diff --git a/board/liebherr/xea/spl_xea.c b/board/liebherr/xea/spl_xea.c
index 4068a2ad497..6cf8f8390e8 100644
--- a/board/liebherr/xea/spl_xea.c
+++ b/board/liebherr/xea/spl_xea.c
@@ -231,6 +231,17 @@ const iomux_cfg_t iomux_setup[] = {
 	/* TIVA boot control */
 	MX28_PAD_GPMI_RDY3__GPIO_0_23 | MUX_CONFIG_BOOT, /* TIVA0 */
 	MX28_PAD_GPMI_WRN__GPIO_0_25 | MUX_CONFIG_BOOT, /* TIVA1 */
+
+	/* HW revision ID Base Board */
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D12__GPIO_1_12,
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D13__GPIO_1_13,
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D14__GPIO_1_14,
+
+	/* HW revision ID (SoM) */
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D15__GPIO_1_15,
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D16__GPIO_1_16,
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D17__GPIO_1_17,
+	MX28_PAD_LCD_D18__GPIO_1_18,
 };
 
 u32 mxs_dram_vals[] = {
diff --git a/board/liebherr/xea/xea.c b/board/liebherr/xea/xea.c
index c8ac526cb47..0a6fd7f1437 100644
--- a/board/liebherr/xea/xea.c
+++ b/board/liebherr/xea/xea.c
@@ -216,6 +216,34 @@ int spl_start_uboot(void)
 	return !boot_tiva0 || !boot_tiva1;
 }
 #else
+/*
+ * Reading the HW ID number for XEA SoM module
+ *
+ * GPIOs from Port 1 (GPIO1_15, GPIO1_16, GPIO1_17 and GPIO1_18)
+ * are used to store HW revision information.
+ * Reading of GPIOs values is performed before the Device Model is
+ * bring up as the proper DTB needs to be chosen first.
+ *
+ * Moreover, this approach is required as "single binary" configuration
+ * of U-Boot (imx28_xea_sb_defconfig) is NOT using SPL framework, so
+ * only minimal subset of functionality is provided when ID is read.
+ *
+ * Hence, the direct registers' access.
+ */
+#define XEA_SOM_HW_ID_GPIO_PORT (MXS_PINCTRL_BASE + (0x0900 + ((1) * 0x10)))
+#define XEA_SOM_REV_MASK GENMASK(18, 15)
+#define XEA_SOM_REV_SHIFT 15
+
+static u8 get_som_rev(void)
+{
+	struct mxs_register_32 *reg =
+		(struct mxs_register_32 *)XEA_SOM_HW_ID_GPIO_PORT;
+
+	u32 tmp = ~readl(&reg->reg);
+	u8 id = (tmp & XEA_SOM_REV_MASK) >> XEA_SOM_REV_SHIFT;
+
+	return id;
+}
 
 int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
@@ -253,6 +281,27 @@ int board_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT)
+int board_late_init(void)
+{
+	int ret = env_set_ulong("board_som_rev", get_som_rev());
+
+	if (ret)
+		printf("Cannot set XEA's SoM revision env variable!\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO)
+int checkboard(void)
+{
+	printf("Board: LWE XEA SoM HW rev %d\n", get_som_rev());
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 int dram_init(void)
 {
 	return mxs_dram_init();
diff --git a/configs/imx28_xea_defconfig b/configs/imx28_xea_defconfig
index 64a0561a349..6098c1f3bee 100644
--- a/configs/imx28_xea_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx28_xea_defconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND="run ${bootpri} ; run ${bootsec}"
 CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 CONFIG_PREBOOT="run prebootcmd"
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_NO_BSS_LIMIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_RAW_IMAGE_SUPPORT is not set
diff --git a/configs/imx28_xea_sb_defconfig b/configs/imx28_xea_sb_defconfig
index 9872d35c1b4..8d48d8c5078 100644
--- a/configs/imx28_xea_sb_defconfig
+++ b/configs/imx28_xea_sb_defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_BOOTARGS="console=ttyAMA0,115200n8"
 CONFIG_USE_PREBOOT=y
 CONFIG_PREBOOT="run prebootcmd"
 CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
 # CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK is not set
 CONFIG_SPL_NO_BSS_LIMIT=y
 CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y