diff --git a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/romstage_fsp_params.c b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/romstage_fsp_params.c
index 98c93489ea..28fca2da10 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/romstage_fsp_params.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/romstage_fsp_params.c
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <types.h>
 
+bool __weak half_populated(void)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 void mainboard_memory_init_params(FSPM_UPD *memupd)
 {
 	static struct spd_info spd_info;
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ void mainboard_memory_init_params(FSPM_UPD *memupd)
 		die("SPD in HW-Info not valid!\n");
 	}
 	/* Initialize variant specific configurations */
-	memcfg_init(&memupd->FspmConfig, board_cfg, &spd_info, false);
+	memcfg_init(&memupd->FspmConfig, board_cfg, &spd_info, half_populated());
 
 	/* Enable Row-Hammer prevention */
 	memupd->FspmConfig.RhPrevention = 1;
diff --git a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/variants/baseboard/include/baseboard/variants.h b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/variants/baseboard/include/baseboard/variants.h
index 0893d99e03..901047991d 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/variants/baseboard/include/baseboard/variants.h
+++ b/src/mainboard/siemens/mc_ehl/variants/baseboard/include/baseboard/variants.h
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const struct pad_config *variant_early_gpio_table(size_t *num);
 /* This function returns SPD related FSP-M mainboard configs */
 const struct mb_cfg *variant_memcfg_config(void);
 
+/* This function can select half-populate DRAM */
+bool half_populated(void);
+
 /* The following function performs board specific things. */
 void variant_mainboard_final(void);