diff --git a/drivers/qe/qe.c b/drivers/qe/qe.c
index e90a4a5..ea5a14b 100644
--- a/drivers/qe/qe.c
+++ b/drivers/qe/qe.c
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@
 	/* Init the QE IMMR base */
 	qe_immr = (qe_map_t *)qe_base;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
+        /* Upload microcode to IRAM for those SOCs which do not have ROM in QE.
+         */
+        qe_upload_firmware((const struct qe_firmware *) CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR);
+
+        /* enable the microcode in IRAM */
+        out_be32(&qe_immr->iram.iready,QE_IRAM_READY);
+#endif
+
 	gd->mp_alloc_base = QE_DATAONLY_BASE;
 	gd->mp_alloc_top = gd->mp_alloc_base + QE_DATAONLY_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/drivers/qe/qe.h b/drivers/qe/qe.h
index a55555f..d78edba 100644
--- a/drivers/qe/qe.h
+++ b/drivers/qe/qe.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@
 /* I-RAM */
 #define QE_IRAM_IADD_AIE	0x80000000	/* Auto Increment Enable */
 #define QE_IRAM_IADD_BADDR	0x00080000	/* Base Address */
+#define QE_IRAM_READY		0x80000000
 
 /* Structure that defines QE firmware binary files.
  *