diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6ul-wirenboard61.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6ul-wirenboard61.dts
index 77f89186596d8..55aabaa99be56 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6ul-wirenboard61.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6ul-wirenboard61.dts
@@ -448,8 +448,12 @@
 
 &i2c2 {
 	clock_frequency = <100000>;
-	pinctrl-names = "default";
+	/* GPIOs are used for bus recovery by the driver */
+	pinctrl-names = "default", "gpio";
 	pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_i2c2>;
+	pinctrl-1 = <&pinctrl_i2c2_gpio>;
+	scl-gpios = <&gpio1 30 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+	sda-gpios = <&gpio1 31 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
@@ -663,6 +667,14 @@
 		>;
 	};
 
+	pinctrl_i2c2_gpio: i2c2gpiogrp {
+		fsl,pins = <
+			MX6UL_PAD_UART5_TX_DATA__GPIO1_IO30 0xf0b0 /* SCL, 22k pull-up */
+			MX6UL_PAD_UART5_RX_DATA__GPIO1_IO31 0xf0b0 /* SDA, 22k pull-up */
+			MX6UL_PAD_SD1_DATA0__GPIO2_IO18 0x30b0 /* INT */
+		>;
+	};
+
 	pinctrl_uart1: uart1grp {
 		fsl,pins = <
 			MX6UL_PAD_UART1_TX_DATA__UART1_DCE_TX 0x1b0b1