diff --git a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
index ef8583a1a6..94e8a502c6 100644
--- a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
+++ b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ static int mmc_load_legacy(struct mmc *mmc, ulong sector,
 	u32 image_size_sectors;
 	unsigned long count;
 	int ret;
+	int nm_additional_header_bytes;
+	int nm_additional_trailer_bytes;
 
 	ret = spl_parse_image_header(header);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	nm_additional_header_bytes = sizeof(struct nm_header) - sizeof(struct image_header);
+	nm_additional_trailer_bytes = sizeof(__be32);
+	spl_image.load_addr -= nm_additional_header_bytes;
+	spl_image.size += nm_additional_header_bytes + nm_additional_trailer_bytes;
+
 	/* convert size to sectors - round up */
 	image_size_sectors = (spl_image.size + mmc->read_bl_len - 1) /
 			     mmc->read_bl_len;
@@ -54,21 +61,32 @@ static ulong h_spl_load_read(struct spl_load_info *load, ulong sector,
 
 static int mmc_load_image_raw_sector(struct mmc *mmc, unsigned long sector)
 {
+	const unsigned int START_MAGIC = 0x424c5354;
+	const unsigned int END_MAGIC   = 0x424c454e;
+
 	unsigned long count;
+	struct nm_header *nm_header;
 	struct image_header *header;
 	int ret = 0;
+	__be32* end_tag_position;
 
-	header = (struct image_header *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE -
-					 sizeof(struct image_header));
+	nm_header = (struct nm_header *)(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE -
+					 sizeof(struct nm_header));
 
 	/* read image header to find the image size & load address */
-	count = blk_dread(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), sector, 1, header);
+	count = blk_dread(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), sector, 1, nm_header);
 	debug("hdr read sector %lx, count=%lu\n", sector, count);
 	if (count == 0) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto end;
 	}
 
+	if (be32_to_cpu(nm_header->nm_start_tag) != START_MAGIC) return -1;
+	if (be32_to_cpu(nm_header->nm_length)>10000000) return -1;
+	end_tag_position = (__be32*)(((void*)nm_header) + sizeof(struct nm_header) - sizeof(struct image_header) + (be32_to_cpu(nm_header->nm_length)));
+
+	header = &(nm_header->header);
+
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT) &&
 	    image_get_magic(header) == FDT_MAGIC) {
 		struct spl_load_info load;
@@ -84,6 +102,8 @@ static int mmc_load_image_raw_sector(struct mmc *mmc, unsigned long sector)
 		ret = mmc_load_legacy(mmc, sector, header);
 	}
 
+	if (be32_to_cpu(*end_tag_position) != END_MAGIC) return -1;
+
 end:
 	if (ret) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
@@ -92,6 +112,8 @@ end:
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	printf("Found valid u-boot image at sector %ld\n", sector);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -324,6 +346,9 @@ int spl_mmc_load_image(u32 boot_device)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR)
 		err = mmc_load_image_raw_sector(mmc,
 			CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR);
+		if (err)
+			err = mmc_load_image_raw_sector(mmc,
+				CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR_ALTERNATE);
 		if (!err)
 			return err;
 #endif
diff --git a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
index 7db08813e4..adbc8c8ab3 100644
--- a/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ti_armv7_common.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 
 /* RAW SD card / eMMC locations. */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR	0x300 /* address 0x60000 */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR_ALTERNATE 0x1b00 /* address 0x360000  */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS	0x200 /* 256 KB */
 
 /* FAT sd card locations. */
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index a8f6bd16f6..34b0ea71d2 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -286,6 +286,13 @@ typedef struct image_header {
 	uint8_t		ih_name[IH_NMLEN];	/* Image Name		*/
 } image_header_t;
 
+typedef struct nm_header {
+	__be32		nm_start_tag; /* BLST (0x424c5354) */
+	__be32		nm_version;  /* U-boot version number */
+	__be32		nm_length;  /* U-boot image length */
+	struct image_header header;
+} nm_header_t;
+
 typedef struct image_info {
 	ulong		start, end;		/* start/end of blob */
 	ulong		image_start, image_len; /* start of image within blob, len of image */