diff --git a/conf/machine/am37x-evm.conf b/conf/machine/am37x-evm.conf
index 3122e103..0d53d508 100644
--- a/conf/machine/am37x-evm.conf
+++ b/conf/machine/am37x-evm.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ EXTRA_IMAGECMD_jffs2 = "-lnp -e 0x20000 -s 2048"
 SERIAL_CONSOLE = "115200 ttyO0"
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel = "linux-omap-psp"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader = "u-boot-am37x"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot = "u-boot-am37x"
 
 # NOTE: there are NAND and OneNAND versions of this board...
 # do ubiattach /dev/ubi_ctrl -m 4