diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt
index b462d0c54823..c662eb36be29 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/tty/serial/fsl-imx-uart.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Required properties:
 Optional properties:
 - fsl,uart-has-rtscts : Indicate the uart has rts and cts
 - fsl,irda-mode : Indicate the uart supports irda mode
+- fsl,dte-mode : Indicate the uart works in DTE mode. The uart works
+                  is DCE mode by default.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -16,4 +18,5 @@ serial@73fbc000 {
 	reg = <0x73fbc000 0x4000>;
 	interrupts = <31>;
 	fsl,uart-has-rtscts;
+	fsl,dte-mode;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 72bc1dbcd055..381a2d79593c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ struct imx_port {
 	unsigned int		old_status;
 	int			txirq, rxirq, rtsirq;
 	unsigned int		have_rtscts:1;
+	unsigned int		dte_mode:1;
 	unsigned int		use_irda:1;
 	unsigned int		irda_inv_rx:1;
 	unsigned int		irda_inv_tx:1;
@@ -1020,6 +1021,8 @@ imx_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 
 	ufcr = readl(sport->port.membase + UFCR);
 	ufcr = (ufcr & (~UFCR_RFDIV)) | UFCR_RFDIV_REG(div);
+	if (sport->dte_mode)
+		ufcr |= UFCR_DCEDTE;
 	writel(ufcr, sport->port.membase + UFCR);
 
 	writel(num, sport->port.membase + UBIR);
@@ -1444,6 +1447,9 @@ static int serial_imx_probe_dt(struct imx_port *sport,
 	if (of_get_property(np, "fsl,irda-mode", NULL))
 		sport->use_irda = 1;
 
+	if (of_get_property(np, "fsl,dte-mode", NULL))
+		sport->dte_mode = 1;
+
 	sport->devdata = of_id->data;
 
 	return 0;