diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
index f79b50fcf5..1844941eb2 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ config DM_I2C
 	  device (bus child) info is kept as parent plat. The interface
 	  is defined in include/i2c.h.
 
+config SPL_DM_I2C
+	bool "Enable Driver Model for I2C drivers in SPL"
+	depends on SPL_DM && DM_I2C
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable driver model for I2C. The I2C uclass interface: probe, read,
+	  write and speed, is implemented with the bus drivers operations,
+	  which provide methods for bus setting and data transfer. Each chip
+	  device (bus child) info is kept as parent platdata. The interface
+	  is defined in include/i2c.h.
+
 config I2C_CROS_EC_TUNNEL
 	tristate "Chrome OS EC tunnel I2C bus"
 	depends on CROS_EC
@@ -61,6 +72,16 @@ config DM_I2C_GPIO
 	  bindings are supported.
 	  Binding info: doc/device-tree-bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio.txt
 
+config SPL_DM_I2C_GPIO
+	bool "Enable Driver Model for software emulated I2C bus driver in SPL"
+	depends on SPL_DM && DM_I2C_GPIO && SPL_DM_GPIO && SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
+	default y
+	help
+	  Enable the i2c bus driver emulation by using the GPIOs. The bus GPIO
+	  configuration is given by the device tree. Kernel-style device tree
+	  bindings are supported.
+	  Binding info: doc/device-tree-bindings/i2c/i2c-gpio.txt
+
 config SYS_I2C_AT91
 	bool "Atmel I2C driver"
 	depends on DM_I2C && ARCH_AT91
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/Makefile b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
index 29aab0f9e3..acd27ac29d 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/i2c/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 #
 # (C) Copyright 2000-2007
 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
-obj-$(CONFIG_DM_I2C) += i2c-uclass.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)DM_I2C) += i2c-uclass.o
 ifdef CONFIG_ACPIGEN
-obj-$(CONFIG_DM_I2C) += acpi_i2c.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)DM_I2C) += acpi_i2c.o
 endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)DM_I2C_GPIO) += i2c-gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)I2C_CROS_EC_TUNNEL) += cros_ec_tunnel.o
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
index d737203704..1a49396007 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX) += p2sb_sandbox.o p2sb_emul.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX) += swap_case.o
 endif
 
-ifdef CONFIG_DM_I2C
+ifdef CONFIG_$(SPL_)DM_I2C
 ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 obj-$(CONFIG_SANDBOX) += i2c_eeprom_emul.o
 endif