diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index de4bf83..7203d63 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -542,6 +542,7 @@ config ARCH_SOCFPGA
 	select DM
 	select DM_SPI_FLASH
 	select DM_SPI
+	select ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK
 
 config TARGET_CM_T43
 	bool "Support cm_t43"
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/include/mach/boot0.h b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/include/mach/boot0.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaada31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-socfpga/include/mach/boot0.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Specialty padding for the Altera SoCFPGA preloader image
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#ifndef __BOOT0_H
+#define __BOOT0_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#define ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK						\
+	.balignl 64,0xf33db33f;						\
+									\
+	.word	0x1337c0d3;	/* SoCFPGA preloader validation word */	\
+	.word	0xc01df00d;	/* Version, flags, length */		\
+	.word	0xcafec0d3;	/* Checksum, zero-pad */		\
+	nop;								\
+									\
+	b reset;		/* SoCFPGA jumps here */		\
+	nop;								\
+	nop;								\
+	nop;
+#else
+#define ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK
+#endif
+
+
+#endif /* __BOOT0_H */