diff --git a/meta-arm/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot/0001-qemu-arm-make-QFW-MMIO-implied-on-qemu-arm.patch b/meta-arm/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot/0001-qemu-arm-make-QFW-MMIO-implied-on-qemu-arm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d3b32f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm/meta-arm/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot/0001-qemu-arm-make-QFW-MMIO-implied-on-qemu-arm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From 67bb1f111c4668c4dfdc40547cb83fc6c1f010e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
+Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:46:33 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] qemu: arm: make QFW, MMIO implied on qemu-arm
+
+There are instances when one would not want QFW enabled, like running
+alternative firmware.  Make this choice optional instead of forced by
+using the implied keyword.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>
+Upstream-Status: Pending [Not submitted to upstream yet]
+
+---
+ board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig
+index ed9949651c4b..93f6f74d5bcc 100644
+--- a/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig
++++ b/board/emulation/qemu-arm/Kconfig
+@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ config TEXT_BASE
+ 
+ config BOARD_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS # dummy
+ 	def_bool y
+-	select CMD_QFW
+-	select QFW_MMIO
++	imply CMD_QFW
++	imply QFW_MMIO
+ 	imply VIRTIO_MMIO
+ 	imply VIRTIO_PCI
+ 	imply VIRTIO_NET
+-- 
+2.30.2
+