diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile b/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile
index 65d43358c9..982eecbcbd 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ARCH:=arm
 BOARD:=sunxi
 BOARDNAME:=Allwinner A1x/A20/A3x
 FEATURES:=fpu usb ext4 display rtc squashfs
-SUBTARGETS:=cortexa8 cortexa7
+SUBTARGETS:=cortexa8 cortexa7 cortexa53
 MAINTAINER:=Zoltan HERPAI <wigyori@uid0.hu>
 
 KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.9
diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa53/config-default b/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa53/config-default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58ac214695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa53/config-default
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+CONFIG_64BIT=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CACHE_LINE_SIZE=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KCOV=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS=18
+CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MAX=24
+CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS_MIN=18
+CONFIG_ARCH_MMAP_RND_COMPAT_BITS_MIN=11
+CONFIG_ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE=y
+CONFIG_ARM64=y
+# CONFIG_ARM64_16K_PAGES is not set
+CONFIG_ARM64_4K_PAGES=y
+# CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES is not set
+CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_SHIFT=4
+# CONFIG_ARM64_CRYPTO is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM64_HW_AFDBM is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS is not set
+CONFIG_ARM64_PAGE_SHIFT=12
+# CONFIG_ARM64_PAN is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM64_PTDUMP is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM64_RANDOMIZE_TEXT_OFFSET is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM64_UAO is not set
+CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS=39
+CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_39=y
+# CONFIG_ARM64_VA_BITS_48 is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM64_VHE is not set
+CONFIG_ARM_AMBA=y
+CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3=y
+# CONFIG_ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG is not set
+# CONFIG_ARM_SP805_WATCHDOG is not set
+CONFIG_AUDIT_ARCH_COMPAT_GENERIC=y
+# CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_VERSATILE is not set
+CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_XGENE=y
+# CONFIG_COMPAT is not set
+# CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA is not set
+CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
+CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER=y
+# CONFIG_FSL_ERRATUM_A008585 is not set
+CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG_RELATIVE_POINTERS=y
+CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE=y
+CONFIG_GENERIC_CSUM=y
+CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_MIGRATION=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_HUGE_VMAP=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_KASAN=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_EBPF_JIT=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_MSI=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_MEMORY_PRESENT=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_PATA_PLATFORM=y
+CONFIG_ILLEGAL_POINTER_VALUE=0xdead000000000000
+# CONFIG_KASAN is not set
+CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON=y
+CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU=y
+CONFIG_KVM_ARM_VGIC_V3_ITS=y
+CONFIG_MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA=y
+CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH=y
+CONFIG_NO_IOPORT_MAP=y
+# CONFIG_NUMA is not set
+CONFIG_PARTITION_PERCPU=y
+# CONFIG_PCI_DOMAINS is not set
+# CONFIG_PHY_XGENE is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_GR8 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN4I_A10 is not set
+CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN50I_A64=y
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN5I_A10S is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN5I_A13 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN6I_A31 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN6I_A31S is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN6I_A31_R is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN7I_A20 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN8I_A23 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN8I_A23_R is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN8I_A33 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN8I_A83T is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN8I_H3 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN8I_H3_R is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN9I_A80 is not set
+# CONFIG_PINCTRL_SUN9I_A80_R is not set
+# CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE is not set
+# CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL010 is not set
+# CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011 is not set
+CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y
+CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME=y
+CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_MANUAL=y
+CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=y
+CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE=y
+CONFIG_SUN50I_A64_CCU=y
+CONFIG_SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE=y
diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa53/target.mk b/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa53/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b180be2cc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa53/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2016 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+ARCH:=aarch64
+BOARDNAME:=Allwinner A64
+CPU_TYPE:=cortex-a53
+KERNELNAME:=Image dtbs
diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile b/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile
index 1e8cedc70c..c3bc91c9f7 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/image/Makefile
@@ -194,6 +194,20 @@ endef
 
 TARGET_DEVICES += sun7i-a20-pcduino3
 
+endif
+
+
+ifeq ($(SUBTARGET),cortexa53)
+
+define Device/sun50i-a64-pine64-plus
+  DEVICE_TITLE:=Pine64 Plus A64
+  SUPPORTED_DEVICES:=pine64,pine64-plus
+  SUNXI_DTS:=allwinner/sun50i-a64-pine64-plus
+  KERNEL_NAME := Image
+  KERNEL := kernel-bin
+endef
+
+TARGET_DEVICES += sun50i-a64-pine64-plus
 
 endif
 
