diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/badger-shared.h b/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/badger-shared.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c832616e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/badger-shared.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef PIMORONI_BADGER2040_SHARED
+#define PIMORONI_BADGER2040_SHARED
+
+#include "shared-bindings/digitalio/DigitalInOut.h"
+
+extern digitalio_digitalinout_obj_t enable_pin_obj;
+
+#endif // PIMORONI_BADGER2040_SHARED
diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/board.c b/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/board.c
index 6daf4c52b2..666bb5f62f 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/board.c
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/board.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include "shared-bindings/microcontroller/Pin.h"
 #include "shared-module/displayio/__init__.h"
 #include "supervisor/shared/board.h"
+#include "badger-shared.h"
+
+digitalio_digitalinout_obj_t enable_pin_obj;
 
 #define DELAY 0x80
 
@@ -258,10 +261,20 @@ const uint8_t display_stop_sequence[] = {
 };
 
 void board_init(void) {
+    // Drive the EN_3V3 pin high so the board stays awake on battery power
+    enable_pin_obj.base.type = &digitalio_digitalinout_type;
+    common_hal_digitalio_digitalinout_construct(&enable_pin_obj, &pin_GPIO10);
+    common_hal_digitalio_digitalinout_switch_to_output(&enable_pin_obj, true, DRIVE_MODE_PUSH_PULL);
+
+    // Never reset
+    common_hal_digitalio_digitalinout_never_reset(&enable_pin_obj);
+
+    // Set up the SPI object used to control the display
     busio_spi_obj_t *spi = &displays[0].fourwire_bus.inline_bus;
     common_hal_busio_spi_construct(spi, &pin_GPIO18, &pin_GPIO19, &pin_GPIO16, false);
     common_hal_busio_spi_never_reset(spi);
 
+    // Set up the DisplayIO pin object
     displayio_fourwire_obj_t *bus = &displays[0].fourwire_bus;
     bus->base.type = &displayio_fourwire_type;
     common_hal_displayio_fourwire_construct(bus,
@@ -273,6 +286,7 @@ void board_init(void) {
         0, // Polarity
         0); // Phase
 
+    // Set up the DisplayIO epaper object
     displayio_epaperdisplay_obj_t *display = &displays[0].epaper_display;
     display->base.type = &displayio_epaperdisplay_type;
     common_hal_displayio_epaperdisplay_construct(
diff --git a/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/pins.c b/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/pins.c
index ea90853202..9cfc951d33 100644
--- a/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/pins.c
+++ b/ports/raspberrypi/boards/pimoroni_badger2040/pins.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "shared-bindings/board/__init__.h"
 
 #include "shared-module/displayio/__init__.h"
+#include "badger-shared.h"
 
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t board_module_globals_table[] = {
     CIRCUITPYTHON_BOARD_DICT_STANDARD_ITEMS
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t board_module_globals_table[] = {
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_SDA), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO4) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_SCL), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO5) },
 
-    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_3V3_EN), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO10) },
+    // { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_EN_3V3), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO10) },
 
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_SW_DOWN), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO11) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_SW_A), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO12) },
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t board_module_globals_table[] = {
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_USER_LED), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO25) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_INKY_BUSY), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO26) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_VREF_POWER), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO27) },
-    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_1V2_REF), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO28) },
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_REF_1V2), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO28) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_VBAT_SENSE), MP_ROM_PTR(&pin_GPIO29) },
 
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_I2C), MP_ROM_PTR(&board_i2c_obj) },
@@ -44,5 +45,6 @@ STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t board_module_globals_table[] = {
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_UART), MP_ROM_PTR(&board_uart_obj) },
 
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_DISPLAY), MP_ROM_PTR(&displays[0].epaper_display)},
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_ENABLE_DIO), MP_ROM_PTR(&enable_pin_obj)},
 };
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(board_module_globals, board_module_globals_table);