diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c_litex.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c_litex.c
index 58636209bf6..548e390f86b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c_litex.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c_litex.c
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
 
 #include <zephyr/device.h>
 #include <zephyr/drivers/i2c.h>
+
+#include <zephyr/logging/log.h>
+LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(i2c_litex, CONFIG_I2C_LOG_LEVEL);
+
+#include "i2c-priv.h"
 #include "i2c_bitbang.h"
 
 #include <soc.h>
@@ -25,6 +30,7 @@
 struct i2c_litex_cfg {
 	uint32_t write_addr;
 	uint32_t read_addr;
+	uint32_t bitrate;
 };
 
 #define GET_I2C_CFG(dev)						     \
@@ -87,11 +93,18 @@ static int i2c_litex_init(const struct device *dev)
 {
 	const struct i2c_litex_cfg *config = GET_I2C_CFG(dev);
 	struct i2c_bitbang *bitbang = GET_I2C_BITBANG(dev);
+	int ret;
 
 	litex_write8(litex_read8(config->write_addr) | HIGH_STATE_ON_I2C_LINES, config->write_addr);
 	i2c_bitbang_init(bitbang, &i2c_litex_bitbang_io, (void *)config);
 
-	return 0;
+	ret = i2c_bitbang_configure(bitbang,
+				    I2C_MODE_CONTROLLER | i2c_map_dt_bitrate(config->bitrate));
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		LOG_ERR("failed to configure I2C bitbang: %d", ret);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int i2c_litex_configure(const struct device *dev, uint32_t dev_config)
@@ -120,6 +133,7 @@ static const struct i2c_driver_api i2c_litex_driver_api = {
 	static const struct i2c_litex_cfg i2c_litex_cfg_##n = {		       \
 		.write_addr = DT_INST_REG_ADDR_BY_NAME(n, write),	       \
 		.read_addr = DT_INST_REG_ADDR_BY_NAME(n, read),		       \
+		.bitrate = DT_INST_PROP(n, clock_frequency),                   \
 	};								       \
 									       \
 	static struct i2c_bitbang i2c_bitbang_##n;			       \
diff --git a/dts/bindings/i2c/litex,i2c.yaml b/dts/bindings/i2c/litex,i2c.yaml
index acb9032bd4e..04af4f9858d 100644
--- a/dts/bindings/i2c/litex,i2c.yaml
+++ b/dts/bindings/i2c/litex,i2c.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ include: i2c-controller.yaml
 properties:
   reg:
     required: true
+
+  clock-frequency:
+    required: true
diff --git a/dts/riscv/riscv32-litex-vexriscv.dtsi b/dts/riscv/riscv32-litex-vexriscv.dtsi
index 8032317f9d8..336a2feb001 100644
--- a/dts/riscv/riscv32-litex-vexriscv.dtsi
+++ b/dts/riscv/riscv32-litex-vexriscv.dtsi
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+ #include <zephyr/dt-bindings/i2c/i2c.h>
+
 / {
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <1>;
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@
 			compatible = "litex,i2c";
 			reg = <0xe0005000 0x4 0xe0005004 0x4>;
 			reg-names = "write", "read";
+			clock-frequency = <I2C_BITRATE_STANDARD>;
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <0>;
 			status = "disabled";