diff --git a/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/p1_p2_rdb_pc.c b/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/p1_p2_rdb_pc.c
index ef62638abe3be6cb948dc711e7ee86c77407a3cd..2e0e0c73aa4b766ee7d937b9615083c1c0316db1 100644
--- a/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/p1_p2_rdb_pc.c
+++ b/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/p1_p2_rdb_pc.c
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
 #define GPIO_SLIC_PIN		30
 #define GPIO_SLIC_DATA		(1 << (31 - GPIO_SLIC_PIN))
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_P1021RDB) && !defined(CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT)
+#define GPIO_DDR_RST_PORT	1
+#define GPIO_DDR_RST_PIN	8
+#define GPIO_DDR_RST_DATA	(1 << (31 - GPIO_DDR_RST_PIN))
+
+#define GPIO_2BIT_MASK		(0x3 << (32 - (GPIO_DDR_RST_PIN + 1) * 2))
+#endif
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_P1025RDB) || defined(CONFIG_P1021RDB)
 #define PCA_IOPORT_I2C_ADDR		0x23
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@
 const qe_iop_conf_t qe_iop_conf_tab[] = {
 	/* GPIO */
 	{1,   1, 2, 0, 0}, /* GPIO7/PB1   - LOAD_DEFAULT_N */
-#if 0
+#if defined(CONFIG_P1021RDB) && !defined(CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT)
 	{1,   8, 1, 1, 0}, /* GPIO10/PB8  - DDR_RST */
 #endif
 	{0,  15, 1, 0, 0}, /* GPIO11/A15  - WDI */
@@ -159,6 +166,16 @@ void board_gpio_init(void)
 	ccsr_gur_t *gur = (void *)(CONFIG_SYS_MPC85xx_GUTS_ADDR);
 	par_io_t *par_io = (par_io_t *) &(gur->qe_par_io);
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_P1021RDB) && !defined(CONFIG_SYS_RAMBOOT)
+	/* reset DDR3 */
+	setbits_be32(&par_io[GPIO_DDR_RST_PORT].cpdat, GPIO_DDR_RST_DATA);
+	udelay(1000);
+	clrbits_be32(&par_io[GPIO_DDR_RST_PORT].cpdat, GPIO_DDR_RST_DATA);
+	udelay(1000);
+	setbits_be32(&par_io[GPIO_DDR_RST_PORT].cpdat, GPIO_DDR_RST_DATA);
+	/* disable CE_PB8 */
+	clrbits_be32(&par_io[GPIO_DDR_RST_PORT].cpdir1, GPIO_2BIT_MASK);
+#endif
 	/* Enable VSC7385 switch */
 	setbits_be32(&par_io[GPIO_GETH_SW_PORT].cpdat, GPIO_GETH_SW_DATA);
 
diff --git a/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/spl_minimal.c b/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/spl_minimal.c
index 09019e98af2118181507973e3d0c852448cf5b3a..e2bfb0d63d33547c02ba44912f73bccf1663b1e6 100644
--- a/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/spl_minimal.c
+++ b/board/freescale/p1_p2_rdb_pc/spl_minimal.c
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ void board_init_f(ulong bootflag)
 	ccsr_gur_t *gur = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_MPC85xx_GUTS_ADDR;
 #ifndef CONFIG_QE
 	ccsr_gpio_t *pgpio = (void *)(CONFIG_SYS_MPC85xx_GPIO_ADDR);
+#elif defined(CONFIG_P1021RDB)
+	par_io_t *par_io = (par_io_t *)&(gur->qe_par_io);
 #endif
 
 	/* initialize selected port with appropriate baud rate */
@@ -102,6 +104,19 @@ void board_init_f(ulong bootflag)
 	__raw_writel(0x00200000, &pgpio->gpdat);
 	udelay(1000);
 	__raw_writel(0x00000000, &pgpio->gpdir);
+#elif defined(CONFIG_P1021RDB)
+	/* init DDR3 reset signal CE_PB8 */
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cpdir1, 0x00004000);
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cpodr, 0x00800000);
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cppar1, 0x00000000);
+	/* reset DDR3 */
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cpdat, 0x00800000);
+	udelay(1000);
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cpdat, 0x00000000);
+	udelay(1000);
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cpdat, 0x00800000);
+	/* disable the CE_PB8 */
+	out_be32(&par_io[1].cpdir1, 0x00000000);
 #endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_INIT_L2_ADDR