diff --git a/README b/README
index 446966dc16f5dc353daed8ede6b4e26ea997dafa..a760cf356757493230009118e2248b5acf8dd3dc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2917,6 +2917,14 @@ Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
 		Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
 
+- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
+		Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
+		16 bit bus.
+
+- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
+		Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
+		a default value will be used.
+
 - CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
 		Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
 		with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
index 0729e0c9c02a5d00c250f4fa92f6b1eb8a49a5c4..6ebbb5ebee9cfb7e2de3cea92c28ec4de7fbf096 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/ppc4xx.h>
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BCR
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BCR 0x80002222
+#endif
+#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
+#define CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG 0xb8400000
+#endif
+
 /*
  * We need to store the info, which chip-select (CS) is used for the
  * chip number. For example on Sequoia NAND chip #0 uses
@@ -140,12 +147,25 @@ static int ndfc_verify_buf(struct mtd_info *mtdinfo, const uint8_t *buf, int len
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_NAND_SPL */
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BCR
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BCR 0x80002222
+/*
+ * Read a byte from the NDFC.
+ */
+static uint8_t ndfc_read_byte(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16BIT
+	return (uint8_t) readw(chip->IO_ADDR_R);
+#else
+	return readb(chip->IO_ADDR_R);
 #endif
 
+}
+
+#endif /* #ifndef CONFIG_NAND_SPL */
+
 void board_nand_select_device(struct nand_chip *nand, int chip)
 {
 	/*
@@ -198,16 +218,21 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 	nand->ecc.bytes = 3;
 	nand->select_chip = ndfc_select_chip;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16BIT
+	nand->options |= NAND_BUSWIDTH_16;
+#endif
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_NAND_SPL
 	nand->write_buf  = ndfc_write_buf;
 	nand->verify_buf = ndfc_verify_buf;
+	nand->read_byte = ndfc_read_byte;
 
 	chip++;
 #else
 	/*
 	 * Setup EBC (CS0 only right now)
 	 */
-	mtebc(EBC0_CFG, 0xb8400000);
+	mtebc(EBC0_CFG, CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG);
 
 	mtebc(PB0CR, CONFIG_SYS_EBC_PB0CR);
 	mtebc(PB0AP, CONFIG_SYS_EBC_PB0AP);
diff --git a/nand_spl/nand_boot.c b/nand_spl/nand_boot.c
index 9545a9a7b51ea73173fc5935c4705e6e60575f2c..4683c7c52c33e216d7c64a677ee9322250e16b23 100644
--- a/nand_spl/nand_boot.c
+++ b/nand_spl/nand_boot.c
@@ -122,10 +122,15 @@ static int nand_is_bad_block(struct mtd_info *mtd, int block)
 	nand_command(mtd, block, 0, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS, NAND_CMD_READOOB);
 
 	/*
-	 * Read one byte
+	 * Read one byte (or two if it's a 16 bit chip).
 	 */
-	if (readb(this->IO_ADDR_R) != 0xff)
-		return 1;
+	if (this->options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16) {
+		if (readw(this->IO_ADDR_R) != 0xffff)
+			return 1;
+	} else {
+		if (readb(this->IO_ADDR_R) != 0xff)
+			return 1;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }