diff --git a/board/freescale/mpc8308rdb/mpc8308rdb.c b/board/freescale/mpc8308rdb/mpc8308rdb.c
index b97cdc13d89d38b4da6d70d7d2b3fe92826f7a65..7e3fa1a621e8fd0a0bdd6f84ef0c00e1f9c58bad 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mpc8308rdb/mpc8308rdb.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mpc8308rdb/mpc8308rdb.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include <mpc83xx.h>
 #include <vsc7385.h>
 #include <netdev.h>
+#include <fsl_esdhc.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/fsl_serdes.h>
 #include <asm/fsl_mpc83xx_serdes.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ void spi_cs_deactivate(struct spi_slave *slave)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MPC8XXX_SPI */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
+int board_mmc_init(bd_t *bd)
+{
+	return fsl_esdhc_mmc_init(bd);
+}
+#endif
+
 static u8 read_board_info(void)
 {
 	u8 val8;
@@ -173,6 +181,7 @@ void ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 {
 	ft_cpu_setup(blob, bd);
 	fdt_fixup_dr_usb(blob, bd);
+	fdt_fixup_esdhc(blob, bd);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8308RDB.h b/include/configs/MPC8308RDB.h
index c65635fff0d5547b4e67b957f1f469ed3c3807bd..2d48dde808478b71646549a6d37a4d3133eb9a2b 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8308RDB.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8308RDB.h
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@
 #define CONFIG_FIT			1
 #define CONFIG_FIT_VERBOSE		1
 
+#define CONFIG_MMC     1
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMC
+#define CONFIG_FSL_ESDHC
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_ADDR	CONFIG_SYS_MPC83xx_ESDHC_ADDR
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_ESDHC111
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ESDHC_USE_PIO
+
+#define CONFIG_CMD_MMC
+#define CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC
+#define CONFIG_CMD_FAT
+#define CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
+#endif
+
 /*
  * On-board devices
  *