diff --git a/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/Config.in b/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/Config.in
index 10602c8df3..8c8368a1a5 100644
--- a/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/Config.in
+++ b/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/Config.in
@@ -2,13 +2,74 @@ config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER
 	bool "ti-k3-r5-loader"
 	depends on BR2_aarch64
 	help
-	  Separate U-Boot build for R5 cores on TI's k3 boards.
+	  Separate U-Boot SPL build for R5 core on TI's K3 processors.
 	  Usually used to build tiboot3.bin with k3-image-gen.
 
 if BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER
 
 choice
-	prompt "Configuration"
+	prompt "U-Boot Version"
+	help
+	  Select the specific U-Boot version you want to use to build
+	  the initial SPL running on the R5 core. Note that for most
+	  use cases you will want to use the exact same version/source
+	  here as it is used to build the main U-Boot package.
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_LATEST_VERSION
+	bool "2022.10"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_VERSION
+	bool "Custom version"
+	help
+	  This option allows to use a specific official versions
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_TARBALL
+	bool "Custom tarball"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_GIT
+	bool "Custom Git repository"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_HG
+	bool "Custom Mercurial repository"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_SVN
+	bool "Custom Subversion repository"
+
+endchoice
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE
+	string "U-Boot version"
+	depends on BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_VERSION
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION
+	string "URL of custom U-Boot tarball"
+	depends on BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_TARBALL
+
+if BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_GIT || BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_HG || BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_SVN
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_REPO_URL
+	string "URL of custom repository"
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION
+	string "Custom repository version"
+	help
+	  Revision to use in the typical format used by
+	  Git/Mercurial/Subversion E.G. a sha id, a tag, branch, ..
+
+endif
+
+config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_VERSION
+	string
+	default "2022.10"	if BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_LATEST_VERSION
+	default BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_VERSION_VALUE \
+		if BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_VERSION
+	default "custom"	if BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_TARBALL
+	default BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION \
+		if BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_GIT || \
+		   BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_HG  || \
+		   BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_SVN
+choice
+	prompt "U-Boot Configuration"
 	default BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_USE_DEFCONFIG
 
 config BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_USE_DEFCONFIG
diff --git a/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/ti-k3-r5-loader.mk b/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/ti-k3-r5-loader.mk
index afa309aa98..0ffcb8235f 100644
--- a/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/ti-k3-r5-loader.mk
+++ b/boot/ti-k3-r5-loader/ti-k3-r5-loader.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,32 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-TI_K3_R5_LOADER_VERSION = 2022.10
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_VERSION = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_VERSION))
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_TARBALL),y)
+# Handle custom U-Boot tarballs as specified by the configuration
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_TARBALL = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_TARBALL_LOCATION))
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE = $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(TI_K3_R5_LOADER_TARBALL)))
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SOURCE = $(notdir $(TI_K3_R5_LOADER_TARBALL))
+else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_GIT),y)
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_REPO_URL))
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE_METHOD = git
+else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_HG),y)
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_REPO_URL))
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE_METHOD = hg
+else ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_SVN),y)
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CUSTOM_REPO_URL))
+TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE_METHOD = svn
+else
+# Handle stable official U-Boot versions
 TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SITE = https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot
 TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SOURCE = u-boot-$(TI_K3_R5_LOADER_VERSION).tar.bz2
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER)$(BR2_TARGET_TI_K3_R5_LOADER_LATEST_VERSION),y)
+BR_NO_CHECK_HASH_FOR += $(TI_K3_R5_LOADER_SOURCE)
+endif
+
 TI_K3_R5_LOADER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 TI_K3_R5_LOADER_LICENSE_FILES = Licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
 TI_K3_R5_LOADER_CPE_ID_VENDOR = denx