diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/baseboard/devicetree.cb b/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/baseboard/devicetree.cb
index 38b1da2712..3a799944dd 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/baseboard/devicetree.cb
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/baseboard/devicetree.cb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ fw_config
 		option LTE_ABSENT 0
 		option LTE_PRESENT 1
 	end
+	field EXT_VR 18
+		option EXT_VR_PRESENT 0
+		option EXT_VR_ABSENT 1
+	end
 end
 
 chip soc/intel/jasperlake
diff --git a/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/sasukette/ramstage.c b/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/sasukette/ramstage.c
index 2f714ff03e..b4ea9cbcfa 100644
--- a/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/sasukette/ramstage.c
+++ b/src/mainboard/google/dedede/variants/sasukette/ramstage.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <fw_config.h>
 #include <soc/pci_devs.h>
 #include <drivers/i2c/generic/chip.h>
+#include <soc/soc_chip.h>
 
 extern struct chip_operations drivers_i2c_generic_ops;
 
@@ -29,7 +30,16 @@ static void audio_codec_update(void)
 		config->hid = "RTL5682";
 }
 
+static void ext_vr_update(void)
+{
+	struct soc_intel_jasperlake_config *cfg = config_of_soc();
+
+	if (fw_config_probe(FW_CONFIG(EXT_VR, EXT_VR_ABSENT)))
+		cfg->disable_external_bypass_vr = 1;
+}
+
 void variant_devtree_update(void)
 {
 	audio_codec_update();
+	ext_vr_update();
 }