diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index b3e10fdd389866659212f947971af764b98dcf3f..debdb6e834097bf49e54bce3623b4b462ef62621 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ config MACH_JZ4740
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT_UART16550
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select IRQ_CPU
 	select GENERIC_GPIO
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 5042d51b0512a087b02b85853aad2d2b38d9d7d6..c2a3fb0ffc873b971c8461257d5e422b91c832e6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -58,8 +58,12 @@ $(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/dummy.o $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.z FORCE
 # Calculate the load address of the compressed kernel image
 hostprogs-y := calc_vmlinuz_load_addr
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MACH_JZ4740),y)
+VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS := 0x80600000
+else
 VMLINUZ_LOAD_ADDRESS = $(shell $(obj)/calc_vmlinuz_load_addr \
 		$(obj)/vmlinux.bin $(VMLINUX_LOAD_ADDRESS))
+endif
 
 vmlinuzobjs-y += $(obj)/piggy.o
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c
index c9caaf4fbf60ecb0c4bdedeb2c04647e162ff635..1c7b739b6a1dfcc9383e403307fbca269f3d43a6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-16550.c
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #define PORT(offset) (CKSEG1ADDR(AR7_REGS_UART0) + (4 * offset))
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MACH_JZ4740
+#define UART0_BASE  0xB0030000
+#define PORT(offset) (UART0_BASE + (4 * offset))
+#endif
+
 #ifndef PORT
 #error please define the serial port address for your own machine
 #endif