diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.txt
index 5befb538db95..2e53324fb720 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Required properties:
 
 Optional properties:
 - ti,prescaler: Should be a value between 0 and 7, see the timers datasheet
+- ti,clock-source: Set dmtimer parent clock, values between 0 and 2:
+  - 0x00 - high-frequency system clock (timer_sys_ck)
+  - 0x01 - 32-kHz always-on clock (timer_32k_ck)
+  - 0x02 - external clock (timer_ext_ck, OMAP2 only)
 
 Example:
 	pwm9: dmtimer-pwm@9 {
diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
index 3e95090cd7cf..5ad42f33e70c 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-omap-dmtimer.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_chip *omap;
 	struct pwm_omap_dmtimer_pdata *pdata;
 	pwm_omap_dmtimer *dm_timer;
-	u32 prescaler;
+	u32 v;
 	int status;
 
 	pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
@@ -306,10 +306,12 @@ static int pwm_omap_dmtimer_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (pm_runtime_active(&omap->dm_timer_pdev->dev))
 		omap->pdata->stop(omap->dm_timer);
 
-	/* setup dmtimer prescaler */
-	if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "ti,prescaler",
-				&prescaler))
-		omap->pdata->set_prescaler(omap->dm_timer, prescaler);
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "ti,prescaler", &v))
+		omap->pdata->set_prescaler(omap->dm_timer, v);
+
+	/* setup dmtimer clock source */
+	if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "ti,clock-source", &v))
+		omap->pdata->set_source(omap->dm_timer, v);
 
 	omap->chip.dev = &pdev->dev;
 	omap->chip.ops = &pwm_omap_dmtimer_ops;