diff --git a/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c b/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c
index 1860f4bcd0..1bb835f38b 100644
--- a/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c
+++ b/u-boot/common/cmd_bootcycle.c
@@ -66,17 +66,28 @@ static void reset_boot_cycle(struct sram_boot_cycle *sram)
   sram->crc = (uint32_t) crc32(0xdeadbeef, (void *)sram, sizeof(*sram) - 4);
 }
 
-void increase_boot_cycle(struct sram_boot_cycle *sram)
+void increase_boot_cycle(struct sram_boot_cycle *sram, uint32_t value)
 {
   if (!valid_boot_cycle(sram))
     reset_boot_cycle(sram);
 
-  sram->counter++;
+  sram->counter += value;
   sram->crc = (uint32_t) crc32(0xdeadbeef, (void *)sram, sizeof(*sram) - 4);
 }
 
 int do_inccycle(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  increase_boot_cycle((void *) SRAM_BOOT_CYCLE);
+  uint32_t value = 1;
+
+  if (argc == 2) {
+    int given_value = (int)simple_strtol(argv[1], NULL, 10);
+    if (given_value > 0) {
+      value = given_value;
+    } else {
+      printf("Ignoring invalid argument %s\n", argv[1]);
+    }
+  }
+
+  increase_boot_cycle((void *) SRAM_BOOT_CYCLE, value);
 	return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +134,7 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(
 );
 
 U_BOOT_CMD(
-	inccycle,	1,	0,	do_inccycle,
+	inccycle,	2,	0,	do_inccycle,
 	"inccycle - increase boot cycle counter\n",
 	NULL
 );