diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/early_printk.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/early_printk.c
index 76f69c562b8..f84c76d7536 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/early_printk.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ar71xx/early_printk.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- *  Atheros AR71xx SoC early printk support
+ *  Atheros AR7xxx/AR9xxx SoC early printk support
  *
- *  Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *  Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
  *  Copyright (C) 2008 Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -9,19 +9,23 @@
  *  by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
 
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/serial_reg.h>
 #include <asm/addrspace.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h>
 
+static void __iomem *prom_uart_base;
+static void (*_putchar)(unsigned char);
+
 #define UART_READ(r) \
-	__raw_readl((void __iomem *)(KSEG1ADDR(AR71XX_UART_BASE) + 4 * (r)))
+	__raw_readl(prom_uart_base + 4 * (r))
 
 #define UART_WRITE(r, v) \
-	__raw_writel((v), (void __iomem *)(KSEG1ADDR(AR71XX_UART_BASE) + 4*(r)))
+	__raw_writel((v), prom_uart_base + 4 * (r))
 
-void prom_putchar(unsigned char ch)
+static void prom_putchar_ar71xx(unsigned char ch)
 {
 	while (((UART_READ(UART_LSR)) & UART_LSR_THRE) == 0)
 		;
@@ -30,3 +34,53 @@ void prom_putchar(unsigned char ch)
 		;
 }
 
+static void prom_putchar_ar933x(unsigned char ch)
+{
+	while (((UART_READ(0)) & 0x200) == 0)
+		;
+	UART_WRITE(0, 0x200 | ch);
+	while (((UART_READ(0)) & 0x200) == 0)
+		;
+}
+
+static int prom_putchar_init(void)
+{
+	if (_putchar)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch(ar71xx_soc) {
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR7130:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR7141:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR7161:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR7240:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR7241:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR7242:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9130:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9132:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9341:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9342:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9344:
+		prom_uart_base = (void __iomem *) KSEG1ADDR(AR71XX_UART_BASE);
+		_putchar = prom_putchar_ar71xx;
+		break;
+
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9330:
+	case AR71XX_SOC_AR9331:
+		prom_uart_base = (void __iomem *) KSEG1ADDR(AR933X_UART_BASE);
+		_putchar = prom_putchar_ar933x;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void prom_putchar(unsigned char ch)
+{
+	if (prom_putchar_init())
+		return;
+
+	_putchar(ch);
+}
diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h
index 9dc15fea3d6..47ad8a4bae4 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ar71xx/ar71xx.h
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 #define AR91XX_WMAC_BASE	(AR71XX_APB_BASE + 0x000C0000)
 #define AR91XX_WMAC_SIZE	0x30000
 
+#define AR933X_UART_BASE	(AR71XX_APB_BASE + 0x00020000)
+#define AR933X_UART_SIZE	0x14
+
 #define AR934X_WMAC_BASE	(AR71XX_APB_BASE + 0x00100000)
 #define AR934X_WMAC_SIZE	0x20000