diff --git a/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/mx6sabresd.c b/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/mx6sabresd.c
index 2b6d7be0a358b416978e927cff501907cd18ce72..80a77892c9a1b3e1736f41abe81f9bf4c5e11e37 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/mx6sabresd.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx6sabresd/mx6sabresd.c
@@ -362,6 +362,39 @@ int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bis)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int ar8031_phy_fixup(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	unsigned short val;
+
+	/* To enable AR8031 ouput a 125MHz clk from CLK_25M */
+	phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0xd, 0x7);
+	phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0xe, 0x8016);
+	phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0xd, 0x4007);
+
+	val = phy_read(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0xe);
+	val &= 0xffe3;
+	val |= 0x18;
+	phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0xe, val);
+
+	/* introduce tx clock delay */
+	phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x1d, 0x5);
+	val = phy_read(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x1e);
+	val |= 0x0100;
+	phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x1e, val);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int board_phy_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	ar8031_phy_fixup(phydev);
+
+	if (phydev->drv->config)
+		phydev->drv->config(phydev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_IPUV3)
 static void disable_lvds(struct display_info_t const *dev)
 {