diff --git a/board/freescale/mpc837xemds/mpc837xemds.c b/board/freescale/mpc837xemds/mpc837xemds.c
index 49afa7cf84e7019b771bdf5049a10c9170eb888b..acf8ada7b2e6c5b3b79704df7a361620a404e638 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mpc837xemds/mpc837xemds.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mpc837xemds/mpc837xemds.c
@@ -16,12 +16,9 @@
 #include <asm/fsl_serdes.h>
 #include <spd_sdram.h>
 #include <tsec.h>
-#if defined(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT)
 #include <libfdt.h>
-#endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_PQ_MDS_PIB)
+#include <fdt_support.h>
 #include "../common/pq-mds-pib.h"
-#endif
 
 int board_early_init_f(void)
 {
@@ -314,6 +311,7 @@ void ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 {
 	ft_cpu_setup(blob, bd);
 	ft_tsec_fixup(blob, bd);
+	fdt_fixup_dr_usb(blob, bd);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
 	ft_pci_setup(blob, bd);
 	if (board_pci_host_broken())
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h b/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h
index 1e46ce23c76aae9c0de61332d0a230e7b212efa4..d49155fce09993762c3f6fff3190afb86d4d76d0 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC837XEMDS.h
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ extern int board_pci_host_broken(void);
 #define CONFIG_83XX_GENERIC_PCI	1 /* Use generic PCI setup */
 #define CONFIG_PQ_MDS_PIB	1 /* PQ MDS Platform IO Board */
 
+#define CONFIG_HAS_FSL_DR_USB	1 /* fixup device tree for the DR USB */
+
 #define CONFIG_NET_MULTI
 #define CONFIG_PCI_PNP		/* do pci plug-and-play */