diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 10d51c2f10d712b179f5e6f67d0b9032bb42b75c..adc1cd7c3bc7a2a1c4c2d362ce9286b30f3030a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -921,6 +921,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 
 	earlycon=	[KNL] Output early console device and options.
 
+		cdns,<addr>
+			Start an early, polled-mode console on a cadence serial
+			port at the specified address. The cadence serial port
+			must already be setup and configured. Options are not
+			yet supported.
+
 		uart[8250],io,<addr>[,options]
 		uart[8250],mmio,<addr>[,options]
 		uart[8250],mmio32,<addr>[,options]
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 81f6ee7d42238583b1be1babd26d1660224c9f4a..02a896f4dbcddccb4df50c9242d2b968a34e1063 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@ config SERIAL_XILINX_PS_UART_CONSOLE
 	bool "Cadence UART console support"
 	depends on SERIAL_XILINX_PS_UART=y
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
 	help
 	  Enable a Cadence UART port to be the system console.
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index 7f8027f27ab9c727c11b03901083681a0a92fb78..200c1af2141bb11b1f13442b1e311622df641188 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1051,6 +1051,25 @@ static void cdns_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch)
 	cdns_uart_writel(ch, CDNS_UART_FIFO_OFFSET);
 }
 
+static void cdns_early_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
+{
+	struct earlycon_device *dev = con->data;
+
+	uart_console_write(&dev->port, s, n, cdns_uart_console_putchar);
+}
+
+static int __init cdns_early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
+					   const char *opt)
+{
+	if (!device->port.membase)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	device->con->write = cdns_early_write;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EARLYCON_DECLARE(cdns, cdns_early_console_setup);
+
 /**
  * cdns_uart_console_write - perform write operation
  * @co: Console handle