diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf
index 28d70502..88ef5c1f 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@
 
 require conf/machine/include/corstone700.inc
 
+# default feature used: eth_lan9115
+# add the following line to local.conf to disable the feature:
+# MACHINE_FEATURES_remove = "eth_lan9115"
+MACHINE_FEATURES += "eth_lan9115"
+
 TFA_TARGET_PLATFORM = "fpga"
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/eth_lan9115.scc b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/eth_lan9115.scc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94cb13e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/eth_lan9115.scc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+define KFEATURE_DESCRIPTION "Ethernet feature using lan9115"
+
+kconf hardware pnp.cfg
+kconf hardware lan9115.cfg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/lan9115.cfg b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/lan9115.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd77ec35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/lan9115.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_SMSC911X=y
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc
index 63f48dfe..95a8bab7 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc
@@ -52,3 +52,11 @@ KERNEL_FEATURES_append_corstone700-fvp = " \
                           bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/eth_lan91c111.scc', \
                          'bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/xip_cmdline.cfg', \
                           d)}"
+
+KERNEL_FEATURES_append_corstone700-mps3 = " \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', \
+                         'eth_lan9115', \
+                         'bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/xip_dhcp_cmdline.cfg \
+                          bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/eth_lan9115.scc', \
+                         'bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/xip_cmdline.cfg', \
+                          d)}"