diff --git a/package/uboot-xburst/patches/310-enable-silent-console.patch b/package/uboot-xburst/patches/310-enable-silent-console.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab9a20cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/uboot-xburst/patches/310-enable-silent-console.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+Index: u-boot-2010.06/include/configs/nanonote.h
+===================================================================
+--- u-boot-2010.06.orig/include/configs/nanonote.h	2011-08-29 12:59:47.520570290 +0200
++++ u-boot-2010.06/include/configs/nanonote.h	2011-08-29 13:55:48.958207218 +0200
+@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@
+ #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START	0x80100000
+ #define CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END		0x80800000
+ 
++#define CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE		1	/* Enable silent console */
++
+ /*
+  * Environment
+  */
+Index: u-boot-2010.06/common/console.c
+===================================================================
+--- u-boot-2010.06.orig/common/console.c	2011-08-29 13:18:53.987163122 +0200
++++ u-boot-2010.06/common/console.c	2011-08-29 14:15:26.303638381 +0200
+@@ -628,6 +628,14 @@
+ 
+ 	gd->flags |= GD_FLG_DEVINIT;	/* device initialization completed */
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
++	/* Check one more time the contents of the silent environment
++	 * variable, because if the environment is loaded from NAND it was
++	 * not available when console_init_f() was called */
++	if (getenv("silent") != NULL)
++		gd->flags |= GD_FLG_SILENT;
++#endif
++
+ 	stdio_print_current_devices();
+ 
+ #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
+@@ -703,6 +711,14 @@
+ 
+ 	gd->flags |= GD_FLG_DEVINIT;	/* device initialization completed */
+ 
++#ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
++	/* Check one more time the contents of the silent environment
++	 * variable, because if the environment is loaded from NAND it was
++	 * not available when console_init_f() was called */
++	if (getenv("silent") != NULL)
++		gd->flags |= GD_FLG_SILENT;
++#endif
++
+ 	stdio_print_current_devices();
+ 
+ 	/* Setting environment variables */