diff --git a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/fitimage-sign.inc b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/fitimage-sign.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80af00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/fitimage-sign.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+inherit uboot-sign
+
+UBOOT_SIGN_ENABLE = "0"
+UBOOT_SIGN_KEYDIR = "${COREBASE}/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-gxp/"
+UBOOT_SIGN_KEYNAME = "dev"
+FIT_HASH_ALG = "sha512"
+UBOOT_FIT_HASH_ALG = "sha512"
+
+concat_dtb_helper:append() {
+	if [ -e "${DEPLOYDIR}/${UBOOT_NODTB_IMAGE}" -a -e "$deployed_uboot_dtb_binary" ]; then
+		cd ${DEPLOYDIR}
+		cat ${UBOOT_NODTB_IMAGE} $deployed_uboot_dtb_binary | tee ${B}/${UBOOT_BINARY} > ${UBOOT_IMAGE}
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/gxp.inc b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/gxp.inc
index 8f515d9..e318145 100644
--- a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/gxp.inc
+++ b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/gxp.inc
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 DEFAULTTUNE ?= "armv6-novfp"
 require conf/machine/include/arm/arch-armv6.inc
 
-UBOOT_MACHINE = "gxp_defconfig"
-UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT = "0x40100000"
-UBOOT_LOADADDRESS = "0x40100000"
+UBOOT_MACHINE ?= "gxp_defconfig"
+UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT ?= "0x40100000"
+UBOOT_LOADADDRESS ?= "0x40100000"
 
 
diff --git a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/hpe_soc.inc b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/hpe_soc.inc
index 016d9c6..747e776 100644
--- a/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/hpe_soc.inc
+++ b/meta-hpe/meta-gxp/conf/machine/include/hpe_soc.inc
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/bootloader ?= "u-boot-gxp"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot ?= "u-boot-gxp"
-//PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot-fw-utils ?= "u-boot-fw-utils-gxp"
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot-fw-utils ?= "u-boot-fw-utils-gxp"