diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 171ad03..ab45703 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ config TARGET_CORVUS
 	select CPU_ARM926EJS
 
 config TARGET_TAURUS
+	select SUPPORT_SPL
 	bool "Support taurus"
 	select CPU_ARM926EJS
 
diff --git a/board/siemens/taurus/taurus.c b/board/siemens/taurus/taurus.c
index 76609c7..b8ff478 100644
--- a/board/siemens/taurus/taurus.c
+++ b/board/siemens/taurus/taurus.c
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <asm/arch/at91_rstc.h>
 #include <asm/arch/gpio.h>
 #include <asm/arch/at91sam9_sdramc.h>
+#include <asm/arch/clk.h>
+#include <linux/mtd/nand.h>
 #include <atmel_mci.h>
 #include <asm/arch/at91_spi.h>
 #include <spi.h>
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND
 static void taurus_nand_hw_init(void)
 {
 	struct at91_smc *smc = (struct at91_smc *)ATMEL_BASE_SMC;
@@ -63,15 +64,77 @@ static void taurus_nand_hw_init(void)
 	/* Enable NandFlash */
 	at91_set_gpio_output(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ENABLE_PIN, 1);
 }
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD)
+#include <spl.h>
+#include <nand.h>
+
+void matrix_init(void)
+{
+	struct at91_matrix *mat = (struct at91_matrix *)ATMEL_BASE_MATRIX;
+
+	writel((readl(&mat->scfg[3]) & (~AT91_MATRIX_SLOT_CYCLE))
+			| AT91_MATRIX_SLOT_CYCLE_(0x40),
+			&mat->scfg[3]);
+}
+
+void at91_spl_board_init(void)
+{
+	taurus_nand_hw_init();
+
+	/* Configure recovery button PINs */
+	at91_set_gpio_input(AT91_PIN_PA31, 1);
+
+	/* check if button is pressed */
+	if (at91_get_gpio_value(AT91_PIN_PA31) == 0) {
+		u32 boot_device;
+
+		debug("Recovery button pressed\n");
+		boot_device = spl_boot_device();
+		switch (boot_device) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT
+		case BOOT_DEVICE_NAND:
+			nand_init();
+			spl_nand_erase_one(0, 0);
+			break;
+#endif
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void mem_init(void)
+{
+	struct at91_matrix *ma = (struct at91_matrix *)ATMEL_BASE_MATRIX;
+	struct sdramc_reg setting;
+
+	at91_sdram_hw_init();
+	setting.cr = (AT91_SDRAMC_NC_9 |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_NR_13 |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_CAS_3 |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_NB_4 |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_DBW_32 |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_TWR_VAL(3) |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_TRC_VAL(9) |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_TRP_VAL(3) |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_TRCD_VAL(3) |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_TRAS_VAL(6) |
+		      AT91_SDRAMC_TXSR_VAL(10));
+	setting.mdr = AT91_SDRAMC_MD_SDRAM;
+	setting.tr = (CONFIG_SYS_MASTER_CLOCK * 7) / 1000000;
+
+
+	writel(readl(&ma->ebicsa) | AT91_MATRIX_CS1A_SDRAMC |
+		AT91_MATRIX_VDDIOMSEL_3_3V | AT91_MATRIX_EBI_IOSR_SEL,
+		&ma->ebicsa);
+	sdramc_initialize(ATMEL_BASE_CS1, &setting);
+}
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MACB
 static void taurus_macb_hw_init(void)
 {
-	struct at91_pmc *pmc = (struct at91_pmc *)ATMEL_BASE_PMC;
-
 	/* Enable EMAC clock */
-	writel(1 << ATMEL_ID_EMAC0, &pmc->pcer);
+	at91_periph_clk_enable(ATMEL_ID_EMAC0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Disable pull-up on:
@@ -119,12 +182,12 @@ int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bd)
 
 int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
-	struct at91_pmc *pmc = (struct at91_pmc *)ATMEL_BASE_PMC;
-
 	/* Enable clocks for all PIOs */
-	writel((1 << ATMEL_ID_PIOA) | (1 << ATMEL_ID_PIOB) |
-		(1 << ATMEL_ID_PIOC),
-		&pmc->pcer);
+	at91_periph_clk_enable(ATMEL_ID_PIOA);
+	at91_periph_clk_enable(ATMEL_ID_PIOB);
+	at91_periph_clk_enable(ATMEL_ID_PIOC);
+
+	at91_seriald_hw_init();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -149,7 +212,6 @@ int board_init(void)
 	/* adress of boot parameters */
 	gd->bd->bi_boot_params = CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE + 0x100;
 
-	at91_seriald_hw_init();
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND
 	taurus_nand_hw_init();
 #endif
diff --git a/configs/taurus_defconfig b/configs/taurus_defconfig
index 9870048..438e25d 100644
--- a/configs/taurus_defconfig
+++ b/configs/taurus_defconfig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+CONFIG_SPL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="AT91SAM9G20,MACH_TYPE=2067,BOARD_TAURUS"
-CONFIG_ARM=y
-CONFIG_TARGET_TAURUS=y
++S:CONFIG_ARM=y
++S:CONFIG_TARGET_TAURUS=y
diff --git a/include/configs/taurus.h b/include/configs/taurus.h
index ba9496f..20194ae 100644
--- a/include/configs/taurus.h
+++ b/include/configs/taurus.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  */
 
 
-#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x23f00000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x21000000
 
 /* ARM asynchronous clock */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_AT91_SLOW_CLOCK	32768		/* slow clock xtal */
@@ -168,4 +168,54 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN \
 	ROUND(3 * CONFIG_ENV_SIZE + 128*1024, 0x1000)
 
+/* Defines for SPL */
+#define CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
+#define CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE		0x0
+#define CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE		(11 * 1024)
+#define CONFIG_SPL_STACK		(16 * 1024)
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR	CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE		(3 * 1024)
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT
+#define CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ENABLE_PIN_SPL	(2*32 + 14)
+#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT
+#define CONFIG_SYS_USE_NANDFLASH	1
+#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
+#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
+#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC
+#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
+#define CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SOFTECC
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x20000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE	0x80000
+#define	CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE
+
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SIZE		(256*1024*1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE	2048
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE	(128*1024)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT	(CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE / \
+					 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS	NAND_LARGE_BADBLOCK_POS
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		256
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE		64
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS		{ 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, \
+					  48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, \
+					  56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, }
+
+
+#define CONFIG_SPL_ATMEL_SIZE
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MASTER_CLOCK		132096000
+#define AT91_PLL_LOCK_TIMEOUT		1000000
+#define CONFIG_SYS_AT91_PLLA		0x202A3F01
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MCKR			0x1300
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MCKR_CSS		(0x02 | CONFIG_SYS_MCKR)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_AT91_PLLB		0x10193F05
 #endif
