diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/brya/Kconfig.name b/src/mainboard/google/brya/Kconfig.name
index 6608193284..2c639bf2ff 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/brya/Kconfig.name
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/brya/Kconfig.name
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ config BOARD_GOOGLE_KULDAX
 
 config BOARD_GOOGLE_JOXER
 	bool "->  Joxer"
+	select ALDERLAKE_CONFIGURE_DESCRIPTOR
 	select BOARD_GOOGLE_BASEBOARD_NISSA
 	select DRIVERS_GENESYSLOGIC_GL9750
 
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/Makefile.inc b/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/Makefile.inc
index d38141ca24..ee9b555ab7 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 bootblock-y += gpio.c
+bootblock-y += variant.c
 
 romstage-y += gpio.c
 
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/variant.c b/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/variant.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..702468280d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/brya/variants/joxer/variant.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#include <baseboard/variants.h>
+#include <console/console.h>
+#include <fw_config.h>
+#include <soc/bootblock.h>
+
+/*
+ * TODO(b/229022567): This is a workaround which will be removed once we
+ * implement a proper solution for configuring the descriptor differently for
+ * different SKUs.
+ */
+void variant_update_descriptor(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * UfsCont1Config = "Disabled"
+	 * IshSupported = "No"
+	 */
+	struct descriptor_byte emmc_bytes[] = {
+		{ 0x1f8, 0x55 },
+		{ 0x1f9, 0x55 },
+		{ 0xc18, 0x89 },
+		{ 0xc1d, 0xb8 },
+	};
+
+	/*
+	 * UfsCont1Config = "X2"
+	 * IshSupported = "Yes"
+	 */
+	struct descriptor_byte ufs_bytes[] = {
+		{ 0x1f8, 0x95 },
+		{ 0x1f9, 0x59 },
+		{ 0xc18, 0x09 },
+		{ 0xc1d, 0x28 },
+	};
+
+	if (fw_config_probe(FW_CONFIG(STORAGE, STORAGE_UFS))) {
+		printk(BIOS_INFO, "Configuring descriptor for UFS\n");
+		configure_descriptor(ufs_bytes, ARRAY_SIZE(ufs_bytes));
+	} else {
+		printk(BIOS_INFO, "Configuring descriptor for eMMC\n");
+		configure_descriptor(emmc_bytes, ARRAY_SIZE(emmc_bytes));
+	}
+}