diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap/am33xx_bbu_spi_mlo.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap/am33xx_bbu_spi_mlo.c
index 1aa3d7b52..8ac0a185c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap/am33xx_bbu_spi_mlo.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap/am33xx_bbu_spi_mlo.c
@@ -79,6 +79,41 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int spi_nor_handler(struct bbu_handler *handler,
+					struct bbu_data *data)
+{
+	int fd, ret;
+
+	if (file_detect_type(data->image, data->len) != filetype_arm_barebox) {
+		if (!bbu_force(data, "Not an ARM barebox image"))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	fd = open(data->devicefile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+
+	debug("%s: eraseing %s from 0 to 0x%08x\n", __func__,
+			data->devicefile, data->len);
+	ret = erase(fd, data->len, 0);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("erasing %s failed with %s\n", data->devicefile,
+				strerror(-ret));
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
+	ret = write(fd, data->image, data->len);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto err_close;
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+err_close:
+	close(fd);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /*
  * Register a am33xx MLO update handler for SPI NOR
  */
@@ -99,3 +134,24 @@ int am33xx_bbu_spi_nor_mlo_register_handler(const char *name, char *devicefile)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Register a am33xx update handler for SPI NOR
+ */
+int am33xx_bbu_spi_nor_register_handler(const char *name, char *devicefile)
+{
+	struct bbu_handler *handler;
+	int ret;
+
+	handler = xzalloc(sizeof(*handler));
+	handler->devicefile = devicefile;
+	handler->name = name;
+	handler->handler = spi_nor_handler;
+
+	ret = bbu_register_handler(handler);
+
+	if (ret)
+		free(handler);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap/include/mach/bbu.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap/include/mach/bbu.h
index 9556ad6b1..9b0e4bf90 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap/include/mach/bbu.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap/include/mach/bbu.h
@@ -5,11 +5,17 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BAREBOX_UPDATE_AM33XX_SPI_NOR_MLO
 int am33xx_bbu_spi_nor_mlo_register_handler(const char *name, char *devicefile);
+int am33xx_bbu_spi_nor_register_handler(const char *name, char *devicefile);
 #else
 static inline int am33xx_bbu_spi_nor_mlo_register_handler(const char *name, char *devicefile)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline int am33xx_bbu_spi_nor_register_handler(const char *name, char *devicefile)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif