diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c
index 88a1be058a44..46f6fbf41d91 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/pch_uart.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static struct pch_uart_driver_data drv_dat[] = {
 static struct eg20t_port *pch_uart_ports[PCH_UART_NR];
 #endif
 static unsigned int default_baud = 9600;
+static unsigned int user_uartclk = 0;
 static const int trigger_level_256[4] = { 1, 64, 128, 224 };
 static const int trigger_level_64[4] = { 1, 16, 32, 56 };
 static const int trigger_level_16[4] = { 1, 4, 8, 14 };
@@ -372,6 +373,9 @@ static int pch_uart_get_uartclk(void)
 {
 	const char *cmp;
 
+	if (user_uartclk)
+		return user_uartclk;
+
 	cmp = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BOARD_NAME);
 	if (cmp && strstr(cmp, "CM-iTC"))
 		return CMITC_UARTCLK;
@@ -1860,3 +1864,4 @@ module_exit(pch_uart_module_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Intel EG20T PCH UART PCI Driver");
 module_param(default_baud, uint, S_IRUGO);
+module_param(user_uartclk, uint, S_IRUGO);