diff --git a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-am335x-nmhw21_git.bb b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-am335x-nmhw21_git.bb
index 59ba5a9..6be4469 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-am335x-nmhw21_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-am335x-nmhw21_git.bb
@@ -22,3 +22,11 @@ do_deploy_append() {
     cp ${S}/MLO ${DEPLOYDIR}/spl-${PN}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}
 }
 
+# nmhw21 and hw26 using same u-boot sources so let's create symlinks for hw26 when building nmhw21
+PN_E = "u-boot-${MACHINE}"
+do_deploy_append_am335x-hw26() {
+        ln -sr ${DEPLOYDIR}/spl-${PN}.xmodem.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/spl-${PN_E}.xmodem.bin
+        ln -sr ${DEPLOYDIR}/${PN}.xmodem.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/${PN_E}.xmodem.bin
+        ln -sr ${DEPLOYDIR}/${PN}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX} ${DEPLOYDIR}/${PN_E}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}
+        ln -sr ${DEPLOYDIR}/spl-${PN}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX} ${DEPLOYDIR}/spl-${PN_E}.${UBOOT_SUFFIX}
+}