diff --git a/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts b/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts
index bbd61f833..758f03387 100644
--- a/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts
+++ b/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/dts/am437x-gp-evm.dts
@@ -410,6 +410,19 @@
 			AM4372_IOPAD(0xa34, PIN_OUTPUT_PULLDOWN | MUX_MODE0) /* uart3_rtsn.uart3_rtsn */
 		>;
 	};
+	
+	uart0_pins: uart0_pins {
+		pinctrl-single,pins = <
+			AM4372_IOPAD(0x970, PIN_INPUT | MUX_MODE0) /* uart0_rxd */
+			AM4372_IOPAD(0x974, PIN_OUTPUT | MUX_MODE0) /* uart0_txd */
+		>;
+	};
+};
+
+&uart0 {
+	pinctrl-names = "default";
+	pinctrl-0 = <&uart0_pins>;
+	status = "okay";
 };
 
 &i2c0 {
diff --git a/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/mach-omap2/am33xx/board.c b/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/mach-omap2/am33xx/board.c
index 4e9ad8935..768bb3efb 100644
--- a/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/mach-omap2/am33xx/board.c
+++ b/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/arch/arm/mach-omap2/am33xx/board.c
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ void early_system_init(void)
 void board_init_f(ulong dummy)
 {
 	hw_data_init();
+	printf("Board initialising...\n");
 	early_system_init();
 	board_early_init_f();
 	sdram_init();
diff --git a/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/configs/am43xx_evm_defconfig b/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/configs/am43xx_evm_defconfig
index 30cef2623..68ccb6cdf 100644
--- a/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/configs/am43xx_evm_defconfig
+++ b/board-support/ti-u-boot-2025.01+git/configs/am43xx_evm_defconfig
@@ -107,3 +107,11 @@ CONFIG_USB_GADGET_PRODUCT_NUM=0xbd00
 CONFIG_USB_GADGET_DOWNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_USB_ETHER=y
 CONFIG_SPL_USB_ETHER=y
+
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x44e09000
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_CLOCK=48000000
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_OMAP=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_SHIFT=2
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_ANNOUNCE=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BOARD_INIT=y