diff --git a/include/bcd.h b/include/bcd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c545308125b0904a070e3cccd611f83ff37b71e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/bcd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* Permission is hereby granted to copy, modify and redistribute this code
+ * in terms of the GNU Library General Public License, Version 2 or later,
+ * at your option.
+ */
+
+/* macros to translate to/from binary and binary-coded decimal (frequently
+ * found in RTC chips).
+ */
+
+#ifndef _BCD_H
+#define _BCD_H
+
+#define BCD2BIN(val)	(((val) & 0x0f) + ((val)>>4)*10)
+#define BIN2BCD(val)	((((val)/10)<<4) + (val)%10)
+
+/* backwards compat */
+#define BCD_TO_BIN(val) ((val)=BCD2BIN(val))
+#define BIN_TO_BCD(val) ((val)=BIN2BCD(val))
+
+#endif /* _BCD_H */
diff --git a/rtc/Makefile b/rtc/Makefile
index 2e6f3bdddf0431145e2a1633f58a3dceef3237e5..5a0cf113a5cfc062214fb4786d04cb7bc191e26f 100644
--- a/rtc/Makefile
+++ b/rtc/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ COBJS	= date.o   \
 	  ds1337.o ds1374.o ds1556.o ds164x.o ds174x.o ds3231.o \
 	  m41t11.o max6900.o m48t35ax.o mc146818.o mk48t59.o \
 	  mpc5xxx.o mpc8xx.o pcf8563.o s3c24x0_rtc.o rs5c372.o \
-	  mcfrtc.o
+	  mcfrtc.o x1205.o
 
 SRCS	:= $(COBJS:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(COBJS))
diff --git a/rtc/x1205.c b/rtc/x1205.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..319f0512ca8d6d6aae421b8430e905b48a9377e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rtc/x1205.c
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2007
+ * Stefan Roese, DENX Software Engineering, sr@denx.de.
+ *
+ * based on a the Linux rtc-x1207.c driver which is:
+ *	Copyright 2004 Karen Spearel
+ *	Copyright 2005 Alessandro Zummo
+ *
+ * Information and datasheet:
+ * http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,X1205,00.html
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Date & Time support for Xicor/Intersil X1205 RTC
+ */
+
+/* #define	DEBUG	*/
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <command.h>
+#include <rtc.h>
+#include <i2c.h>
+#include <bcd.h>
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_RTC_X1205) && defined(CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
+
+#define CCR_SEC			0
+#define CCR_MIN			1
+#define CCR_HOUR		2
+#define CCR_MDAY		3
+#define CCR_MONTH		4
+#define CCR_YEAR		5
+#define CCR_WDAY		6
+#define CCR_Y2K			7
+
+#define X1205_REG_SR		0x3F	/* status register */
+#define X1205_REG_Y2K		0x37
+#define X1205_REG_DW		0x36
+#define X1205_REG_YR		0x35
+#define X1205_REG_MO		0x34
+#define X1205_REG_DT		0x33
+#define X1205_REG_HR		0x32
+#define X1205_REG_MN		0x31
+#define X1205_REG_SC		0x30
+#define X1205_REG_DTR		0x13
+#define X1205_REG_ATR		0x12
+#define X1205_REG_INT		0x11
+#define X1205_REG_0		0x10
+#define X1205_REG_Y2K1		0x0F
+#define X1205_REG_DWA1		0x0E
+#define X1205_REG_YRA1		0x0D
+#define X1205_REG_MOA1		0x0C
+#define X1205_REG_DTA1		0x0B
+#define X1205_REG_HRA1		0x0A
+#define X1205_REG_MNA1		0x09
+#define X1205_REG_SCA1		0x08
+#define X1205_REG_Y2K0		0x07
+#define X1205_REG_DWA0		0x06
+#define X1205_REG_YRA0		0x05
+#define X1205_REG_MOA0		0x04
+#define X1205_REG_DTA0		0x03
+#define X1205_REG_HRA0		0x02
+#define X1205_REG_MNA0		0x01
+#define X1205_REG_SCA0		0x00
+
+#define X1205_CCR_BASE		0x30	/* Base address of CCR */
+#define X1205_ALM0_BASE		0x00	/* Base address of ALARM0 */
+
+#define X1205_SR_RTCF		0x01	/* Clock failure */
+#define X1205_SR_WEL		0x02	/* Write Enable Latch */
+#define X1205_SR_RWEL		0x04	/* Register Write Enable */
+
+#define X1205_DTR_DTR0		0x01
+#define X1205_DTR_DTR1		0x02
+#define X1205_DTR_DTR2		0x04
+
+#define X1205_HR_MIL		0x80	/* Set in ccr.hour for 24 hr mode */
+
+static void rtc_write(int reg, u8 val)
+{
+	i2c_write(CFG_I2C_RTC_ADDR, reg, 2, &val, 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * In the routines that deal directly with the x1205 hardware, we use
+ * rtc_time -- month 0-11, hour 0-23, yr = calendar year-epoch
+ * Epoch is initialized as 2000. Time is set to UTC.
+ */
+void rtc_get(struct rtc_time *tm)
+{
+	u8 buf[8];
+
+	i2c_read(CFG_I2C_RTC_ADDR, X1205_CCR_BASE, 2, buf, 8);
+
+	debug("%s: raw read data - sec=%02x, min=%02x, hr=%02x, "
+	      "mday=%02x, mon=%02x, year=%02x, wday=%02x, y2k=%02x\n",
+	      __FUNCTION__,
+	      buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3],
+	      buf[4], buf[5], buf[6], buf[7]);
+
+	tm->tm_sec = BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_SEC]);
+	tm->tm_min = BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_MIN]);
+	tm->tm_hour = BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_HOUR] & 0x3F); /* hr is 0-23 */
+	tm->tm_mday = BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_MDAY]);
+	tm->tm_mon = BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_MONTH]); /* mon is 0-11 */
+	tm->tm_year = BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_YEAR])
+		+ (BCD2BIN(buf[CCR_Y2K]) * 100);
+	tm->tm_wday = buf[CCR_WDAY];
+
+	debug("%s: tm is secs=%d, mins=%d, hours=%d, "
+	      "mday=%d, mon=%d, year=%d, wday=%d\n",
+	      __FUNCTION__,
+	      tm->tm_sec, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_hour,
+	      tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_year, tm->tm_wday);
+}
+
+void rtc_set(struct rtc_time *tm)
+{
+	int i;
+	u8 buf[8];
+
+	debug("Set DATE: %4d-%02d-%02d (wday=%d)  TIME: %2d:%02d:%02d\n",
+	      tm->tm_year, tm->tm_mon, tm->tm_mday, tm->tm_wday,
+	      tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec);
+
+	buf[CCR_SEC] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_sec);
+	buf[CCR_MIN] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_min);
+
+	/* set hour and 24hr bit */
+	buf[CCR_HOUR] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_hour) | X1205_HR_MIL;
+
+	buf[CCR_MDAY] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_mday);
+
+	/* month, 1 - 12 */
+	buf[CCR_MONTH] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_mon);
+
+	/* year, since the rtc epoch*/
+	buf[CCR_YEAR] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_year % 100);
+	buf[CCR_WDAY] = tm->tm_wday & 0x07;
+	buf[CCR_Y2K] = BIN2BCD(tm->tm_year / 100);
+
+	/* this sequence is required to unlock the chip */
+	rtc_write(X1205_REG_SR, X1205_SR_WEL);
+	rtc_write(X1205_REG_SR, X1205_SR_WEL | X1205_SR_RWEL);
+
+	/* write register's data */
+	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
+		rtc_write(X1205_CCR_BASE + i, buf[i]);
+
+	rtc_write(X1205_REG_SR, 0);
+}
+
+void rtc_reset(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Nothing to do
+	 */
+}
+
+#endif