diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-imx8/sys_proto.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-imx8/sys_proto.h
index 73ffaba..3f5bbe9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-imx8/sys_proto.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-imx8/sys_proto.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 2018 NXP
  */
 
+#include <asm/arch/sci/sci.h>
 #include <asm/mach-imx/sys_proto.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
@@ -17,3 +18,4 @@
 
 enum boot_device get_boot_device(void);
 int print_bootinfo(void);
+int sc_pm_setup_uart(sc_rsrc_t uart_rsrc, sc_pm_clock_rate_t clk_rate);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/Makefile
index 31ad169..92b5c56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/Makefile
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
 #
 
-obj-y += cpu.o iomux.o
+obj-y += cpu.o iomux.o misc.o
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/misc.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/misc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb92362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8/misc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <asm/arch/sci/sci.h>
+
+int sc_pm_setup_uart(sc_rsrc_t uart_rsrc, sc_pm_clock_rate_t clk_rate)
+{
+	sc_pm_clock_rate_t rate = clk_rate;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Power up UARTn */
+	ret = sc_pm_set_resource_power_mode(-1, uart_rsrc, SC_PM_PW_MODE_ON);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Set UARTn clock root to 'rate' MHz */
+	ret = sc_pm_set_clock_rate(-1, uart_rsrc, SC_PM_CLK_PER, &rate);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Enable UARTn clock root */
+	ret = sc_pm_clock_enable(-1, uart_rsrc, SC_PM_CLK_PER, true, false);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}