diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 348b43e653..3feedf311f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ config DM_MTD
 	  flash, RAM and similar chips, often used for solid state file
 	  systems on embedded devices.
 
+config SPL_DM_MTD
+	bool "Enable Driver Model for MTD drivers in SPL"
+	depends on SPL_DM
+	help
+	  Enable driver model for Memory Technology Devices (MTD), such as
+	  flash, RAM and similar chips, often used for solid state file
+	  systems on embedded devices.
+
 config MTD_NOR_FLASH
 	bool "Enable parallel NOR flash support"
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
index 318788c5e2..f6b0719746 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
 
 mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD) += mtdcore.o mtd_uboot.o
-mtd-$(CONFIG_DM_MTD) += mtd-uclass.o
+mtd-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)DM_MTD) += mtd-uclass.o
 mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS) += mtdpart.o
 mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_CONCAT) += mtdconcat.o
 mtd-$(CONFIG_ALTERA_QSPI) += altera_qspi.o