diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/atmel,at91rm9200-rtc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/atmel,at91rm9200-rtc.txt
index 2a3feabd3b22..34c1505774bf 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/atmel,at91rm9200-rtc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/rtc/atmel,at91rm9200-rtc.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Atmel AT91RM9200 Real Time Clock
 
 Required properties:
-- compatible: should be: "atmel,at91rm9200-rtc"
+- compatible: should be: "atmel,at91rm9200-rtc" or "atmel,at91sam9x5-rtc"
 - reg: physical base address of the controller and length of memory mapped
   region.
 - interrupts: rtc alarm/event interrupt
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c
index 811a102092d4..f296f3f7db9b 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-at91rm9200.c
@@ -309,11 +309,18 @@ static irqreturn_t at91_rtc_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 static const struct at91_rtc_config at91rm9200_config = {
 };
 
+static const struct at91_rtc_config at91sam9x5_config = {
+	.use_shadow_imr	= true,
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 static const struct of_device_id at91_rtc_dt_ids[] = {
 	{
 		.compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-rtc",
 		.data = &at91rm9200_config,
+	}, {
+		.compatible = "atmel,at91sam9x5-rtc",
+		.data = &at91sam9x5_config,
 	}, {
 		/* sentinel */
 	}