diff --git a/sys/dev/mii/brgphy.c b/sys/dev/mii/brgphy.c
index 7cc5bb7d5ade..45366ea51e5c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mii/brgphy.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mii/brgphy.c
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ static int brgphy_probe(dev)
 		return(0);
 	}
 
+	if (MII_OUI(ma->mii_id1, ma->mii_id2) == MII_OUI_xxBROADCOM &&
+	    MII_MODEL(ma->mii_id2) == MII_MODEL_xxBROADCOM_BCM5701) {
+		device_set_desc(dev, MII_STR_xxBROADCOM_BCM5701);
+		return(0);
+	}
+
 	return(ENXIO);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/mii/miidevs b/sys/dev/mii/miidevs
index 91acbb1fd96b..081ea1f5e394 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mii/miidevs
+++ b/sys/dev/mii/miidevs
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ model BROADCOM 3c905Cphy	0x0017 3c905C 10/100 internal PHY
 model xxBROADCOM BCM5400	0x0004 Broadcom 1000baseTX PHY
 model xxBROADCOM BCM5401	0x0005 BCM5401 10/100/1000baseTX PHY
 model xxBROADCOM BCM5411	0x0007 BCM5411 10/100/1000baseTX PHY
+model xxBROADCOM BCM5701	0x0011 BCM5701 10/100/1000baseTX PHY
 
 /* Davicom Semiconductor PHYs */
 model xxDAVICOM DM9101		0x0000 DM9101 10/100 media interface