diff --git a/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.dts b/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.dts
index 551caba6b8..745caa64f6 100644
--- a/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.dts
+++ b/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.dts
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 
 /dts-v1/;
 
+#include <mem.h>
 #include <gaisler/gr716a.dtsi>
 
 / {
 	model = "GR716-MINI Development Board";
 	compatible = "gaisler,gr716a-mini";
+	aliases {
+		spi-flash0 = &flash0;
+	};
 	chosen {
 		zephyr,console = &uart0;
 		zephyr,shell-uart = &uart0;
@@ -21,3 +25,15 @@
 &uart0 {
 	status = "okay";
 };
+
+&spim0 {
+	status = "okay";
+	/* 256 Mbit SPI flash MX25L25635FZ2I-10G in 8 pin WSON package */
+	flash0: flash@0 {
+		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
+		reg = <0>;
+		spi-max-frequency = <50000000>;
+		size = <DT_SIZE_M(256)>;
+		jedec-id = [c2 20 19];
+	};
+};
diff --git a/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.yaml b/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.yaml
index 4107097aab..8b673cebfa 100644
--- a/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.yaml
+++ b/boards/sparc/gr716a_mini/gr716a_mini.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ toolchain:
   - xtools
 supported:
   - netif
+  - spi
 testing:
   ignore_tags:
     - net
diff --git a/dts/sparc/gaisler/gr716a.dtsi b/dts/sparc/gaisler/gr716a.dtsi
index 78b9c806bb..a3c79e1eaa 100644
--- a/dts/sparc/gaisler/gr716a.dtsi
+++ b/dts/sparc/gaisler/gr716a.dtsi
@@ -89,5 +89,23 @@
 			reg = <0x80305000 0x100>;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
+
+		spim0: spi@fff00100 {
+			compatible = "gaisler,spimctrl";
+			reg = <0xfff00100 0x100>;
+			interrupts = <2 0>;
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <0>;
+			status = "disabled";
+		};
+
+		spim1: spi@fff00200 {
+			compatible = "gaisler,spimctrl";
+			reg = <0xfff00200 0x100>;
+			interrupts = <2 0>;
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <0>;
+			status = "disabled";
+		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/soc/sparc/gr716a/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/sparc/gr716a/Kconfig.defconfig
index 6feb4ff3d6..ef9bf0ca77 100644
--- a/soc/sparc/gr716a/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/sparc/gr716a/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -13,4 +13,17 @@ config SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC
 	int
 	default 50000000
 
+if FLASH
+
+config SPI
+	default y
+
+config SPI_NOR
+	default y
+
+config SPI_GRLIB_SPIMCTRL
+	default y
+
+endif
+
 endif