diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 20addfb244..7789aab484 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PHYLIB) += miiphyutil.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_HOST) += usb.o usb_hub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_GADGET) += usb.o usb_hub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_USB_STORAGE) += usb_storage.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_ONBOARD_HUB) += usb_onboard_hub.o
 
 # others
 obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_MUX) += iomux.o
diff --git a/common/usb_onboard_hub.c b/common/usb_onboard_hub.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89e18a2dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/usb_onboard_hub.c
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Driver for onboard USB hubs
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * Mostly inspired by Linux kernel v6.1 onboard_usb_hub driver
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <dm/device_compat.h>
+#include <power/regulator.h>
+
+struct onboard_hub {
+	struct udevice *vdd;
+};
+
+static int usb_onboard_hub_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct onboard_hub *hub = dev_get_priv(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = device_get_supply_regulator(dev, "vdd-supply", &hub->vdd);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev, "can't get vdd-supply: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = regulator_set_enable_if_allowed(hub->vdd, true);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "can't enable vdd-supply: %d\n", ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int usb_onboard_hub_remove(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct onboard_hub *hub = dev_get_priv(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = regulator_set_enable_if_allowed(hub->vdd, false);
+	if (ret)
+		dev_err(dev, "can't disable vdd-supply: %d\n", ret);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static const struct udevice_id usb_onboard_hub_ids[] = {
+	/* Use generic usbVID,PID dt-bindings (usb-device.yaml) */
+	{ .compatible = "usb424,2514" }, /* USB2514B USB 2.0 */
+	{ }
+};
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(usb_onboard_hub) = {
+	.name	= "usb_onboard_hub",
+	.id	= UCLASS_USB_HUB,
+	.probe = usb_onboard_hub_probe,
+	.remove = usb_onboard_hub_remove,
+	.of_match = usb_onboard_hub_ids,
+	.priv_auto = sizeof(struct onboard_hub),
+};
diff --git a/drivers/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/usb/Kconfig
index 8efd461457..ebe6bf9498 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/usb/Kconfig
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ config USB_KEYBOARD
 	  Say Y here if you want to use a USB keyboard for U-Boot command line
 	  input.
 
+config USB_ONBOARD_HUB
+	bool "Onboard USB hub support"
+	depends on DM_USB
+	---help---
+	  Say Y here if you want to support discrete onboard USB hubs that
+	  don't require an additional control bus for initialization, but
+	  need some non-trivial form of initialization, such as enabling a
+	  power regulator. An example for such a hub is the Microchip
+	  USB2514B.
+
 if USB_KEYBOARD
 
 config USB_KEYBOARD_FN_KEYS
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/usb-uclass.c b/drivers/usb/host/usb-uclass.c
index 956e2a4e8e..93c318c3d1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/usb-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/usb-uclass.c
@@ -271,19 +271,23 @@ int usb_init(void)
 		/* init low_level USB */
 		printf("Bus %s: ", bus->name);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SANDBOX
 		/*
 		 * For Sandbox, we need scan the device tree each time when we
 		 * start the USB stack, in order to re-create the emulated USB
 		 * devices and bind drivers for them before we actually do the
 		 * driver probe.
+		 *
+		 * For USB onboard HUB, we need to do some non-trivial init
+		 * like enabling a power regulator, before enumeration.
 		 */
-		ret = dm_scan_fdt_dev(bus);
-		if (ret) {
-			printf("Sandbox USB device scan failed (%d)\n", ret);
-			continue;
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SANDBOX) ||
+		    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_USB_ONBOARD_HUB)) {
+			ret = dm_scan_fdt_dev(bus);
+			if (ret) {
+				printf("USB device scan from fdt failed (%d)", ret);
+				continue;
+			}
 		}
-#endif
 
 		ret = device_probe(bus);
 		if (ret == -ENODEV) {	/* No such device. */