diff --git a/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/Makefile.inc
index aeb584438b..b424d4da19 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/Makefile.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 CPPFLAGS_common += -I$(src)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/include
 
+bootblock-y += bootblock.c
+bootblock-y += variants/$(VARIANT_DIR)/gpio_early.c
+
 ramstage-y += ramstage.c
 ramstage-y += variants/$(VARIANT_DIR)/hda_verb.c
 ramstage-y += variants/$(VARIANT_DIR)/gpio.c
diff --git a/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/bootblock.c b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/bootblock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b351fbd8ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/bootblock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#include <bootblock_common.h>
+#include <variant/gpio.h>
+
+void bootblock_mainboard_early_init(void)
+{
+	variant_configure_early_gpios();
+}
diff --git a/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/include/variant/gpio.h b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/include/variant/gpio.h
index 4258325cf9..95d576294f 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/include/variant/gpio.h
+++ b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/include/variant/gpio.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #ifndef VARIANT_GPIO_H
 #define VARIANT_GPIO_H
 
+void variant_configure_early_gpios(void);
 void variant_configure_gpios(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/variants/n13xwu/gpio_early.c b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/variants/n13xwu/gpio_early.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc55aae6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mainboard/clevo/kbl-u/variants/n13xwu/gpio_early.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+
+#include <soc/gpio.h>
+#include <variant/gpio.h>
+
+static const struct pad_config early_gpio_table[] = {
+	// UART2_RXD
+	_PAD_CFG_STRUCT(GPP_C20,	0x44000702,	0x0),
+
+	// UART2_TXD
+	_PAD_CFG_STRUCT(GPP_C21,	0x44000700,	0x0)
+};
+
+void variant_configure_early_gpios(void)
+{
+	gpio_configure_pads(early_gpio_table, ARRAY_SIZE(early_gpio_table));
+}