diff --git a/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0002-config-ast-common-set-fieldmode-to-true.patch b/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0002-config-ast-common-set-fieldmode-to-true.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5c1bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0002-config-ast-common-set-fieldmode-to-true.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From efc627f4a288ea2e7969407f50fc403bb0264df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Alexander Filippov <a.filippov@yadro.com>
+Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 15:51:25 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] config/ast-common: set fieldmode to true
+
+Force enables field mode. Our system always in production.
+
+Signed-off-by: Alexander Filippov <a.filippov@yadro.com>
+---
+ include/configs/ast-common.h | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/include/configs/ast-common.h b/include/configs/ast-common.h
+index a0243083bd..6285fa4037 100644
+--- a/include/configs/ast-common.h
++++ b/include/configs/ast-common.h
+@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
+ #define ASPEED_ENV_SETTINGS \
+ 	"verify=yes\0"	\
+ 	"spi_dma=yes\0" \
++	"fieldmode=true\0" \
+ 	""
+ 
+ #endif	/* __AST_COMMON_CONFIG_H */
+-- 
+2.21.0
+
diff --git a/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_%.bbappend b/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_%.bbappend
index f0ff09e..bf7802a 100644
--- a/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-aspeed_%.bbappend
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 SRC_URI_append = " \
     file://0001-Add-system-reset-status-support.patch \
+    file://0002-config-ast-common-set-fieldmode-to-true.patch \
     "
diff --git a/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fw-utils-aspeed_%.bbappend b/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fw-utils-aspeed_%.bbappend
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..742334a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-nicole/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-fw-utils-aspeed_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+u-boot-aspeed_%.bbappend
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