diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index fd6d201..f056e03 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@
 	select THUMB2_KERNEL
 	select SYS_CACHE_SHIFT_5
 
+config CPU_V7R
+	bool
+	select HAS_THUMB2
+	select SYS_CACHE_SHIFT_6
+
 config CPU_PXA
 	bool
 	select SYS_CACHE_SHIFT_5
@@ -230,6 +235,7 @@
 	default "arm1136" if CPU_ARM1136
 	default "arm1176" if CPU_ARM1176
 	default "armv7" if CPU_V7A
+	default "armv7" if CPU_V7R
 	default "armv7m" if CPU_V7M
 	default "pxa" if CPU_PXA
 	default "sa1100" if CPU_SA1100
@@ -245,6 +251,7 @@
 	default 6 if CPU_ARM1176
 	default 7 if CPU_V7A
 	default 7 if CPU_V7M
+	default 7 if CPU_V7R
 	default 5 if CPU_PXA
 	default 4 if CPU_SA1100
 	default 8 if ARM64
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index b498f36..3b1dd85 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_ARM1176)	=-march=armv5t
 arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_V7A)		=$(call cc-option, -march=armv7-a, \
 				 $(call cc-option, -march=armv7, -march=armv5))
+arch-$(CONFIG_CPU_V7R)		=-march=armv7-r
 arch-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		=-march=armv8-a
 
 # On Tegra systems we must build SPL for the armv4 core on the device
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 tune-$(CONFIG_CPU_ARM1136)	=
 tune-$(CONFIG_CPU_ARM1176)	=
 tune-$(CONFIG_CPU_V7A)		=
+tune-$(CONFIG_CPU_V7R)		=
 tune-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		=
 
 # Evaluate tune cc-option calls now
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
index 8c19a83..c996525 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@
 
 	/* the mask ROM code should have PLL and others stable */
 #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7A
 	bl	cpu_init_cp15
+#endif
 #ifndef CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
 	bl	cpu_init_crit
 #endif
diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig
index 05b0d2f..4324031 100644
--- a/cmd/Kconfig
+++ b/cmd/Kconfig
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
 config BOOTP_VCI_STRING
 	string
 	depends on CMD_BOOTP
-	default "U-Boot.armv7" if CPU_V7A || CPU_V7M
+	default "U-Boot.armv7" if CPU_V7A || CPU_V7M || CPU_V7R
 	default "U-Boot.armv8" if ARM64
 	default "U-Boot.arm" if ARM
 	default "U-Boot"