diff --git a/hw/sd/sdhci.c b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
index 89b595ce4a..09e9ebfe09 100644
--- a/hw/sd/sdhci.c
+++ b/hw/sd/sdhci.c
@@ -1884,9 +1884,11 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps usdhc_mmio_ops = {
 static void imx_usdhc_init(Object *obj)
 {
     SDHCIState *s = SYSBUS_SDHCI(obj);
+    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
 
     s->io_ops = &usdhc_mmio_ops;
     s->quirks = SDHCI_QUIRK_NO_BUSY_IRQ;
+    qdev_prop_set_uint8(dev, "sd-spec-version", 3);
 }
 
 /* --- qdev Samsung s3c --- */