diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
index d51ba66..ca2d44f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ enum dcache_option {
 	DCACHE_OFF = 0x12,
 	DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH = 0x1a,
 	DCACHE_WRITEBACK = 0x1e,
+	DCACHE_WRITEALLOC = 0x16,
 };
 
 /* Size of an MMU section */
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
index 3e62d58..2155fe8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/cache-cp15.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ __weak void dram_bank_mmu_setup(int bank)
 	     i++) {
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_CACHE_WRITETHROUGH)
 		set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_WRITETHROUGH);
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SYS_ARM_CACHE_WRITEALLOC)
+		set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_WRITEALLOC);
 #else
 		set_section_dcache(i, DCACHE_WRITEBACK);
 #endif