diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
index fe2c3cf822818a63389bfd1fbab5c2f0bc041cf1..e2b1b1211b0d4ddbb527ed7239eaf05759dfae27 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/arcregs.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #define ARC_REG_D_UNCACH_BCR	0x6A
 #define ARC_REG_BPU_BCR		0xc0
 #define ARC_REG_ISA_CFG_BCR	0xc1
+#define ARC_REG_RTT_BCR		0xF2
 #define ARC_REG_SMART_BCR	0xFF
 
 /* status32 Bits Positions */
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
index 900f68a7008832017296f3dc641e70203358c5d6..1d167c6df8caae8a48d59b2aa08539e9f20b51d6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ static void read_arc_build_cfg_regs(void)
 	READ_BCR(ARC_REG_SMART_BCR, bcr);
 	cpu->extn.smart = bcr.ver ? 1 : 0;
 
-	cpu->extn.debug = cpu->extn.ap | cpu->extn.smart;
+	READ_BCR(ARC_REG_RTT_BCR, bcr);
+	cpu->extn.rtt = bcr.ver ? 1 : 0;
+
+	cpu->extn.debug = cpu->extn.ap | cpu->extn.smart | cpu->extn.rtt;
 }
 
 static const struct cpuinfo_data arc_cpu_tbl[] = {