diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index c0a0fd842a0ba912d70c34d95f2fd5842df02a59..06b8e58a3240b2c54e93b138aa406fdfc2b880fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ config ARCH_MX6
 	bool "Freescale MX6"
 	select CPU_V7
 
+config ARCH_MX5
+	bool "Freescale MX5"
+	select CPU_V7
+
 config TARGET_M53EVK
 	bool "Support m53evk"
 	select CPU_V7
@@ -741,6 +745,8 @@ source "arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/Kconfig"
 
 source "arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx6/Kconfig"
 
+source "arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Kconfig"
+
 source "arch/arm/mach-nomadik/Kconfig"
 
 source "arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap3/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Kconfig b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..960a718d41cec2eb623e6859e1907ee3c8d06f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+if ARCH_MX5
+
+config MX5
+	bool
+	default y
+
+config MX51
+	bool
+
+config MX53
+	bool
+
+config SYS_SOC
+	default "mx5"
+
+endif