diff --git a/board/atmel/atstk1000/Makefile b/board/atmel/atstk1000/Makefile
index 155d46a..8a15713 100644
--- a/board/atmel/atstk1000/Makefile
+++ b/board/atmel/atstk1000/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 LIB	:= $(obj)lib$(BOARD).a
 
-COBJS	:= $(BOARD).o flash.o
+COBJS	:= $(BOARD).o flash.o eth.o
 
 SRCS	:= $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS) $(COBJS))
diff --git a/board/atmel/atstk1000/atstk1000.c b/board/atmel/atstk1000/atstk1000.c
index 9f735da..407752c 100644
--- a/board/atmel/atstk1000/atstk1000.c
+++ b/board/atmel/atstk1000/atstk1000.c
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
 
 	gpio_enable_ebi();
 	gpio_enable_usart1();
+#if defined(CONFIG_MACB)
+	gpio_enable_macb0();
+	gpio_enable_macb1();
+#endif
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/board/atmel/atstk1000/eth.c b/board/atmel/atstk1000/eth.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a7916e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board/atmel/atstk1000/eth.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Atmel Corporation
+ *
+ * Ethernet initialization for the ATSTK1000 starterkit
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+#include <common.h>
+
+#include <asm/arch/memory-map.h>
+
+extern int macb_eth_initialize(int id, void *regs, unsigned int phy_addr);
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_MACB) && (CONFIG_COMMANDS & CFG_CMD_NET)
+void atstk1000_eth_initialize(bd_t *bi)
+{
+	int id = 0;
+
+	macb_eth_initialize(id++, (void *)MACB0_BASE, bi->bi_phy_id[0]);
+	macb_eth_initialize(id++, (void *)MACB1_BASE, bi->bi_phy_id[1]);
+}
+#endif