diff --git a/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/gw_ventana_spl.c b/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/gw_ventana_spl.c
index 289a0b8..8fe0cae 100644
--- a/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/gw_ventana_spl.c
+++ b/board/gateworks/gw_ventana/gw_ventana_spl.c
@@ -570,6 +570,28 @@ void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 	board_init_r(NULL, 0);
 }
 
+/* called from board_init_r after gd setup if CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT defined */
+/* its our chance to print info about boot device */
+void spl_board_init(void)
+{
+	/* determine boot device from SRC_SBMR1 (BOOT_CFG[4:1]) or SRC_GPR9 */
+	u32 boot_device = spl_boot_device();
+
+	switch (boot_device) {
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_MMC1:
+		puts("Booting from MMC\n");
+		break;
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_NAND:
+		puts("Booting from NAND\n");
+		break;
+	case BOOT_DEVICE_SATA:
+		puts("Booting from SATA\n");
+		break;
+	default:
+		puts("Unknown boot device\n");
+	}
+}
+
 void reset_cpu(ulong addr)
 {
 }
diff --git a/include/configs/gw_ventana.h b/include/configs/gw_ventana.h
index 9a146c2..69c6202 100644
--- a/include/configs/gw_ventana.h
+++ b/include/configs/gw_ventana.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #define __CONFIG_H
 
 /* SPL */
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT