diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
index ecdd3229b34f76..f5248cc62da329 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ dtb-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += sdhost-overlay.dtb
 dtb-$(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-$(RPI_DT_OVERLAYS) += spi-bcm2708-overlay.dtb
 
 dtb-$(CONFIG_MACH_ASM9260) += \
 	alphascale-asm9260-devkit.dtb
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2708_common.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2708_common.dtsi
index 4bf6960e4176fc..3f8af85b2aba5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2708_common.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2708_common.dtsi
@@ -84,13 +84,21 @@
 		};
 
 		spi0: spi@7e204000 {
-			compatible = "brcm,bcm2708-spi";
+			compatible = "brcm,bcm2835-spi";
 			reg = <0x7e204000 0x1000>;
 			interrupts = <2 22>;
 			clocks = <&clk_spi>;
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <0>;
 			status = "disabled";
+			/* the dma channels */
+			dmas = <&dma 6>, <&dma 7>;
+			dma-names = "tx", "rx";
+			/* the chipselects used - <0> means native GPIO
+			 * add more gpios if necessary as <&gpio 6 1>
+			 * (but do not forget to make them output!)
+			 */
+			cs-gpios = <0>, <0>;
 		};
 
 		i2c0: i2c@7e205000 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/spi-bcm2708-overlay.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spi-bcm2708-overlay.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e378ef176cd8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/spi-bcm2708-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,bcm2708-spi";
+		};
+	};
+};