2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/machine-xilinx-versal.inc b/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/machine-xilinx-versal.inc
index fff2c7a3..cd6adcef 100644
--- a/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/machine-xilinx-versal.inc
+++ b/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/machine-xilinx-versal.inc
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ BOOTGEN_EXTRA_ARGS += "-dump bh"
 # specify BIF common attribute for FSBL
 BIF_COMMON_ATTR ?= ""
 
+# specify BIF optional attributes
+BIF_OPTIONAL_DATA ?= ""
+
 #specify BIF partition attributes required for BOOT.bin
 BIF_FSBL_ATTR       ??= "base-pdi plmfw psmfw"
 BIF_ATF_ATTR        ??= "arm-trusted-firmware"
diff --git a/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/xilinx-bootbin_1.0.bb b/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/xilinx-bootbin_1.0.bb
index 4c8bfa0e..e0e1e506 100644
--- a/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/xilinx-bootbin_1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-xilinx-core/recipes-bsp/bootbin/xilinx-bootbin_1.0.bb
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ python do_configure() {
         biffd.write("the_ROM_image:\n")
         biffd.write("{\n")
 
+        if d.getVar("BIF_OPTIONAL_DATA"):
+            opt_data = d.getVar("BIF_OPTIONAL_DATA") or ""
+            biffd.write("\toptionaldata { %s }\n" % opt_data)
+
         arch = d.getVar("SOC_FAMILY")
         bifattr = (d.getVar("BIF_COMMON_ATTR") or "").split()
         if bifattr: