diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/ipq5018-emulation.dts b/arch/arm/dts/ipq5018-emulation.dts
index 03bf807fd4..f3a6a5c098 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/ipq5018-emulation.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/ipq5018-emulation.dts
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@
 	aliases {
 		console = "/serial@78AF000";
 	};
+
+	timer {
+		gpt_freq_hz = <240000>;
+	};
+
 };
diff --git a/include/configs/ipq5018.h b/include/configs/ipq5018.h
index 0c5b22301a..32b9b84f7e 100644
--- a/include/configs/ipq5018.h
+++ b/include/configs/ipq5018.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS			1
 #define CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN			0x1000000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN			0x4000000
 
 #define CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_MAX			(256 << 10) /* 256 KB */
 
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ extern loff_t board_env_size;
 * U-Boot Env Configs
 */
 #define CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT			1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
+#define CONFIG_CMD_XIMG
 
 /* MTEST */
 #define CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ extern loff_t board_env_size;
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END			CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START + 0x100
 
 /* NSS firmware loaded using bootm */
-#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND			"bootm"
+#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND			"bootipq"
 #define CONFIG_BOOTARGS				"console=ttyMSM0,115200n8"
 #define QCA_ROOT_FS_PART_NAME			"rootfs"