diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/09_fix_crc b/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/09_fix_crc
index 89ce8970d75..c39625b8653 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/09_fix_crc
+++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/09_fix_crc
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ fixseama() {
 }
 
 case "$board" in
-dlink,dir-885l)
+dlink,dir-885l | \
+dlink,dir-890l)
 	fixseama
 	;;
 *)
diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh b/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
index d9dc497cdac..0697d3dc80b 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
+++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ platform_expected_image() {
 
 	case "$machine" in
 		"dlink,dir-885l")	echo "seamaseal wrgac42_dlink.2015_dir885l"; return;;
+		"dlink,dir-890l")	echo "seamaseal wrgac36_dlink.2013gui_dir890"; return;;
 		"luxul,abr-4500-v1")	echo "lxl ABR-4500"; return;;
 		"luxul,xap-810-v1")	echo "lxl XAP-810"; return;;
 		"luxul,xap-1410-v1")	echo "lxl XAP-1410"; return;;
diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
index 5158b432b3b..39b7efbef78 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ define Build/luxul-lxl
 	mv $@.new $@
 endef
 
+# Outputs a lzma compressed U-Boot that start at 0x00008000
+# just like the D-Link boot loaders expect
+define Build/dlink-uboot-bin
+	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/lzma e $(STAGING_DIR_IMAGE)/$(DEVICE_NAME)-u-boot.bin -d16 $@
+endef
+
 define Build/seama-nand
 	# Seama entity
 	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/oseama \
@@ -274,6 +280,21 @@ define Device/dlink_dir-885l
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += dlink_dir-885l
 
+define Device/dlink_dir-890l
+  DEVICE_VENDOR := D-Link
+  DEVICE_MODEL := DIR-890L
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := $(BRCMFMAC_43602A1) $(USB2_PACKAGES) $(USB3_PACKAGES)
+  # Layout: U-boot (128kb max) followed by kernel and appended DTB.
+  # This is done because the boot loader will only read the first 2 MB
+  # from the flash and decompress the LZMA it finds there after the
+  # SEAMA header. Since the compressed kernel will not fit in 2 MB,
+  # we put U-Boot there and let U-Boot read and execute the kernel.
+  KERNEL := dlink-uboot-bin | pad-to 128k | append-kernel | append-dtb
+  $(Device/dlink)
+  SIGNATURE := wrgac36_dlink.2013gui_dir890
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += dlink_dir-890l
+
 define Device/dlink_dwl-8610ap
   DEVICE_VENDOR := D-Link
   DEVICE_MODEL := DWL-8610AP