diff --git a/board/freescale/mpc8568mds/mpc8568mds.c b/board/freescale/mpc8568mds/mpc8568mds.c
index 1aaecf3d03ee7e1e8fa6aaa3d1aeccfe6756ab21..3c3726b49cc4d0b7acd2ece1f8f8d683fbf68b24 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mpc8568mds/mpc8568mds.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mpc8568mds/mpc8568mds.c
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ const qe_iop_conf_t qe_iop_conf_tab[] = {
 	{1, 31, 2, 0, 3}, /* GTX125 */
 	{4,  6, 3, 0, 2}, /* MDIO */
 	{4,  5, 1, 0, 2}, /* MDC */
+
+	/* UART1 */
+	{2, 0, 1, 0, 2}, /* UART_SOUT1 */
+	{2, 1, 1, 0, 2}, /* UART_RTS1 */
+	{2, 2, 2, 0, 2}, /* UART_CTS1 */
+	{2, 3, 2, 0, 2}, /* UART_SIN1 */
+
 	{0,  0, 0, 0, QE_IOP_TAB_END}, /* END of table */
 };