diff --git a/config/bootscripts/boot-sun50i-next.cmd b/config/bootscripts/boot-sun50i-next.cmd
index 36ff7d8c33..df4aef333f 100644
--- a/config/bootscripts/boot-sun50i-next.cmd
+++ b/config/bootscripts/boot-sun50i-next.cmd
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ if test "${console}" = "serial" || test "${console}" = "both"; then setenv conso
 
 setenv bootargs "root=${rootdev} rootwait rootfstype=${rootfstype} ${consoleargs} panic=10 consoleblank=0 enforcing=0 loglevel=${verbosity} ${extraargs} ${extraboardargs}"
 load ${devtype} 0 ${fdt_addr_r} /boot/dtb/allwinner/${fdtfile} || load ${devtype} 0 ${fdt_addr_r} /dtb/allwinner/${fdtfile}
+fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}
+fdt resize
+for overlay_file in ${overlays}; do
+	if load ${devtype} 0 ${load_addr} dtb/allwinner/overlays/${overlay_file}.dtbo || load ${devtype} 0 ${load_addr} boot/dtb/allwinner/overlays/${overlay_file}.dtbo; then
+		echo "Applying DT overlay ${overlay_file}.dtbo"
+		fdt apply ${load_addr}
+	fi
+done
 load ${devtype} 0 ${ramdisk_addr_r} /boot/uInitrd || load ${devtype} 0 ${ramdisk_addr_r} uInitrd
 load ${devtype} 0 ${kernel_addr_r} /boot/Image || load ${devtype} 0 ${kernel_addr_r} Image
 booti ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r}
diff --git a/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd b/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd
index 43aaa53a5d..4f4132e387 100644
--- a/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd
+++ b/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ load ${devtype} 0 ${kernel_addr_r} /boot/zImage || load ${devtype} 0 ${kernel_ad
 
 if load ${devtype} 0 0x00000000 /boot/.next || load ${devtype} 0 0x00000000 .next; then
 	load ${devtype} 0 ${fdt_addr_r} /boot/dtb/${fdtfile} || load ${devtype} 0 ${fdt_addr_r} /dtb/${fdtfile}
+	fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}
+	fdt resize
+	for overlay_file in ${overlays}; do
+		if load ${devtype} 0 ${load_addr} dtb/overlays/${overlay_file}.dtbo || load ${devtype} 0 ${load_addr} boot/dtb/overlays/${overlay_file}.dtbo; then
+			echo "Applying DT overlay ${overlay_file}.dtbo"
+			fdt apply ${load_addr}
+		fi
+	done
 	bootz ${kernel_addr_r} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${fdt_addr_r}
 else
 	load ${devtype} 0 ${fdt_addr_r} /boot/script.bin || load ${devtype} 0 ${fdt_addr_r} script.bin
diff --git a/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sun50i-dev/enable-DT-overlays-support.patch b/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sun50i-dev/enable-DT-overlays-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdbc2a8657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sun50i-dev/enable-DT-overlays-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/u-boot/lib/Kconfig b/u-boot/lib/Kconfig
+index b16062fbe..8c797a779 100644
+--- a/u-boot/lib/Kconfig
++++ b/u-boot/lib/Kconfig
+@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ config OF_LIBFDT
+ 
+ config OF_LIBFDT_OVERLAY
+ 	bool "Enable the FDT library overlay support"
++	default y if OF_LIBFDT
+ 	help
+ 	  This enables the FDT library (libfdt) overlay support.
+ 
diff --git a/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi/enable-DT-overlays-support.patch b/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi/enable-DT-overlays-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1406543033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/u-boot/u-boot-sunxi/enable-DT-overlays-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
+index b16062fbe..8c797a779 100644
+--- a/lib/Kconfig
++++ b/lib/Kconfig
+@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ config OF_LIBFDT
+ 
+ config OF_LIBFDT_OVERLAY
+ 	bool "Enable the FDT library overlay support"
++	default y if OF_LIBFDT
+ 	help
+ 	  This enables the FDT library (libfdt) overlay support.
+