diff --git a/arch/arm/src/lc823450/lc823450_start.c b/arch/arm/src/lc823450/lc823450_start.c
index ac5c7cbfc2..a7ae3b88ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/lc823450/lc823450_start.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/lc823450/lc823450_start.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static void go_os_start(void *pv, unsigned int nbytes)
  *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES
 #  define showprogress(c) up_lowputc(c)
 #else
 #  define showprogress(c)
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@ void __start(void)
   modifyreg32(MRSTCNTAPB, 0, MRSTCNTAPB_PORT2_RSTB);
   modifyreg32(rP2DT,  0, 1 << 15  /* GPIO2F */);
   modifyreg32(rP2DRC, 0, 1 << 15  /* GPIO2F */);
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES
 
   /* enable TXD0 for debug */
 
   modifyreg32(PMDCNT5, 0, 3 << 14);
-#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG */
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES */
 #else  /* CONFIG_LC823450_IPL2 */
   up_init_default_mux();
 #endif /* CONFIG_LC823450_IPL2 */
diff --git a/configs/lc823450-xgevk/elf/defconfig b/configs/lc823450-xgevk/elf/defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c148d19d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/lc823450-xgevk/elf/defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# CONFIG_LC823450_SDIF is not set
+CONFIG_ARCH="arm"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="lc823450-xgevk"
+CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_LC823450_XGEVK=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_LC823450=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_FLOAT_H=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK=2048
+CONFIG_ARCH_STDARG_H=y
+CONFIG_BINFMT_CONSTRUCTORS=y
+CONFIG_BINFMT_EXEPATH=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_INITIALIZE=y
+CONFIG_BOARD_LOOPSPERMSEC=12061
+CONFIG_C99_BOOL8=y
+CONFIG_CODECS_HASH_MD5=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FULLOPT=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=y
+CONFIG_DEV_ZERO=y
+CONFIG_DISABLE_POSIX_TIMERS=y
+CONFIG_ELF=y
+CONFIG_EXAMPLES_ELF=y
+CONFIG_EXECFUNCS_SYMTAB="exports"
+CONFIG_FS_PROCFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_ROMFS=y
+CONFIG_FS_WRITABLE=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CXX=y
+CONFIG_INTELHEX_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_LC823450_UART0=y
+CONFIG_LIBM=y
+CONFIG_LIB_BOARDCTL=y
+CONFIG_LIB_KBDCODEC=y
+CONFIG_MAX_TASKS=64
+CONFIG_MAX_WDOGPARMS=2
+CONFIG_MEMSET_OPTSPEED=y
+CONFIG_NAME_MAX=765
+CONFIG_NETUTILS_CODECS=y
+CONFIG_NFILE_DESCRIPTORS=45
+CONFIG_NFILE_STREAMS=8
+CONFIG_PATH_INITIAL="/mnt/romfs"
+CONFIG_PIPES=y
+CONFIG_POSIX_SPAWN_PROXY_STACKSIZE=2048
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_TIMERS=4
+CONFIG_PREALLOC_WDOGS=16
+CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TYPES=y
+CONFIG_PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT=3072
+CONFIG_RAM_SIZE=1044480
+CONFIG_RAM_START=0x02001000
+CONFIG_RAW_BINARY=y
+CONFIG_RTC=y
+CONFIG_RTC_DATETIME=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_ATEXIT=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_CHILD_STATUS=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_HAVE_PARENT=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION_BUFFER=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_ONEXIT=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_ONEXIT_MAX=32
+CONFIG_SCHED_STARTHOOK=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID=y
+CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_TERMIOS=y
+CONFIG_START_DAY=3
+CONFIG_START_MONTH=10
+CONFIG_START_YEAR=2013
+CONFIG_SYMTAB_ORDEREDBYNAME=y
+CONFIG_TASK_NAME_SIZE=24
+CONFIG_UART0_RXBUFSIZE=512
+CONFIG_UART0_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_UART0_TXBUFSIZE=2048
+CONFIG_USERMAIN_STACKSIZE=3072
+CONFIG_USER_ENTRYPOINT="elf_main"
diff --git a/configs/lc823450-xgevk/scripts/Make.defs b/configs/lc823450-xgevk/scripts/Make.defs
index 78d365f70a..05760d09b1 100644
--- a/configs/lc823450-xgevk/scripts/Make.defs
+++ b/configs/lc823450-xgevk/scripts/Make.defs
@@ -94,15 +94,33 @@ CXXPICFLAGS = $(ARCHPICFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
 CPPFLAGS = $(ARCHINCLUDES) $(ARCHDEFINES) $(EXTRADEFINES)
 AFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 
+# NXFLAT module definitions
+
 NXFLATLDFLAGS1 = -r -d -warn-common
 NXFLATLDFLAGS2 = $(NXFLATLDFLAGS1) -T$(TOPDIR)/binfmt/libnxflat/gnu-nxflat-pcrel.ld -no-check-sections
 LDNXFLATFLAGS = -e main -s 2048
 
+# ELF module definitions
+
+CELFFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) -mlong-calls # --target1-abs
+CXXELFFLAGS = $(CXXFLAGS) -mlong-calls # --target1-abs
+
+LDELFFLAGS = -r -e main
+ifeq ($(WINTOOL),y)
+  LDELFFLAGS += -T "${shell cygpath -w $(TOPDIR)/configs/$(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD)/scripts/gnu-elf.ld}"
+else
+  LDELFFLAGS += -T $(TOPDIR)/configs/$(CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD)/scripts/gnu-elf.ld
+endif
+
+# File extensions
+
 ASMEXT = .S
 OBJEXT = .o
 LIBEXT = .a
 EXEEXT =
 
+# Linker flags
+
 ifneq ($(CROSSDEV),arm-nuttx-elf-)
   LDFLAGS += -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs
 endif
diff --git a/configs/lc823450-xgevk/src/lc823450_bringup.c b/configs/lc823450-xgevk/src/lc823450_bringup.c
index dcc52f207c..a288de5a0a 100644
--- a/configs/lc823450-xgevk/src/lc823450_bringup.c
+++ b/configs/lc823450-xgevk/src/lc823450_bringup.c
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 
 #include <nuttx/sched.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ELF
+#  include <nuttx/binfmt/elf.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_RNDIS
 #  include <nuttx/usb/rndis.h>
 #endif
@@ -116,6 +120,16 @@ int lc823450_bringup(void)
   lc823450_wm8776initialize(0);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ELF
+  /* Initialize the ELF binary loader */
+
+  ret = elf_initialize();
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "ERROR: Failed to initialize the ELF loader: %d\n", ret);
+    }
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_RNDIS) && defined(CONFIG_NSH_MACADDR)
   uint8_t mac[6];
   mac[0] = 0xaa; /* TODO */