diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-tools/uboot-envtools/files/imx_cortexa53 b/package/boot/uboot-tools/uboot-envtools/files/imx_cortexa53
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6aad4ce8671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-tools/uboot-envtools/files/imx_cortexa53
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[ -e /etc/config/ubootenv ] && exit 0
+
+touch /etc/config/ubootenv
+
+. /lib/uboot-envtools.sh
+. /lib/functions.sh
+
+board=$(board_name)
+
+case "$board" in
+gw,imx8m*|\
+gateworks,imx8m*)
+	# board boots from emmc boot0 hardware partition
+	ubootenv_add_uci_config /dev/mmcblk2boot0 0x3f0000 0x8000
+	ubootenv_add_uci_config /dev/mmcblk2boot0 0x3f8000 0x8000
+esac
+
+config_load ubootenv
+config_foreach ubootenv_add_app_config ubootenv
+
+exit 0