diff --git a/src/flash/nor/at91sam4.c b/src/flash/nor/at91sam4.c
index cda74f9b2..84d09c211 100644
--- a/src/flash/nor/at91sam4.c
+++ b/src/flash/nor/at91sam4.c
@@ -504,6 +504,41 @@ static const struct sam4_chip_details all_sam4_details[] = {
 		},
 	},
 
+	/* at91samg53n19 */
+	{
+		.chipid_cidr    = 0x247e0ae0,
+		.name           = "at91samg53n19",
+		.total_flash_size     = 512 * 1024,
+		.total_sram_size      = 96 * 1024,
+		.n_gpnvms       = 2,
+		.n_banks        = 1,
+
+/*		.bank[0] = {*/
+		{
+			{
+				.probed = 0,
+				.pChip  = NULL,
+				.pBank  = NULL,
+				.bank_number = 0,
+				.base_address = FLASH_BANK_BASE_S,
+				.controller_address = 0x400e0a00,
+				.flash_wait_states = 6,	/* workaround silicon bug */
+				.present = 1,
+				.size_bytes =  512 * 1024,
+				.nsectors   =  64,
+				.sector_size = 8192,
+				.page_size   = 512,
+			},
+/*		.bank[1] = {*/
+		  {
+			.present = 0,
+			.probed = 0,
+			.bank_number = 1,
+
+		  },
+		}
+	},
+
 	/* terminate */
 	{
 		.chipid_cidr    = 0,
@@ -1078,6 +1113,10 @@ static const struct archnames { unsigned value; const char *name; } archnames[]
 	{ 0x3B,  "CAP11 Series"                                                         },
 	{ 0x40,  "AT91x40 Series"                                                       },
 	{ 0x42,  "AT91x42 Series"                                                       },
+	{ 0x43,  "SAMG51 Series"
+	},
+	{ 0x47,  "SAMG53 Series"
+	},
 	{ 0x55,  "AT91x55 Series"                                                       },
 	{ 0x60,  "AT91SAM7Axx Series"                                           },
 	{ 0x61,  "AT91SAM7AQxx Series"                                          },
diff --git a/tcl/board/atmel_samg53_xplained_pro.cfg b/tcl/board/atmel_samg53_xplained_pro.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06638cf56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcl/board/atmel_samg53_xplained_pro.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# Atmel SAMG53 Xplained Pro evaluation kit.
+# http://www.atmel.com/tools/ATSAMG53-XPRO.aspx
+#
+
+source [find interface/cmsis-dap.cfg]
+
+# chip name
+set CHIPNAME ATSAMG53N19
+
+source [find target/at91samg5x.cfg]
diff --git a/tcl/target/at91samg5x.cfg b/tcl/target/at91samg5x.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d26455b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcl/target/at91samg5x.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# script for the ATMEL samg5x CORTEX-M4F chip family
+#
+
+source [find target/at91sam4XXX.cfg]
+
+set _FLASHNAME $_CHIPNAME.flash
+flash bank $_FLASHNAME at91sam4 0x00400000 0 1 1 $_TARGETNAME