diff --git a/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h b/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h
index 7f7ff9f4e1f42e03406a1eb51183c441bc0c99e2..783ed518e5813d8d7d7253ef7edabee7ba4c3e9b 100644
--- a/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h
+++ b/include/configs/MPC8536DS.h
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R	/* call board_early_init_r function */
 
+#define CONFIG_HWCONFIG			/* enable hwconfig */
 #define CONFIG_FSL_PIXIS	1	/* use common PIXIS code */
 #define PIXIS_BASE	0xffdf0000	/* PIXIS registers */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_64BIT
@@ -782,7 +783,7 @@
  "fdtaddr=c00000\0"				\
  "fdtfile=8536ds/mpc8536ds.dtb\0"		\
  "bdev=sda3\0"					\
- "usb_phy_type=ulpi\0"
+ "hwconfig=usb1:dr_mode=host,phy_type=ulpi\0"
 
 #define CONFIG_HDBOOT				\
  "setenv bootargs root=/dev/$bdev rw "		\
diff --git a/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h b/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h
index 4f1bdfe629a19fd6616a6577fa0a2fdfc31b4929..df88b79bbefb7a48a5b9ee869d794269bcf36d32 100644
--- a/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h
+++ b/include/configs/P1_P2_RDB.h
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ extern unsigned long get_board_sys_clk(unsigned long dummy);
 	"nandfdtaddr=80000\0"		\
 	"nandimgsize=400000\0"		\
 	"nandfdtsize=80000\0"		\
-	"usb_phy_type=ulpi\0"		\
+	"hwconfig=usb1:dr_mode=host,phy_type=ulpi\0"	\
 	"vscfw_addr=ef000000\0"	\
 	"othbootargs=ramdisk_size=600000\0" \
 	"usbfatboot=setenv bootargs root=/dev/ram rw "	\
diff --git a/include/configs/P2020DS.h b/include/configs/P2020DS.h
index b5db0b3c24b3b9c20f047e860a389b98ac51f995..90fe7c4047764a1e81303c23562973746b345806 100644
--- a/include/configs/P2020DS.h
+++ b/include/configs/P2020DS.h
@@ -752,7 +752,8 @@
 
 #define	CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS				\
  "perf_mode=performance\0"			\
- "hwconfig=fsl_ddr:ctlr_intlv=bank,bank_intlv=cs0_cs1\0"	\
+	"hwconfig=fsl_ddr:ctlr_intlv=bank,bank_intlv=cs0_cs1;"	\
+	"usb1:dr_mode=host,phy_type=ulpi\0"			\
  "netdev=eth0\0"						\
  "uboot=" MK_STR(CONFIG_UBOOTPATH) "\0"				\
  "tftpflash=tftpboot $loadaddr $uboot; "			\
diff --git a/include/configs/corenet_ds.h b/include/configs/corenet_ds.h
index 52ef06e9426693e73a4e0246938a06db185de884..c9cc22af3b0337b93aed35c8b5a634a22b417aeb 100644
--- a/include/configs/corenet_ds.h
+++ b/include/configs/corenet_ds.h
@@ -639,9 +639,16 @@
 
 #define CONFIG_BAUDRATE	115200
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_P4080DS)
+#define __USB_PHY_TYPE	ulpi
+#else
+#define __USB_PHY_TYPE	utmi
+#endif
+
 #define	CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS				\
 	"hwconfig=fsl_ddr:ctlr_intlv=cacheline,"		\
-	"bank_intlv=cs0_cs1\0"					\
+	"bank_intlv=cs0_cs1;"					\
+	"usb1:dr_mode=host,phy_type=" MK_STR(__USB_PHY_TYPE) "\0"\
 	"netdev=eth0\0"						\
 	"uboot=" MK_STR(CONFIG_UBOOTPATH) "\0"			\
 	"ubootaddr=" MK_STR(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) "\0"			\