diff --git a/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bb b/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bb
index 3ff82517e..9346ee229 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bb
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ inherit deploy nopackages
 CMDLINE_DWC_OTG ?= "dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0"
 
 CMDLINE_ROOT_FSTYPE ?= "rootfstype=ext4"
-CMDLINE_ROOTFS ?= "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ${CMDLINE_ROOT_FSTYPE} rootwait"
+CMDLINE_ROOT_PARTITION ?= "${@oe.utils.conditional("ENABLE_USBBOOT", "1", "sda2", "mmcblk0p2", d)}"
+
+CMDLINE_ROOTFS ?= "root=/dev/${CMDLINE_ROOT_PARTITION} ${CMDLINE_ROOT_FSTYPE} rootwait"
 
 CMDLINE_SERIAL ?= "${@oe.utils.conditional("ENABLE_UART", "1", "console=serial0,115200", "", d)}"
 
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/files/boot.cmd.in b/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/files/boot.cmd.in
index 627d18156..cb39845bd 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/files/boot.cmd.in
+++ b/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/files/boot.cmd.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 fdt addr ${fdt_addr} && fdt get value bootargs /chosen bootargs
-fatload mmc 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} @@KERNEL_IMAGETYPE@@
-if test ! -e mmc 0:1 uboot.env; then saveenv; fi;
+fatload @@BOOT_DEVTYPE@@ 0:1 ${kernel_addr_r} @@KERNEL_IMAGETYPE@@
+if test ! -e @@BOOT_DEVTYPE@@ 0:1 uboot.env; then saveenv; fi;
 @@KERNEL_BOOTCMD@@ ${kernel_addr_r} - ${fdt_addr}
diff --git a/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/rpi-u-boot-scr.bb b/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/rpi-u-boot-scr.bb
index 9108f7139..7d0a31679 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/rpi-u-boot-scr.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/rpi-u-boot-scr/rpi-u-boot-scr.bb
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ INHIBIT_DEFAULT_DEPS = "1"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://boot.cmd.in"
 
+BOOT_DEVTYPE ?= "${@oe.utils.conditional("ENABLE_USBBOOT", "1", "usb", "mmc", d)}"
+
 do_compile() {
     sed -e 's/@@KERNEL_IMAGETYPE@@/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}/' \
         -e 's/@@KERNEL_BOOTCMD@@/${KERNEL_BOOTCMD}/' \
+        -e 's/@@BOOT_DEVTYPE@@/${BOOT_DEVTYPE}/' \
         "${WORKDIR}/boot.cmd.in" > "${WORKDIR}/boot.cmd"
     mkimage -A ${UBOOT_ARCH} -T script -C none -n "Boot script" -d "${WORKDIR}/boot.cmd" boot.scr
 }