diff --git a/board/freescale/mx6qsabreauto/mx6qsabreauto.c b/board/freescale/mx6qsabreauto/mx6qsabreauto.c
index 5fca4d11e0a828471ff822535d6103aff3dad81e..51bbbc4cdf270fc7f84c07608c635a7bc4cd3412 100644
--- a/board/freescale/mx6qsabreauto/mx6qsabreauto.c
+++ b/board/freescale/mx6qsabreauto/mx6qsabreauto.c
@@ -231,6 +231,33 @@ static void eimnor_cs_setup(void)
 	set_chipselect_size(CS0_128);
 }
 
+static void eim_clk_setup(void)
+{
+	struct mxc_ccm_reg *imx_ccm = (struct mxc_ccm_reg *)CCM_BASE_ADDR;
+	int cscmr1, ccgr6;
+
+
+	/* Turn off EIM clock */
+	ccgr6 = readl(&imx_ccm->CCGR6);
+	ccgr6 &= ~(0x3 << 10);
+	writel(ccgr6, &imx_ccm->CCGR6);
+
+	/*
+	 * Configure clk_eim_slow_sel = 00 --> derive clock from AXI clk root
+	 * and aclk_eim_slow_podf = 01 --> divide by 2
+	 * so that we can have EIM at the maximum clock of 132MHz
+	 */
+	cscmr1 = readl(&imx_ccm->cscmr1);
+	cscmr1 &= ~(MXC_CCM_CSCMR1_ACLK_EMI_SLOW_MASK |
+		    MXC_CCM_CSCMR1_ACLK_EMI_SLOW_PODF_MASK);
+	cscmr1 |= (1 << MXC_CCM_CSCMR1_ACLK_EMI_SLOW_PODF_OFFSET);
+	writel(cscmr1, &imx_ccm->cscmr1);
+
+	/* Turn on EIM clock */
+	ccgr6 |= (0x3 << 10);
+	writel(ccgr6, &imx_ccm->CCGR6);
+}
+
 static void setup_iomux_eimnor(void)
 {
 	imx_iomux_v3_setup_multiple_pads(eimnor_pads, ARRAY_SIZE(eimnor_pads));
@@ -519,6 +546,7 @@ int board_early_init_f(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_MXS
 	setup_gpmi_nand();
 #endif
+	eim_clk_setup();
 
 	return 0;
 }