diff --git a/drivers/mmc/at91_mci.c b/drivers/mmc/at91_mci.c
index 6b7638b84290..d34b7d9d92ed 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/at91_mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/at91_mci.c
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ static int at91_mci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mmc->f_min = 375000;
 	mmc->f_max = 25000000;
 	mmc->ocr_avail = MMC_VDD_32_33 | MMC_VDD_33_34;
+	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_BYTEBLOCK;
 
 	host = mmc_priv(mmc);
 	host->mmc = mmc;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/imxmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/imxmmc.c
index fb6565b98f32..1b79dd271aae 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/imxmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/imxmmc.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static int imxmci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mmc->f_min = 150000;
 	mmc->f_max = CLK_RATE/2;
 	mmc->ocr_avail = MMC_VDD_32_33;
-	mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
+	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA | MMC_CAP_BYTEBLOCK;
 
 	/* MMC core transfer sizes tunable parameters */
 	mmc->max_hw_segs = 64;
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/omap.c b/drivers/mmc/omap.c
index ddf06b32c159..52c9e52e6b78 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/omap.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/omap.c
@@ -1034,13 +1034,14 @@ static int __init mmc_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	host->irq = pdev->resource[1].start;
 	host->base = (void __iomem*)IO_ADDRESS(r->start);
 
-	if (minfo->wire4)
-		 mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
-
 	mmc->ops = &mmc_omap_ops;
 	mmc->f_min = 400000;
 	mmc->f_max = 24000000;
 	mmc->ocr_avail = MMC_VDD_32_33|MMC_VDD_33_34;
+	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_BYTEBLOCK;
+
+	if (minfo->wire4)
+		 mmc->caps |= MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA;
 
 	/* Use scatterlist DMA to reduce per-transfer costs.
 	 * NOTE max_seg_size assumption that small blocks aren't
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
index dea4edd1c434..fdfc3838dd79 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/sdhci.c
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_probe_slot(struct pci_dev *pdev, int slot)
 	mmc->ops = &sdhci_ops;
 	mmc->f_min = host->max_clk / 256;
 	mmc->f_max = host->max_clk;
-	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA | MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE;
+	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA | MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE | MMC_CAP_BYTEBLOCK;
 
 	mmc->ocr_avail = 0;
 	if (caps & SDHCI_CAN_VDD_330)
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/wbsd.c b/drivers/mmc/wbsd.c
index 4a6617d9a49f..6435a6822ad3 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/wbsd.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/wbsd.c
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ static int __devinit wbsd_alloc_mmc(struct device *dev)
 	mmc->f_min = 375000;
 	mmc->f_max = 24000000;
 	mmc->ocr_avail = MMC_VDD_32_33 | MMC_VDD_33_34;
-	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA | MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE;
+	mmc->caps = MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA | MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE | MMC_CAP_BYTEBLOCK;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&host->lock);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/host.h b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
index b282ec9bba08..587264a58d56 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmc/host.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmc/host.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct mmc_host {
 
 #define MMC_CAP_4_BIT_DATA	(1 << 0)	/* Can the host do 4 bit transfers */
 #define MMC_CAP_MULTIWRITE	(1 << 1)	/* Can accurately report bytes sent to card on error */
+#define MMC_CAP_BYTEBLOCK	(1 << 2)	/* Can do non-log2 block sizes */
 
 	/* host specific block data */
 	unsigned int		max_seg_size;	/* see blk_queue_max_segment_size */