diff --git a/board/sunxi/Kconfig b/board/sunxi/Kconfig
index e1d4ab1..0cd57a2 100644
--- a/board/sunxi/Kconfig
+++ b/board/sunxi/Kconfig
@@ -133,6 +133,15 @@ config MACH_SUN8I
 	bool
 	default y if MACH_SUN8I_A23 || MACH_SUN8I_A33 || MACH_SUN8I_H3 || MACH_SUN8I_A83T
 
+config RESERVE_ALLWINNER_BOOT0_HEADER
+	bool "reserve space for Allwinner boot0 header"
+	select ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK
+	---help---
+	Prepend a 1536 byte (empty) header to the U-Boot image file, to be
+	filled with magic values post build. The Allwinner provided boot0
+	blob relies on this information to load and execute U-Boot.
+	Only needed on 64-bit Allwinner boards so far when using boot0.
+
 config DRAM_TYPE
 	int "sunxi dram type"
 	depends on MACH_SUN8I_A83T
diff --git a/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig b/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig
index 6d0198f..ea53b96 100644
--- a/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK=y
+CONFIG_RESERVE_ALLWINNER_BOOT0_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
 CONFIG_MACH_SUN50I=y
 CONFIG_DRAM_CLK=672