diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig
index 70a3272ee998..dfb6547c37cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/Kconfig
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@ config IBM_NEW_EMAC_TAH
 config IBM_NEW_EMAC_EMAC4
 	bool
 	default n
+
+config IBM_NEW_EMAC_NO_FLOW_CTRL
+	bool
+	default n
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
index ccd9d9058f6d..4e633870e6e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
@@ -2567,6 +2567,8 @@ static int __devinit emac_init_config(struct emac_instance *dev)
 		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "ibm,emac-440ep") ||
 		    of_device_is_compatible(np, "ibm,emac-440gr"))
 			dev->features |= EMAC_FTR_440EP_PHY_CLK_FIX;
+		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "ibm,emac-405ez"))
+			dev->features |= EMAC_FTR_NO_FLOW_CONTROL_40x;
 	}
 
 	/* Fixup some feature bits based on the device tree */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.h b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.h
index 6545e69d12c3..59e5a5d802f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.h
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ enum {
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_RGMII
 	    EMAC_FTR_HAS_RGMII	|
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IBM_NEW_EMAC_NO_FLOW_CTRL
+	    EMAC_FTR_NO_FLOW_CONTROL_40x |
 #endif
 	EMAC_FTR_440EP_PHY_CLK_FIX,
 };