diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
index aa11493..52be5b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sunxi/board.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static int gpio_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_LOAD_IMAGE) && defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
 static int spl_board_load_image(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
 				struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
 {
diff --git a/board/sunxi/Kconfig b/board/sunxi/Kconfig
index c2eb85e..0001133 100644
--- a/board/sunxi/Kconfig
+++ b/board/sunxi/Kconfig
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ config MACH_SUN50I
 	bool "sun50i (Allwinner A64)"
 	select ARM64
 	select SUNXI_GEN_SUN6I
+	select SUPPORT_SPL
 
 endchoice
 
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ config DRAM_ODT_EN
 	bool "sunxi dram odt enable"
 	default n if !MACH_SUN8I_A23
 	default y if MACH_SUN8I_A23
+	default y if MACH_SUN50I
 	---help---
 	Select this to enable dram odt (on die termination).
 
diff --git a/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig b/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig
index ebc24b8..2374170 100644
--- a/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig
+++ b/configs/pine64_plus_defconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CONFIG_MACH_SUN50I=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="sun50i-a64-pine64-plus"
 # CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX=y
+CONFIG_SPL=y
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FPGA is not set
diff --git a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
index e05c318..ab2d33f 100644
--- a/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/sunxi-common.h
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARM64		/* AArch64 FEL support is not ready yet */
 #define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_LOAD_IMAGE
+#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_MACH_SUN9I)
 #define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE		0x10040		/* sram start+header */