diff --git a/src/floppy/fdc.c b/src/floppy/fdc.c
index 51c3aa24a..6ffa47f29 100644
--- a/src/floppy/fdc.c
+++ b/src/floppy/fdc.c
@@ -2268,10 +2268,21 @@ fdc_reset(void *priv)
     fdc_update_rwc(fdc, 1, default_rwc);
     fdc_update_rwc(fdc, 2, default_rwc);
     fdc_update_rwc(fdc, 3, default_rwc);
-    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 0, 0);
-    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 1, 0);
-    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 2, 0);
-    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 3, 0);
+    /*
+       The OKI IF386SX natively supports the Japanese 1.25 MB floppy format,
+       since it can read such images just fine, it also attempts to use data
+       rate 01 on a 3.5" MB drive (which is the only kind it can physically
+       take, anyway), and rate 01 on a 3.5" MB drive is usually used by 3-mode
+       drives to switch to 360 RPM. Hence why I'm switching DRVDEN to 1, so
+       rate 01 becomes 500 kbps, so on a 3-mode 3.5" drive, 1.25 MB floppies
+       can be read. The side effect is that to read 5.25" 360k drives, you
+       need to use a dual-RPM 5.25" drive - but hey, that finally gets those
+       drives some usage as well.
+     */
+    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 0, !strcmp(machine_get_internal_name(),  "if386sx"));
+    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 1, !strcmp(machine_get_internal_name(),  "if386sx"));
+    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 2, !strcmp(machine_get_internal_name(),  "if386sx"));
+    fdc_update_drvrate(fdc, 3, !strcmp(machine_get_internal_name(),  "if386sx"));
     fdc_update_drv2en(fdc, 1);
     fdc_update_rates(fdc);