diff --git a/include/configs/mx25pdk.h b/include/configs/mx25pdk.h
index e48798c..a64bafe 100644
--- a/include/configs/mx25pdk.h
+++ b/include/configs/mx25pdk.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0x81200000
 #define CONFIG_MXC_GPIO
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE		32768
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTER	\
+	(&((struct gpt_regs *)IMX_GPT1_BASE)->counter)
+
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_CPUINFO
 #define CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
 
diff --git a/include/configs/tx25.h b/include/configs/tx25.h
index edd1f48..5ac6e64 100644
--- a/include/configs/tx25.h
+++ b/include/configs/tx25.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 #define CONFIG_MX25
 #define CONFIG_MX25_CLK32		32000	/* OSC32K frequency */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE		CONFIG_MX25_CLK32
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTER	\
+	(&((struct gpt_regs *)IMX_GPT1_BASE)->counter)
 
 #define	CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN		(256 << 10)	/* 256 kB for U-Boot */
 
diff --git a/include/configs/zmx25.h b/include/configs/zmx25.h
index 2e7f145..8ffe6f1 100644
--- a/include/configs/zmx25.h
+++ b/include/configs/zmx25.h
@@ -10,10 +10,16 @@
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
 #define __CONFIG_H
 
+#include <asm/arch/imx-regs.h>
+
 #define CONFIG_ARM926EJS			/* arm926ejs CPU core */
 #define CONFIG_MX25
 #define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE		0xA0000000
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_RATE		32768
+#define CONFIG_SYS_TIMER_COUNTER	\
+	(&((struct gpt_regs *)IMX_GPT1_BASE)->counter)
+
 #define CONFIG_MACH_TYPE	MACH_TYPE_ZMX25
 /*
  * Environment settings