diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
index 355aade9e65297..5efb1bf08b752f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ dtb-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += pps-gpio-overlay.dtb
 dtb-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += rpi-display-overlay.dtb
 dtb-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += w1-gpio-overlay.dtb
 dtb-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += w1-gpio-pullup-overlay.dtb
+dtb-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += spi-bcm2835-overlay.dtb
 dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM2835) += bcm2835-rpi-b.dtb
 
 dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM_5301X) += bcm4708-netgear-r6250.dtb
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spi-bcm2835-overlay.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spi-bcm2835-overlay.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fc1e39b9f10372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spi-bcm2835-overlay.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Device tree overlay for spi-bcm2835
+ */
+
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+
+/ {
+	compatible = "brcm,bcm2835", "brcm,bcm2836", "brcm,bcm2708", "brcm,bcm2709";
+	/* setting up compatiblity to allow loading the spi-bcm2835 driver */
+	fragment@0 {
+		target = <&spi0>;
+		__overlay__ {
+			status = "okay";
+			compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-spi";
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/bcm2709_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/bcm2709_defconfig
index 1c88a5ea0b587d..9161bb6482217e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/bcm2709_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/bcm2709_defconfig
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_MUX=m
 CONFIG_I2C_BCM2708=m
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_BCM2708=m
+CONFIG_SPI_BCM2835=m
 CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV=y
 CONFIG_PPS=m
 CONFIG_PPS_CLIENT_LDISC=m
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig
index b0619928c487b5..48cf5975b45503 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/bcmrpi_defconfig
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ CONFIG_I2C_MUX=m
 CONFIG_I2C_BCM2708=m
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_SPI_BCM2708=m
+CONFIG_SPI_BCM2835=m
 CONFIG_SPI_SPIDEV=y
 CONFIG_PPS=m
 CONFIG_PPS_CLIENT_LDISC=m