diff --git a/src/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/src/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index a30cb7091b..f05a98b106 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/src/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ config ARCH_ROMSTAGE_RISCV
 config ARCH_RAMSTAGE_RISCV
 	bool
 	default n
+
+config RISCV_CONFIGSTRING
+	hex "Location of pointer to RISCV config string"
+	default 0x100c
+	depends on ARCH_RISCV
diff --git a/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc
index 1fe8f7c268..c68fd1e066 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/riscv/Makefile.inc
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ bootblock-y += \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memcmp.c \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memcpy.c \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memmove.c \
-	$(top)/src/lib/memset.c
+	$(top)/src/lib/memset.c \
+	$(top)/src/commonlib/configstring.c
 
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.debug: $$(bootblock-objs)
 	@printf "    LINK       $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ romstage-y += \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memcmp.c \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memcpy.c \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memmove.c \
-	$(top)/src/lib/memset.c
+	$(top)/src/lib/memset.c \
+	$(top)/src/commonlib/configstring.c
 
 romstage-$(CONFIG_COLLECT_TIMESTAMPS) += timestamp.c
 
@@ -102,7 +104,8 @@ ramstage-y += \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memcmp.c \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memcpy.c \
 	$(top)/src/lib/memmove.c \
-	$(top)/src/lib/memset.c
+	$(top)/src/lib/memset.c \
+	$(top)/src/commonlib/configstring.c
 
 $(eval $(call create_class_compiler,rmodules,riscv))
 
diff --git a/src/arch/riscv/boot.c b/src/arch/riscv/boot.c
index ff1844eb0a..9483c48177 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv/boot.c
+++ b/src/arch/riscv/boot.c
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@
 #include <arch/encoding.h>
 #include <rules.h>
 #include <console/console.h>
+#include <commonlib/configstring.h>
 
 void arch_prog_run(struct prog *prog)
 {
 	void (*doit)(void *) = prog_entry(prog);
-	void riscvpayload(void *);
+	void riscvpayload(const char *configstring, void *payload);
+	const char *config = configstring();
 
 	if (ENV_RAMSTAGE && prog_type(prog) == PROG_PAYLOAD) {
+		printk(BIOS_SPEW, "Config string: '%s'\n", config);
 		initVirtualMemory();
 		printk(BIOS_SPEW, "OK, let's go\n");
-		riscvpayload(doit);
+		riscvpayload(config, doit);
 	}
 
 	doit(prog_entry_arg(prog));
diff --git a/src/commonlib/configstring.c b/src/commonlib/configstring.c
index 40beb1659c..4eca6af39a 100644
--- a/src/commonlib/configstring.c
+++ b/src/commonlib/configstring.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
-#include <assert.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <commonlib/configstring.h>
 
@@ -49,6 +48,6 @@ void query_rtc(const char *config_string, uintptr_t *mtime)
 
 const char *configstring(void)
 {
-	uint32_t addr = *(uint32_t *)CONFIG_ARCH_CONFIGSTRING_RISCV;
+	uint32_t addr = *(uint32_t *)CONFIG_RISCV_CONFIGSTRING;
 	return (const char *)(uintptr_t)addr;
 }
diff --git a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/romstage.c b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/romstage.c
index b6314ccd1c..dccdf226fb 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/romstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/emulation/spike-riscv/romstage.c
@@ -15,9 +15,15 @@
 
 #include <console/console.h>
 #include <program_loading.h>
+#include <commonlib/configstring.h>
 
 void main(void)
 {
+	uintptr_t base;
+	size_t size;
+
 	console_init();
+	query_mem(configstring(), &base, &size);
+	printk(BIOS_SPEW, "0x%zx bytes of memory at 0x%llx\n", size, base);
 	run_ramstage();
 }