diff --git a/boot/uboot/Config.in b/boot/uboot/Config.in
index 21f9abda55..9ffbb5145c 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/Config.in
+++ b/boot/uboot/Config.in
@@ -348,9 +348,13 @@ menuconfig BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE
 if BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE
 
 config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_SOURCE
-	string "Source file for environment"
+	string "Source files for environment"
 	help
-	  Text file describing the environment.
+	  Text files describing the environment. Files should have
+	  lines of the form var=value, one per line. Blank lines and
+	  lines starting with a # are ignored.
+
+	  Multiple source files are concatenated in the order listed.
 
 config BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_SIZE
 	string "Size of environment"
diff --git a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
index e071303f7c..3b2a230407 100644
--- a/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
+++ b/boot/uboot/uboot.mk
@@ -165,9 +165,10 @@ define UBOOT_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
 	$(if $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL),
 		cp -dpf $(@D)/$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_SPL_NAME)) $(BINARIES_DIR)/)
 	$(if $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE),
-		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mkenvimage -s $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_SIZE) \
-		$(if $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_REDUNDANT),-r) \
-		-o $(BINARIES_DIR)/uboot-env.bin $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_SOURCE))
+		cat $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_SOURCE)) | \
+			$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mkenvimage -s $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_SIZE) \
+			$(if $(BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_ENVIMAGE_REDUNDANT),-r) \
+			-o $(BINARIES_DIR)/uboot-env.bin -)
 endef
 
 define UBOOT_INSTALL_OMAP_IFT_IMAGE