diff --git a/drivers/clk/microchip/clk-mpfs.c b/drivers/clk/microchip/clk-mpfs.c
index 8338a4c15404..070c3b896559 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/microchip/clk-mpfs.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/microchip/clk-mpfs.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #define REG_MSSPLL_POSTDIV_CR	0x10u
 #define REG_MSSPLL_SSCG_2_CR	0x2Cu
 #define REG_CLOCK_CONFIG_CR	0x08u
+#define REG_RTC_CLOCK_CR	0x0Cu
 #define REG_SUBBLK_CLOCK_CR	0x84u
 #define REG_SUBBLK_RESET_CR	0x88u
 
@@ -96,6 +97,17 @@ static const struct clk_div_table mpfs_div_ahb_table[] = {
 	{ 0, 0 }
 };
 
+/*
+ * The only two supported reference clock frequencies for the PolarFire SoC are
+ * 100 and 125 MHz, as the rtc reference is required to be 1 MHz.
+ * It therefore only needs to have divider table entries corresponding to
+ * divide by 100 and 125.
+ */
+static const struct clk_div_table mpfs_div_rtcref_table[] = {
+	{ 100, 100 }, { 125, 125 },
+	{ 0, 0 }
+};
+
 static unsigned long mpfs_clk_msspll_recalc_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long prate)
 {
 	struct mpfs_msspll_hw_clock *msspll_hw = to_mpfs_msspll_clk(hw);
@@ -234,6 +246,16 @@ static struct mpfs_cfg_hw_clock mpfs_cfg_clks[] = {
 		REG_CLOCK_CONFIG_CR),
 	CLK_CFG(CLK_AHB, "clk_ahb", "clk_msspll", 4, 2, mpfs_div_ahb_table, 0,
 		REG_CLOCK_CONFIG_CR),
+	{
+		.cfg.id = CLK_RTCREF,
+		.cfg.shift = 0,
+		.cfg.width = 12,
+		.cfg.table = mpfs_div_rtcref_table,
+		.cfg.reg_offset = REG_RTC_CLOCK_CR,
+		.cfg.flags = CLK_DIVIDER_ONE_BASED,
+		.hw.init =
+			CLK_HW_INIT_PARENTS_DATA("clk_rtcref", mpfs_ext_ref, &mpfs_clk_cfg_ops, 0),
+	}
 };
 
 static int mpfs_clk_register_cfg(struct device *dev, struct mpfs_cfg_hw_clock *cfg_hw,
@@ -359,7 +381,7 @@ static struct mpfs_periph_hw_clock mpfs_periph_clks[] = {
 	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_MAC0, "clk_periph_mac0", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 1, 0),
 	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_MAC1, "clk_periph_mac1", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 2, 0),
 	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_MMC, "clk_periph_mmc", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 3, 0),
-	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_TIMER, "clk_periph_timer", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 4, 0),
+	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_TIMER, "clk_periph_timer", PARENT_CLK(RTCREF), 4, 0),
 	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_MMUART0, "clk_periph_mmuart0", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 5, CLK_IS_CRITICAL),
 	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_MMUART1, "clk_periph_mmuart1", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 6, 0),
 	CLK_PERIPH(CLK_MMUART2, "clk_periph_mmuart2", PARENT_CLK(AHB), 7, 0),