diff --git a/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/spl.c b/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/spl.c
index c55a35d864a020a7613aa3677ee2991a352a2ac1..8955622b8156cc3e69d5eceb7e98be5c9681db51 100644
--- a/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/spl.c
+++ b/board/technexion/pico-imx7d/spl.c
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
 int spl_start_uboot(void)
 {
+	/* Break into full U-Boot on 'c' */
+	if (serial_tstc() && serial_getc() == 'c')
+		return 1;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif