diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
index 8877b9789868..005a745e5c47 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ config DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE
 	depends on OF
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
 	select DRM_DW_HDMI
+	select OF_OVERLAY
+	select DRM_DISPLAY_CONNECTOR
 	imply DRM_IMX8MP_HDMI_PAI
 	imply DRM_IMX8MP_HDMI_PVI
 	imply PHY_FSL_SAMSUNG_HDMI_PHY
@@ -15,6 +17,22 @@ config DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE
 	  Choose this to enable support for the internal HDMI encoder found
 	  on the i.MX8MP SoC.
 
+config DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR_FIXUP
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on DRM_IMX_LCDIF
+	depends on DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE
+	depends on OF
+	help
+	  Modifies at early boot the live device tree of boards using the
+	  i.MX8MP fsl,imx8mp-hdmi-tx adding a hdmi-connector node linked to
+	  the hdmi-tx. This is needed to support bridge-connector usage in
+	  the i.MX8MP LCDIF driver.
+
+	  You need this if you use the i.MX8MP HDMI output and your board
+	  device tree file does not have an hdmi-connector node connected
+	  to it.
+
 config DRM_IMX8MP_HDMI_PAI
 	tristate "Freescale i.MX8MP HDMI PAI bridge support"
 	depends on OF
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Makefile
index 69d9f9abbe36..94ac8c40ebe9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_IMX_LDB_HELPER) += imx-ldb-helper.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE) += imx8mp-hdmi-tx.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE_CONNECTOR_FIXUP) += imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.o \
+							   imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.dtbo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_IMX8MP_HDMI_PAI) += imx8mp-hdmi-pai.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_IMX8MP_HDMI_PVI) += imx8mp-hdmi-pvi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_IMX8QM_LDB) += imx8qm-ldb.o
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc1736bfc3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Add an hdmi-connector node to boards using the imx8mp hdmi_tx which
+ * don't have one. This is needed for the i.MX LCDIF to work with
+ * DRM_BRIDGE_ATTACH_NO_CONNECTOR.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 GE HealthCare
+ * Author: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/of_graph.h>
+
+/* Embedded dtbo symbols created by cmd_wrap_S_dtb in scripts/Makefile.dtbs */
+extern char __dtbo_imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_begin[];
+extern char __dtbo_imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_end[];
+
+static int __init imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_init(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *soc      __free(device_node) = NULL;
+	struct device_node *hdmi_tx  __free(device_node) = NULL;
+	struct device_node *endpoint __free(device_node) = NULL;
+	void *dtbo_start;
+	u32 dtbo_size;
+	int ovcs_id;
+	int err;
+
+	soc = of_find_node_by_path("/soc@0");
+	if (!soc)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* This applies to i.MX8MP only, do nothing on other systems */
+	if (!of_device_is_compatible(soc, "fsl,imx8mp-soc"))
+		return 0;
+
+	hdmi_tx = of_find_node_by_path("/soc@0/bus@32c00000/hdmi@32fd8000");
+	if (!of_device_is_available(hdmi_tx))
+		return 0;
+
+	/* If endpoint exists, assume an hdmi-connector exists already */
+	endpoint = of_graph_get_endpoint_by_regs(hdmi_tx, 1, -1);
+	if (endpoint)
+		return 0;
+
+	dtbo_start = __dtbo_imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_begin;
+	dtbo_size = __dtbo_imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_end -
+		    __dtbo_imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_begin;
+
+	err = of_overlay_fdt_apply(dtbo_start, dtbo_size, &ovcs_id, NULL);
+	if (err)
+		err = of_overlay_remove(&ovcs_id);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+subsys_initcall(imx8mp_hdmi_tx_connector_fixup_init);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.dtso b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.dtso
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ba1c1854aee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8mp-hdmi-tx-connector-fixup.dtso
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * DTS overlay adding an hdmi-connector node to boards using the imx8mp hdmi_tx
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2026 GE HealthCare
+ * Author: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com>
+ */
+
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+
+&{/} {
+	fixup-hdmi-connector {
+		compatible = "hdmi-connector";
+		label = "HDMI";
+		type = "a";
+
+		port {
+			fixup_hdmi_connector_in: endpoint {
+				remote-endpoint = <&hdmi_tx_out>;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+&{/soc@0/bus@32c00000/hdmi@32fd8000/ports/port@1} {
+	hdmi_tx_out: endpoint {
+		remote-endpoint = <&fixup_hdmi_connector_in>;
+	};
+};