diff --git a/board/freescale/common/Makefile b/board/freescale/common/Makefile
index 9bdf45b7289a9374d164a7c0a6e35f5a79cd8039..79f9de262f3d5b82559faab103e6d2283cbecd32 100644
--- a/board/freescale/common/Makefile
+++ b/board/freescale/common/Makefile
@@ -53,12 +53,21 @@ COBJS-$(CONFIG_P3041DS)		+= ics307_clk.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_P4080DS)		+= ics307_clk.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_P5020DS)		+= ics307_clk.o
 
+# deal with common files for P-series corenet based devices
+SUBLIB-$(CONFIG_P3041DS)	+= p_corenet/libp_corenet.o
+SUBLIB-$(CONFIG_P4080DS)	+= p_corenet/libp_corenet.o
+SUBLIB-$(CONFIG_P5020DS)	+= p_corenet/libp_corenet.o
+
 SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS-y:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS-y))
 SOBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS))
+SUBLIB	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SUBLIB-y))
+
+$(LIB):	$(obj).depend $(OBJS) $(SUBLIB)
+	$(call cmd_link_o_target, $(OBJS) $(SUBLIB))
 
-$(LIB):	$(obj).depend $(OBJS)
-	$(call cmd_link_o_target, $(OBJS))
+$(SUBLIB): $(obj).depend
+	$(MAKE) -C $(dir $(subst $(obj),,$@))
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(SOBJS) $(OBJS)
diff --git a/board/freescale/common/p_corenet/Makefile b/board/freescale/common/p_corenet/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a76f590c3c3dc9a485189e0c346b3172957bbe2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/freescale/common/p_corenet/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# (C) Copyright 2002-2006
+# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
+#
+# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+# project.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+# MA 02111-1307 USA
+#
+include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
+
+LIB	= libp_corenet.o
+
+COBJS-y			+= law.o
+COBJS-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= pci.o
+COBJS-y			+= tlb.o
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/post/rules.mk
diff --git a/board/freescale/corenet_ds/law.c b/board/freescale/common/p_corenet/law.c
similarity index 100%
rename from board/freescale/corenet_ds/law.c
rename to board/freescale/common/p_corenet/law.c
diff --git a/board/freescale/corenet_ds/pci.c b/board/freescale/common/p_corenet/pci.c
similarity index 100%
rename from board/freescale/corenet_ds/pci.c
rename to board/freescale/common/p_corenet/pci.c
diff --git a/board/freescale/corenet_ds/tlb.c b/board/freescale/common/p_corenet/tlb.c
similarity index 100%
rename from board/freescale/corenet_ds/tlb.c
rename to board/freescale/common/p_corenet/tlb.c
diff --git a/board/freescale/corenet_ds/Makefile b/board/freescale/corenet_ds/Makefile
index c377c39f4b1a7a68e8cbd0dcea72260b4561b777..7e330074116ef7e0b5a3300ab5ec4725fd3959d7 100644
--- a/board/freescale/corenet_ds/Makefile
+++ b/board/freescale/corenet_ds/Makefile
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ COBJS-$(CONFIG_P5020DS)	+= eth_hydra.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_P3041DS)	+= p3041ds_ddr.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_P4080DS)	+= p4080ds_ddr.o
 COBJS-$(CONFIG_P5020DS)	+= p5020ds_ddr.o
-COBJS-$(CONFIG_PCI)	+= pci.o
-COBJS-y	+= law.o
-COBJS-y	+= tlb.o
 
 SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS-y:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS-y))