diff --git a/include/configs/openrd_base.h b/include/configs/openrd_base.h
index 52fa73def9..846dfcd484 100644
--- a/include/configs/openrd_base.h
+++ b/include/configs/openrd_base.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMD_NAND
 #define CONFIG_CMD_PING
 #define CONFIG_CMD_USB
+#define CONFIG_CMD_IDE
 
 /*
  * NAND configuration
@@ -204,6 +205,36 @@
 #define CONFIG_SUPPORT_VFAT
 #endif /* CONFIG_CMD_USB */
 
+/*
+ * IDe Support on SATA port0
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMD_IDE
+#define __io
+#define CONFIG_CMD_EXT2
+#define CONFIG_MVSATA_IDE
+#define CONFIG_IDE_PREINIT
+#define CONFIG_MVSATA_IDE_USE_PORT1
+/* Needs byte-swapping for ATA data register */
+#define CONFIG_IDE_SWAP_IO
+/* Data, registers and alternate blocks are at the same offset */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_DATA_OFFSET	(0x0100)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_REG_OFFSET	(0x0100)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_ALT_OFFSET	(0x0100)
+/* Each 8-bit ATA register is aligned to a 4-bytes address */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_STRIDE		4
+/* Controller supports 48-bits LBA addressing */
+#define CONFIG_LBA48
+/* CONFIG_CMD_IDE requires some #defines for ATA registers */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXBUS		2
+#define CONFIG_SYS_IDE_MAXDEVICE	2
+/* ATA registers base is at SATA controller base */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_BASE_ADDR	KW_SATA_BASE
+/* ATA bus 0 is Kirkwood port 0 on openrd */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_IDE0_OFFSET	KW_SATA_PORT0_OFFSET
+/* ATA bus 1 is Kirkwood port 1 on openrd */
+#define CONFIG_SYS_ATA_IDE1_OFFSET	KW_SATA_PORT1_OFFSET
+#endif /* CONFIG_CMD_IDE */
+
 /*
  * File system
  */