diff --git a/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720_defconfig b/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720_defconfig
index 060517402622115a0108a788740ba7f7b12b087c..a6fce93e3c4235312074168dce9512a5208f71d3 100644
--- a/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720_defconfig
+++ b/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_MVEBU=y
 CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN=0x2000
 CONFIG_TARGET_MVEBU_DB_88F3720=y
-# CONFIG_MMC is not set
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="armada-3720-db"
 CONFIG_AHCI=y
 # CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET=y
 # CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_IMLS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_FLASH is not set
+CONFIG_CMD_MMC=y
 CONFIG_CMD_SF=y
 CONFIG_CMD_SPI=y
 CONFIG_CMD_I2C=y
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ CONFIG_BLOCK_CACHE=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C=y
 CONFIG_DM_I2C_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_MISC=y
+CONFIG_DM_MMC=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_SDMA=y
+CONFIG_MMC_SDHCI_XENON=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_MACRONIX=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_SPANSION=y
diff --git a/include/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720.h b/include/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720.h
index 7ddde8cb7118382787dabbb83382b2cb0ebb6b90..f37a64c8e8316a8b668002107dd3008c5b9d9126 100644
--- a/include/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720.h
+++ b/include/configs/mvebu_db-88f3720.h
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE	(CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID * \
 					 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN)
 
+/* MMC/SD IP block */
+#define CONFIG_GENERIC_MMC
+
 #define CONFIG_SUPPORT_VFAT
 
 /* DISK Partition support */