diff --git a/boot/nuttx/main.c b/boot/nuttx/main.c
index 7c19c86..8973053 100644
--- a/boot/nuttx/main.c
+++ b/boot/nuttx/main.c
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@
 #include "flash_map_backend/flash_map_backend.h"
 
 /****************************************************************************
+ * Pre-processor Definitions
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* Should we perform board-specific driver initialization?  There are two
+ * ways that board initialization can occur:  1) automatically via
+ * board_late_initialize() during bootupif CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INITIALIZE
+ * or 2).
+ * via a call to boardctl() if the interface is enabled
+ * (CONFIG_BOARDCTL=y).
+ * If this task is running as an NSH built-in application, then that
+ * initialization has probably already been performed otherwise we do it
+ * here.
+ */
+
+#undef NEED_BOARDINIT
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_BOARDCTL) && !defined(CONFIG_NSH_ARCHINIT)
+#  define NEED_BOARDINIT 1
+#endif
+
+/****************************************************************************
  * Private Functions
  ****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -79,6 +100,18 @@
   struct boot_rsp rsp;
   fih_int fih_rc = FIH_FAILURE;
 
+#ifdef NEED_BOARDINIT
+  /* Perform architecture-specific initialization (if configured) */
+
+  boardctl(BOARDIOC_INIT, 0);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOARDCTL_FINALINIT
+  /* Perform architecture-specific final-initialization (if configured) */
+  
+  boardctl(BOARDIOC_FINALINIT, 0);
+#endif
+#endif
+
   syslog(LOG_INFO, "*** Booting MCUboot build %s ***\n", CONFIG_MCUBOOT_VERSION);
 
   FIH_CALL(boot_go, fih_rc, &rsp);