diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-var-som.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-var-som.dtsi
index 49467b48d0b0..61786eee0e82 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-var-som.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mp-var-som.dtsi
@@ -180,8 +180,11 @@ led@1 {
 
 &i2c1 {
 	clock-frequency = <400000>;
-	pinctrl-names = "default";
+	pinctrl-names = "default", "gpio";
 	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_i2c1>;
+	pinctrl-1 = <&pinctrl_i2c1_gpio>;
+	scl-gpios = <&gpio2 6 (GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN)>;
+	sda-gpios = <&gpio2 7 (GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH | GPIO_OPEN_DRAIN)>;
 	status = "okay";
 
 	pmic@25 {
@@ -415,6 +418,13 @@ MX8MP_IOMUXC_SD1_DATA5__I2C1_SDA				0x400001c2
 		>;
 	};
 
+	pinctrl_i2c1_gpio: i2c1gpiogrp {
+		fsl,pins = <
+			MX8MP_IOMUXC_SD1_DATA4__GPIO2_IO06				0x1c2
+			MX8MP_IOMUXC_SD1_DATA5__GPIO2_IO07				0x1c2
+		>;
+	};
+
 	pinctrl_pmic: pmicgrp {
 		fsl,pins = <
 			MX8MP_IOMUXC_SPDIF_RX__GPIO5_IO04				0x1c0