diff --git a/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c b/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c
index 073d15127c..7f19655cfe 100644
--- a/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c
+++ b/board/ti/dra7xx/evm.c
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ int board_init(void)
 
 int board_late_init(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
+	if (omap_revision() == DRA722_ES1_0)
+		setenv("board_name", "dra72x");
+	else
+		setenv("board_name", "dra7xx");
+#endif
 	init_sata(0);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h b/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
index a582fa4041..cb928ab8e6 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_omap5_common.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #define PARTS_DEFAULT
 #endif
 
+#define CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	DEFAULT_LINUX_BOOT_ENV \
 	"console=" CONSOLEDEV ",115200n8\0" \
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@
 			"setenv fdtfile omap5-uevm.dtb; fi; " \
 		"if test $board_name = dra7xx; then " \
 			"setenv fdtfile dra7-evm.dtb; fi;" \
+		"if test $board_name = dra72x; then " \
+			"setenv fdtfile dra72-evm.dtb; fi;" \
 		"if test $fdtfile = undefined; then " \
 			"echo WARNING: Could not determine device tree to use; fi; \0" \
 	"loadfdt=load mmc ${bootpart} ${fdtaddr} ${bootdir}/${fdtfile};\0" \