diff --git a/board/visionfive2/genimage.cfg b/board/visionfive2/genimage.cfg
index c221b49c7b..8133e740c0 100644
--- a/board/visionfive2/genimage.cfg
+++ b/board/visionfive2/genimage.cfg
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
 
 image sdcard.img {
 	hdimage {
+		partition-table-type = "gpt"
 	}
 
-	# u-boot is hard coded to look at 3rd partition
-	partition dummy1 {
-		size = 512
+	partition spl {
+		partition-type-uuid = 2E54B353-1271-4842-806F-E436D6AF6985
+		image = "u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out"
 	}
 
-	partition dummy2 {
-		size = 512
+	partition uboot {
+		partition-type-uuid = BC13C2FF-59E6-4262-A352-B275FD6F7172
+		image = "u-boot.itb"
 	}
 
 	partition rootfs {
-		partition-type = 0x83
+		partition-type-uuid = 0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4
+		bootable = true
 		image = "rootfs.ext4"
-		bootable = "true"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/board/visionfive2/readme.txt b/board/visionfive2/readme.txt
index 1924cbc12b..85be1d5dfc 100644
--- a/board/visionfive2/readme.txt
+++ b/board/visionfive2/readme.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ Preparing the board
 
 Connect a TTL UART cable to pin 6 (GND), 8 (TX) and 10 (RX).
 
+Change the boot mode pins to SD card booting (RGPIO_0=1, GRPIO_1=0):
+
+https://doc-en.rvspace.org/VisionFive2/Quick_Start_Guide/VisionFive2_SDK_QSG/boot_mode_settings.html
+
 Insert your SD card.
 
 Power-up the board using an USB-C cable.
diff --git a/configs/visionfive2_defconfig b/configs/visionfive2_defconfig
index 3a1a4f527c..c8576a35a7 100644
--- a/configs/visionfive2_defconfig
+++ b/configs/visionfive2_defconfig
@@ -15,4 +15,23 @@ BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_NEEDS_HOST_OPENSSL=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
 BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
 # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="1.4"
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_PLAT="generic"
+# BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_INSTALL_JUMP_IMG is not set
+BR2_TARGET_OPENSBI_ADDITIONAL_VARIABLES="FW_TEXT_START=0x40000000 FW_OPTIONS=0"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BUILD_SYSTEM_KCONFIG=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE="2024.01"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_BOARD_DEFCONFIG="starfive_visionfive2"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_DTC=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_PYLIBFDT=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_NEEDS_OPENSBI=y
+# BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN is not set
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_CUSTOM_NAME="u-boot.itb"
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL=y
+BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME="spl/u-boot-spl.bin.normal.out"
 BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_GENIMAGE=y