diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
index 399e5bb13835261296e999f2e0c9bd9c35a37491..97e8792b33b016d6fb2a4a5510c204e80b5610a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ extern struct sys_timer omap3_timer;
 extern struct sys_timer omap3_secure_timer;
 extern struct sys_timer omap3_am33xx_timer;
 extern struct sys_timer omap4_timer;
+extern struct sys_timer omap5_timer;
 
 void omap2420_init_early(void);
 void omap2430_init_early(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
index 2b318ec92d3975dd583035874a970437d22e93ea..13d20c8a283dd352515d659ec4c39956228a954a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
@@ -393,6 +393,11 @@ static void __init omap4_timer_init(void)
 OMAP_SYS_TIMER(4)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SOC_OMAP5
+OMAP_SYS_TIMER_INIT(5, 1, OMAP4_CLKEV_SOURCE, 2, OMAP4_MPU_SOURCE)
+OMAP_SYS_TIMER(5)
+#endif
+
 /**
  * omap_timer_init - build and register timer device with an
  * associated timer hwmod