diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Kconfig
index a9260e21451e5b884cc3affe056945eaf2fd049f..72ba3a7289fe3870acb78ee74d7551617fafbb03 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
 #	help
 #	  This option enables support for the CPCI405 board.
 
+config ACADIA
+	bool "Acadia"
+	depends on 40x
+	default n
+	select PPC40x_SIMPLE
+	select 405EZ
+	help
+	  This option enables support for the AMCC 405EZ Acadia evaluation board.
+
 config EP405
 	bool "EP405/EP405PC"
 	depends on 40x
@@ -93,6 +102,13 @@ config XILINX_VIRTEX_GENERIC_BOARD
 	  Most Virtex designs should use this unless it needs to do some
 	  special configuration at board probe time.
 
+config PPC40x_SIMPLE
+	bool "Simple PowerPC 40x board support"
+	depends on 40x
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option enables the simple PowerPC 40x platform support.
+
 # 40x specific CPU modules, selected based on the board above.
 config NP405H
 	bool
@@ -118,6 +134,12 @@ config 405EX
 	select IBM_NEW_EMAC_EMAC4
 	select IBM_NEW_EMAC_RGMII
 
+config 405EZ
+	bool
+	select IBM_NEW_EMAC_NO_FLOW_CTRL
+	select IBM_NEW_EMAC_MAL_CLR_ICINTSTAT
+	select IBM_NEW_EMAC_MAL_COMMON_ERR
+
 config 405GPR
 	bool
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Makefile
index 5533a5c8ce4e59f36bd3d586d25f2b37f301f799..1d93273a1db13542ace42e3d99b6098f0b164848 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/Makefile
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MAKALU)				+= makalu.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_WALNUT)				+= walnut.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_XILINX_VIRTEX_GENERIC_BOARD)	+= virtex.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EP405)				+= ep405.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPC40x_SIMPLE)		+= ppc40x_simple.o
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/ppc40x_simple.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/ppc40x_simple.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4498a86b46c3dfdf61f8ae393200af089487f5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/40x/ppc40x_simple.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Generic PowerPC 40x platform support
+ *
+ * Copyright 2008 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This implements simple platform support for PowerPC 44x chips.  This is
+ * mostly used for eval boards or other simple and "generic" 44x boards.  If
+ * your board has custom functions or hardware, then you will likely want to
+ * implement your own board.c file to accommodate it.
+ */
+
+#include <asm/machdep.h>
+#include <asm/pci-bridge.h>
+#include <asm/ppc4xx.h>
+#include <asm/prom.h>
+#include <asm/time.h>
+#include <asm/udbg.h>
+#include <asm/uic.h>
+
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
+
+static __initdata struct of_device_id ppc40x_of_bus[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "ibm,plb3", },
+	{ .compatible = "ibm,plb4", },
+	{ .compatible = "ibm,opb", },
+	{ .compatible = "ibm,ebc", },
+	{ .compatible = "simple-bus", },
+	{},
+};
+
+static int __init ppc40x_device_probe(void)
+{
+	of_platform_bus_probe(NULL, ppc40x_of_bus, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+machine_device_initcall(ppc40x_simple, ppc40x_device_probe);
+
+/* This is the list of boards that can be supported by this simple
+ * platform code.  This does _not_ mean the boards are compatible,
+ * as they most certainly are not from a device tree perspective.
+ * However, their differences are handled by the device tree and the
+ * drivers and therefore they don't need custom board support files.
+ *
+ * Again, if your board needs to do things differently then create a
+ * board.c file for it rather than adding it to this list.
+ */
+static char *board[] __initdata = {
+	"amcc,acadia"
+};
+
+static int __init ppc40x_probe(void)
+{
+	unsigned long root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
+	int i = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(board); i++) {
+		if (of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, board[i])) {
+			ppc_pci_flags = PPC_PCI_REASSIGN_ALL_RSRC;
+			return 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+define_machine(ppc40x_simple) {
+	.name = "PowerPC 40x Platform",
+	.probe = ppc40x_probe,
+	.progress = udbg_progress,
+	.init_IRQ = uic_init_tree,
+	.get_irq = uic_get_irq,
+	.restart = ppc4xx_reset_system,
+	.calibrate_decr = generic_calibrate_decr,
+};