diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
index 7b588b4..4eed3a6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/imx-ldb.c
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@
 	struct imx_ldb *ldb;
 	struct drm_connector connector;
 	struct drm_encoder encoder;
+
+	/* Defines what is connected to the ldb, only one at a time */
 	struct drm_panel *panel;
+	struct drm_bridge *bridge;
+
 	struct device_node *child;
 	struct i2c_adapter *ddc;
 	int chno;
@@ -468,10 +472,30 @@
 	drm_encoder_init(drm, encoder, &imx_ldb_encoder_funcs,
 			 DRM_MODE_ENCODER_LVDS, NULL);
 
-	drm_connector_helper_add(&imx_ldb_ch->connector,
-			&imx_ldb_connector_helper_funcs);
-	drm_connector_init(drm, &imx_ldb_ch->connector,
-			   &imx_ldb_connector_funcs, DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS);
+	if (imx_ldb_ch->bridge) {
+		imx_ldb_ch->bridge->encoder = encoder;
+
+		imx_ldb_ch->encoder.bridge = imx_ldb_ch->bridge;
+		ret = drm_bridge_attach(drm, imx_ldb_ch->bridge);
+		if (ret) {
+			DRM_ERROR("Failed to initialize bridge with drm\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * We want to add the connector whenever there is no bridge
+		 * that brings its own, not only when there is a panel. For
+		 * historical reasons, the ldb driver can also work without
+		 * a panel.
+		 */
+		drm_connector_helper_add(&imx_ldb_ch->connector,
+				&imx_ldb_connector_helper_funcs);
+		drm_connector_init(drm, &imx_ldb_ch->connector,
+				&imx_ldb_connector_funcs,
+				DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_LVDS);
+		drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(&imx_ldb_ch->connector,
+				encoder);
+	}
 
 	if (imx_ldb_ch->panel) {
 		ret = drm_panel_attach(imx_ldb_ch->panel,
@@ -480,8 +504,6 @@
 			return ret;
 	}
 
-	drm_mode_connector_attach_encoder(&imx_ldb_ch->connector, encoder);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -550,6 +572,46 @@
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, imx_ldb_dt_ids);
 
+static int imx_ldb_panel_ddc(struct device *dev,
+		struct imx_ldb_channel *channel, struct device_node *child)
+{
+	struct device_node *ddc_node;
+	const u8 *edidp;
+	int ret;
+
+	ddc_node = of_parse_phandle(child, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
+	if (ddc_node) {
+		channel->ddc = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc_node);
+		of_node_put(ddc_node);
+		if (!channel->ddc) {
+			dev_warn(dev, "failed to get ddc i2c adapter\n");
+			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!channel->ddc) {
+		/* if no DDC available, fallback to hardcoded EDID */
+		dev_dbg(dev, "no ddc available\n");
+
+		edidp = of_get_property(child, "edid",
+					&channel->edid_len);
+		if (edidp) {
+			channel->edid = kmemdup(edidp,
+						channel->edid_len,
+						GFP_KERNEL);
+		} else if (!channel->panel) {
+			/* fallback to display-timings node */
+			ret = of_get_drm_display_mode(child,
+						      &channel->mode,
+						      &channel->bus_flags,
+						      OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE);
+			if (!ret)
+				channel->mode_valid = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int imx_ldb_bind(struct device *dev, struct device *master, void *data)
 {
 	struct drm_device *drm = data;
@@ -557,7 +619,6 @@
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id =
 			of_match_device(imx_ldb_dt_ids, dev);
 	struct device_node *child;
-	const u8 *edidp;
 	struct imx_ldb *imx_ldb;
 	int dual;
 	int ret;
@@ -607,7 +668,6 @@
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
 		struct imx_ldb_channel *channel;
-		struct device_node *ddc_node;
 		struct device_node *ep;
 		int bus_format;
 
@@ -640,47 +700,25 @@
 
 			remote = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(ep);
 			of_node_put(ep);
-			if (remote)
+			if (remote) {
 				channel->panel = of_drm_find_panel(remote);
-			else
+				channel->bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(remote);
+			} else
 				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 			of_node_put(remote);
-			if (!channel->panel) {
-				dev_err(dev, "panel not found: %s\n",
+
+			if (!channel->panel && !channel->bridge) {
+				dev_err(dev, "panel/bridge not found: %s\n",
 					remote->full_name);
 				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 			}
 		}
 
-		ddc_node = of_parse_phandle(child, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
-		if (ddc_node) {
-			channel->ddc = of_find_i2c_adapter_by_node(ddc_node);
-			of_node_put(ddc_node);
-			if (!channel->ddc) {
-				dev_warn(dev, "failed to get ddc i2c adapter\n");
-				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (!channel->ddc) {
-			/* if no DDC available, fallback to hardcoded EDID */
-			dev_dbg(dev, "no ddc available\n");
-
-			edidp = of_get_property(child, "edid",
-						&channel->edid_len);
-			if (edidp) {
-				channel->edid = kmemdup(edidp,
-							channel->edid_len,
-							GFP_KERNEL);
-			} else if (!channel->panel) {
-				/* fallback to display-timings node */
-				ret = of_get_drm_display_mode(child,
-							      &channel->mode,
-							      &channel->bus_flags,
-							      OF_USE_NATIVE_MODE);
-				if (!ret)
-					channel->mode_valid = 1;
-			}
+		/* panel ddc only if there is no bridge */
+		if (!channel->bridge) {
+			ret = imx_ldb_panel_ddc(dev, channel, child);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
 		}
 
 		bus_format = of_get_bus_format(dev, child);