diff --git a/drivers/ti/uart/aarch64/16550_console.S b/drivers/ti/uart/aarch64/16550_console.S
index 56e7e5c119588db01e5b37a0432be5b841531c93..d46fa61190e719e2d112190a2e974dfcddb27425 100644
--- a/drivers/ti/uart/aarch64/16550_console.S
+++ b/drivers/ti/uart/aarch64/16550_console.S
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ func console_16550_core_init
 	/* no interrupt */
 	mov	w3, #0
 	str	w3, [x0, #UARTIER]
+#ifdef TI_16550_MDR_QUIRK
+	/* UART must be enabled on some platforms via the MDR register */
+	str	w3, [x0, #UARTMDR1]
+#endif /* TI_16550_MDR_QUIRK */
 	/* enable fifo, DMA */
 	mov	w3, #(UARTFCR_FIFOEN | UARTFCR_DMAEN)
 	str	w3, [x0, #UARTFCR]
diff --git a/include/drivers/ti/uart/uart_16550.h b/include/drivers/ti/uart/uart_16550.h
index 9eba41aa6f1a25b7aca5c0b3fc678f398be58f0e..b00f6642198cc5415f1f20277b9c000858a9ee96 100644
--- a/include/drivers/ti/uart/uart_16550.h
+++ b/include/drivers/ti/uart/uart_16550.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define UARTMSR			0x18
 #define UARTSPR			0x1c
 #define UARTCSR			0x20
+/* Some instances have MDR1 defined as well */
+#define UARTMDR1		0x20
 #define UARTRXFIFOCFG		0x24
 #define UARTMIE			0x28
 #define UARTVNDR		0x2c