diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/usb.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/usb.mk
index 8bf070a047..121e3aed51 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/usb.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/usb.mk
@@ -1845,6 +1845,7 @@ define KernelPackage/usb3
 	+TARGET_bcm53xx:kmod-usb-bcma \
 	+TARGET_bcm53xx:kmod-phy-bcm-ns-usb3 \
 	+TARGET_ramips_mt7621:kmod-usb-xhci-mtk \
+	+TARGET_econet_en751221:kmod-usb-xhci-mtk \
 	+TARGET_mediatek:kmod-usb-xhci-mtk
   KCONFIG:= \
 	CONFIG_USB_PCI=y \
diff --git a/target/linux/econet/Makefile b/target/linux/econet/Makefile
index e2c15f0a85..28b8ab33ad 100644
--- a/target/linux/econet/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/econet/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 ARCH:=mips
 BOARD:=econet
 BOARDNAME:=EcoNet EN75xx MIPS
-FEATURES:=dt source-only squashfs nand
+FEATURES:=dt source-only squashfs nand usb
 SUBTARGETS:=en751221
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=6.12
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ endef
 # include the profiles
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/target.mk
 
+# nand-utils is used by base-files/sbin/en75_chboot
+DEFAULT_PACKAGES += nand-utils
+
 $(eval $(call BuildTarget))
diff --git a/target/linux/econet/dts/en751221.dtsi b/target/linux/econet/dts/en751221.dtsi
index 4ef907c57a..d512d0425a 100644
--- a/target/linux/econet/dts/en751221.dtsi
+++ b/target/linux/econet/dts/en751221.dtsi
@@ -56,6 +56,20 @@
 		econet,shadow-interrupts = <7 2>, <8 3>, <13 12>, <30 29>;
 	};
 
+    usb: usb@1fb90000 {
+            compatible = "mediatek,mt8173-xhci", "mediatek,mtk-xhci";
+            reg = <0x1fb90000 0x4000>,
+                  <0x1fa80700 0x100>;
+            reg-names = "mac", "ippc";
+
+            #address-cells = <1>;
+            #size-cells = <0>;
+
+            interrupt-parent = <&intc>;
+            interrupts = <17>;
+            usb3-lpm-capable;
+    };
+
 	uart: serial@1fbf0000 {
 		compatible = "ns16550";
 		reg = <0x1fbf0000 0x30>;
diff --git a/target/linux/econet/en751221/config-6.12 b/target/linux/econet/en751221/config-6.12
index 80bb91957d..653019f9c5 100644
--- a/target/linux/econet/en751221/config-6.12
+++ b/target/linux/econet/en751221/config-6.12
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ZSTD=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ZBOOT=y
+CONFIG_DMA_NEED_SYNC=y
+CONFIG_DMA_NONCOHERENT=y
 CONFIG_DTB_ECONET_NONE=y
 # CONFIG_DTB_ECONET_SMARTFIBER_XP8421_B is not set
 CONFIG_DTC=y
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_UBI=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT=13
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BLOCK=y
 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD=4096
+CONFIG_NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE=y
 CONFIG_NEED_SRCU_NMI_SAFE=y
 CONFIG_NET_EGRESS=y
 CONFIG_NET_FLOW_LIMIT=y
@@ -168,6 +171,7 @@ CONFIG_TIMER_PROBE=y
 CONFIG_TREE_RCU=y
 CONFIG_TREE_SRCU=y
 CONFIG_UBIFS_FS=y
+CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT=y
 CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_EARLY_PRINTK_8250=y
 CONFIG_USE_OF=y
 CONFIG_XPS=y
diff --git a/target/linux/econet/image/en751221.mk b/target/linux/econet/image/en751221.mk
index 801af349e0..69d6cebd6c 100644
--- a/target/linux/econet/image/en751221.mk
+++ b/target/linux/econet/image/en751221.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ define Device/smartfiber_xp8421-b
   DEVICE_DTS := en751221_smartfiber_xp8421-b
   IMAGES := tclinux.trx
   IMAGE/tclinux.trx := append-kernel | lzma | tclinux-trx
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb3
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += smartfiber_xp8421-b
 
diff --git a/target/linux/econet/patches-6.12/310-usb-enable-econet-usb.patch b/target/linux/econet/patches-6.12/310-usb-enable-econet-usb.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15deffaa0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/econet/patches-6.12/310-usb-enable-econet-usb.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ config ECONET
+ 	bool "EcoNet MIPS family"
+ 	select BOOT_RAW
+ 	select CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
++	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
+ 	select DEBUG_ZBOOT if DEBUG_KERNEL
+ 	select EARLY_PRINTK_8250
+ 	select ECONET_EN751221_TIMER
+--- a/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
++++ b/drivers/usb/host/Kconfig
+@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ config USB_XHCI_HISTB
+ config USB_XHCI_MTK
+ 	tristate "xHCI support for MediaTek SoCs"
+ 	select MFD_SYSCON
+-	depends on (MIPS && SOC_MT7621) || ARCH_MEDIATEK || COMPILE_TEST
++	depends on (MIPS && SOC_MT7621) || ECONET || ARCH_MEDIATEK || COMPILE_TEST
+ 	help
+ 	  Say 'Y' to enable the support for the xHCI host controller
+ 	  found in MediaTek SoCs.