diff --git a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
index 758655850bb10ae38266e14b57c52bc08a89dda4..aabfc711e5d6fe40d001c3b6eabec9e37f43000b 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/mmc.c
@@ -1227,6 +1227,9 @@ static int mmc_startup(struct mmc *mmc)
 		case 7:
 			mmc->version = MMC_VERSION_5_0;
 			break;
+		case 8:
+			mmc->version = MMC_VERSION_5_1;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		/* The partition data may be non-zero but it is only
diff --git a/include/mmc.h b/include/mmc.h
index 7fdfc324fea2b7f41440caee314fa7b743ca067c..f383925ade2c5a846952175158997591035e357a 100644
--- a/include/mmc.h
+++ b/include/mmc.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define MMC_VERSION_4_41	MAKE_MMC_VERSION(4, 4, 1)
 #define MMC_VERSION_4_5		MAKE_MMC_VERSION(4, 5, 0)
 #define MMC_VERSION_5_0		MAKE_MMC_VERSION(5, 0, 0)
+#define MMC_VERSION_5_1		MAKE_MMC_VERSION(5, 1, 0)
 
 #define MMC_MODE_HS		(1 << 0)
 #define MMC_MODE_HS_52MHz	(1 << 1)