diff --git a/board/ti/am65x/Kconfig b/board/ti/am65x/Kconfig
index 5916004..d4b36db 100644
--- a/board/ti/am65x/Kconfig
+++ b/board/ti/am65x/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
 	select ARM64
 	select SOC_K3_AM6
 
+config TARGET_AM654_R5_EVM
+	bool "TI K3 based AM654 EVM running on R5"
+	select CPU_V7R
+	select SYS_THUMB_BUILD
+	select SOC_K3_AM6
+	select K3_AM654_DDRSS
+	imply SYS_K3_SPL_ATF
+
 endchoice
 
 if TARGET_AM654_A53_EVM
@@ -26,3 +34,19 @@
        default "am65x_evm"
 
 endif
+
+if TARGET_AM654_R5_EVM
+
+config SYS_BOARD
+       default "am65x"
+
+config SYS_VENDOR
+       default "ti"
+
+config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
+       default "am65x_evm"
+
+config SPL_LDSCRIPT
+	default "arch/arm/mach-omap2/u-boot-spl.lds"
+
+endif