diff --git a/configs/odroid_defconfig b/configs/odroid_defconfig
index a8428373acfe8b000d528f982ccb252836b22ed2..816a3fad3c9c3422340855c725abf29b6bf89567 100644
--- a/configs/odroid_defconfig
+++ b/configs/odroid_defconfig
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_EXYNOS=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_ODROID=y
 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="exynos4412-odroid"
+CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
+CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT=y
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
index 2cc776c73f4b0886bf0b4ab60c0bb864396137bf..692810d057e4d3e57d6d570d0fa8271f7f6ca960 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ config DM_I2C
 	  enabled together (it is not possible to use driver model
 	  for one and not the other).
 
+config DM_I2C_COMPAT
+	bool "Enable I2C compatibility layer"
+	depends on DM
+	help
+	  Enable old-style I2C functions for compatibility with existing code.
+	  This option can be enabled as a temporary measure to avoid needing
+	  to convert all code for a board in a single commit. It should not
+	  be enabled for any board in an official release.
+
 config SYS_I2C_UNIPHIER
 	bool "UniPhier I2C driver"
 	depends on ARCH_UNIPHIER && DM_I2C
diff --git a/include/configs/exynos5-common.h b/include/configs/exynos5-common.h
index 0ba39a23dd03d4fcf71d3bed7815e8149cc7019d..3ab8d559bfd067bed55cb722bda118e4e4064cfc 100644
--- a/include/configs/exynos5-common.h
+++ b/include/configs/exynos5-common.h
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
 #define SPI_FLASH_UBOOT_POS	(CONFIG_SEC_FW_SIZE + CONFIG_BL1_SIZE)
 
 /* I2C */
+
+/* TODO(sjg@chromium.org): Move these two options to Kconfig */
 #define CONFIG_DM_I2C
 #define CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT
 #define CONFIG_CMD_I2C
diff --git a/include/configs/odroid.h b/include/configs/odroid.h
index 9d5dbdce369381588f67a13e2e5cb44673d2dab4..8b47537614ecf7fd150fb0bd10fcb179d0eb4dee 100644
--- a/include/configs/odroid.h
+++ b/include/configs/odroid.h
@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@
 
 /* I2C */
 #define CONFIG_CMD_I2C
-#define CONFIG_DM_I2C
-#define CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0_SPEED	100000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0_SLAVE	0