diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog
index b6c3927f21..76d7115280 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-11-12	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* startup/bspstart.c: Add bsp_clicks_per_usec variable which is used by
+	shared code.
+
 2008-09-29	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Eliminate bsp.am. Build startup files as side-effect 
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/bspstart.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/bspstart.c
index 22d207be68..3f52bf0964 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/bspstart.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/psim/startup/bspstart.c
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ extern int PSIM_INSTRUCTIONS_PER_MICROSECOND;
  */
 unsigned int BSP_bus_frequency;
 
+/*
+ *  Driver configuration parameters
+ */
+uint32_t   bsp_clicks_per_usec;
+
 /*
  * Memory on this board.
  */
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ void bsp_start( void )
    *  initialize the device driver parameters
    */
   BSP_bus_frequency        = (unsigned int)&PSIM_INSTRUCTIONS_PER_MICROSECOND;
+  bsp_clicks_per_usec      = BSP_bus_frequency;
   BSP_time_base_divisor    = 1;
 
   /*