diff --git a/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h b/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h
index d3c4756349bcf764f884e8591879e701d9974fd6..9b4716f5aaa65bc2b0c4138c1ed9425193c17adf 100644
--- a/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h
+++ b/include/configs/am43xx_evm.h
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
 #define CONFIG_OMAP_USB_PHY
 #define CONFIG_AM437X_USB2PHY2_HOST
 
+/* Enhance our eMMC support / experience. */
+#define CONFIG_CMD_GPT
+#define CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
+#define CONFIG_PARTITION_UUIDS
+#define CONFIG_CMD_PART
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
 	"loadaddr=0x80200000\0" \
@@ -95,6 +101,9 @@
 	"bootdir=/boot\0" \
 	"bootfile=zImage\0" \
 	"console=ttyO0,115200n8\0" \
+	"partitions=" \
+		"uuid_disk=${uuid_gpt_disk};" \
+		"name=rootfs,start=2MiB,size=-,uuid=${uuid_gpt_rootfs}\0" \
 	"optargs=\0" \
 	"mmcdev=0\0" \
 	"mmcroot=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rw\0" \