EXTRA_DIST += scripts/barebox-mark-successful-boot.sh
diff --git a/scripts/barebox-mark-successful-boot.sh b/scripts/barebox-mark-successful-boot.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..952512d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/barebox-mark-successful-boot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DEFAULT_REMAINING_ATTEMPTS=3
+DEFAULT_PRIORITY=20
+
+system=$(sed /proc/cmdline -ne "s/.*root=ubi0:\([^ ]*\).*/\1/p")
+if [ -z "${system}" ]; then
+	echo "unable to detect system partition" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+barebox-state -n /state \
+	-s "bootstate.${system}.remaining_attempts=${DEFAULT_REMAINING_ATTEMPTS}" \
+	-s "bootstate.${system}.priority=${DEFAULT_PRIORITY}"