diff --git a/board/sunxi/board.c b/board/sunxi/board.c
--- a/board/sunxi/board.c
+++ b/board/sunxi/board.c
@@ -826,6 +826,10 @@ int misc_init_r(void)
 		char *prefix = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64) ? "allwinner/" : "";
 		char str[64];
 
 		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%s%s.dtb", prefix, spl_dt_name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_X96Q_BINARY_BUILD
+		/* Armbian ships sun50i-h313-x96q-lpddr3.dtb, not the v1.3 suffix */
+		snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "%ssun50i-h313-x96q-lpddr3.dtb", prefix);
+#endif
 		env_set("fdtfile", str);
 	}