diff --git a/board/sifive/fu540/Kconfig b/board/sifive/fu540/Kconfig
index 5c67aab96a..43d01bab8d 100644
--- a/board/sifive/fu540/Kconfig
+++ b/board/sifive/fu540/Kconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
 	imply CMD_EXT4
 	imply CMD_FAT
 	imply CMD_FS_GENERIC
+	imply CMD_GPT
+	imply PARTITION_TYPE_GUID
 	imply CMD_NET
 	imply CMD_PING
 	imply CLK_SIFIVE
diff --git a/include/configs/sifive-fu540.h b/include/configs/sifive-fu540.h
index ef3ae9b650..72c841eb9b 100644
--- a/include/configs/sifive-fu540.h
+++ b/include/configs/sifive-fu540.h
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@
 
 #include <config_distro_bootcmd.h>
 
+#define TYPE_GUID_LOADER1	"5B193300-FC78-40CD-8002-E86C45580B47"
+#define TYPE_GUID_LOADER2	"2E54B353-1271-4842-806F-E436D6AF6985"
+#define TYPE_GUID_SYSTEM	"0FC63DAF-8483-4772-8E79-3D69D8477DE4"
+
+#define PARTS_DEFAULT \
+	"name=loader1,start=17K,size=1M,type=${type_guid_gpt_loader1};" \
+	"name=loader2,size=4MB,type=${type_guid_gpt_loader2};" \
+	"name=system,size=-,bootable,type=${type_guid_gpt_system};"
+
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	"fdt_high=0xffffffffffffffff\0" \
 	"initrd_high=0xffffffffffffffff\0" \
@@ -55,6 +64,10 @@
 	"scriptaddr=0x88100000\0" \
 	"pxefile_addr_r=0x88200000\0" \
 	"ramdisk_addr_r=0x88300000\0" \
+	"type_guid_gpt_loader1=" TYPE_GUID_LOADER1 "\0" \
+	"type_guid_gpt_loader2=" TYPE_GUID_LOADER2 "\0" \
+	"type_guid_gpt_system=" TYPE_GUID_SYSTEM "\0" \
+	"partitions=" PARTS_DEFAULT "\0" \
 	BOOTENV
 
 #define CONFIG_PREBOOT \