diff --git a/boards/pinephone-dontbeevil.sh b/boards/pinephone-dontbeevil.sh
index 57daba6..3e19ff8 100644
--- a/boards/pinephone-dontbeevil.sh
+++ b/boards/pinephone-dontbeevil.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ prebuild() {
 
 postbuild() {
 	fn postbuild
-	req=(device_name compiler)
+	req=(device_name compiler loopdevice)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
 	notice "executing $device_name postbuild"
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ EOF
 		sudo mkimage -C none -A arm -T script -d boot.txt boot.scr
 	popd
 
+	sudo dd if="$R/dist/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl-sopine.bin" of="${loopdevice}" seek=8 \
+		bs=1024 conv=notrunc,nocreat
+
 	postbuild-clean
 }
 
diff --git a/boards/pinephone.sh b/boards/pinephone.sh
index d17c55a..dc86128 100644
--- a/boards/pinephone.sh
+++ b/boards/pinephone.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ prebuild() {
 
 postbuild() {
 	fn postbuild
-	req=(device_name compiler)
+	req=(device_name compilerl loopdevice)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
 	notice "executing $device_name postbuild"
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ EOF
 		sudo mkimage -C none -A arm -T script -d boot.txt boot.scr
 	popd
 
+	sudo dd if="$R/dist/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl-sopine.bin" of="${loopdevice}" seek=8 \
+		bs=1024 conv=notrunc,nocreat
+
 	postbuild-clean
 }
 
diff --git a/boards/pinetab.sh b/boards/pinetab.sh
index 83cd06f..c64d054 100644
--- a/boards/pinetab.sh
+++ b/boards/pinetab.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ prebuild() {
 
 postbuild() {
 	fn postbuild
-	req=(device_name compiler)
+	req=(device_name compiler loopdevice)
 	ckreq || return 1
 
 	notice "executing $device_name postbuild"
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ EOF
 		sudo mkimage -C none -A arm -T script -d boot.txt boot.scr
 	popd
 
+	sudo dd if="$R/dist/u-boot-sunxi-with-spl-sopine.bin" of="${loopdevice}" seek=8 \
+		bs=1024 conv=notrunc,nocreat
+
 	postbuild-clean
 }