diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-core/initramfs-scripts/initramfs-framework/83-netsetup b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-core/initramfs-scripts/initramfs-framework/83-netsetup
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b71bc3b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-core/initramfs-scripts/initramfs-framework/83-netsetup
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Configure network via DHCP before NFS root mount. Polls for an Ethernet
+# interface with sleep 1 per iteration to allow the Ethernet driver deferred
+# probe chain to settle after udev loads the modules.
+
+netsetup_enabled() {
+    [ "${bootparam_root}" = "/dev/nfs" ] || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
+netsetup_run() {
+    local iface timeout devtype
+
+    # Extract interface from ip= kernel param (format: client:server:gw:mask:host:device:autoconf)
+    iface=""
+    case "${bootparam_ip}" in
+        dhcp|on|any|"")
+            ;;
+        *)
+            iface=$(echo "${bootparam_ip}" | cut -d: -f6)
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    udevadm trigger --action=add --subsystem-match=net
+    udevadm settle --timeout=10
+
+    # Poll up to 60 seconds for an Ethernet interface (ARPHRD_ETHER = type 1).
+    msg "netsetup: waiting for ethernet interface..."
+    timeout=60
+    while [ "${timeout}" -gt 0 ]; do
+        if [ -n "${iface}" ] && [ -d "/sys/class/net/${iface}" ]; then
+            break
+        fi
+        for dev in /sys/class/net/*; do
+            [ -f "${dev}/type" ] || continue
+            devtype=$(cat "${dev}/type")
+            [ "${devtype}" = "1" ] || continue
+            iface=$(basename "${dev}")
+            break
+        done
+        [ -n "${iface}" ] && [ -d "/sys/class/net/${iface}" ] && break
+        sleep 1
+        timeout=$((timeout - 1))
+    done
+
+    if [ -z "${iface}" ] || [ ! -d "/sys/class/net/${iface}" ]; then
+        msg "netsetup: no ethernet interface found after 60s, skipping DHCP"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    msg "netsetup: configuring ${iface} via DHCP"
+
+    dhcpcd --waitip "${iface}"
+}
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-core/initramfs-scripts/initramfs-framework_%.bbappend b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-core/initramfs-scripts/initramfs-framework_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8955689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-core/initramfs-scripts/initramfs-framework_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/${PN}:"
+
+SUMMARY:initramfs-module-netsetup = "initramfs support for DHCP network setup before NFS root mount"
+
+SRC_URI:append = " file://83-netsetup"
+
+PACKAGES =+ "initramfs-module-netsetup"
+
+RDEPENDS:initramfs-module-netsetup = "${PN}-base"
+
+FILES:initramfs-module-netsetup = "/init.d/83-netsetup"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    install -m 0755 ${UNPACKDIR}/83-netsetup ${D}/init.d/83-netsetup
+}
diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
index a9eff847..ede0639d 100644
--- a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-ti/initramfs/packagegroup-ti-core-initramfs.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
     netbase \
     base-files \
     base-passwd \
+    dhcpcd \
+    initramfs-module-netsetup \
     initramfs-framework-base \
     initramfs-module-udev \
     initramfs-module-nfsrootfs \