diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c
index aacb862ecc8a979f8022b8e0dd3428ed26c15baa..a7710f557849200b9b3d9641ad004472f41d6395 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-s3c.c
@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_s3c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* HSMMC on Samsung SoCs uses SDCLK as timeout clock */
 	host->quirks |= SDHCI_QUIRK_DATA_TIMEOUT_USES_SDCLK;
 
+	/* It supports additional host capabilities if needed */
+	if (pdata->host_caps)
+		host->mmc->caps |= pdata->host_caps;
+
 	ret = sdhci_add_host(host);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "sdhci_add_host() failed\n");