diff --git a/bsp/ar71xx/.config b/bsp/ar71xx/.config
index e92bb44d8c96f2239947e736d7cc69fe7679e7f0..b1ac9a22722bdad2c67550218abadf393133ef0c 100644
--- a/bsp/ar71xx/.config
+++ b/bsp/ar71xx/.config
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_archer-c60-v1=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_PACKAGES_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_archer-c60-v1="-kmod-ath10k kmod-ath10k-ct -ath10k-firmware-qca9888 ath10k-firmware-qca9888-ct"
 CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_archer-c7-v2=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_PACKAGES_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_archer-c7-v2="-kmod-ath10k kmod-ath10k-ct"
+CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_archer-c7-v5=y
+CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_PACKAGES_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_archer-c7-v5="-kmod-ath10k kmod-ath10k-ct"
 CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_cpe210-220-v1=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_PACKAGES_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_cpe210-220-v1=""
 CONFIG_TARGET_DEVICE_ar71xx_tiny_DEVICE_cpe210-v2=y
diff --git a/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp b/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
index 1879909077a533c644d96e2cc0b4a9b601ba51cc..37130d05503a5b8d8a7ee7e18eebd384f0924bd0 100644
--- a/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
+++ b/bsp/board_ar71xx.bsp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ target=$builddir/$machine
 images=("openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c25-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c60-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c7-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
+        "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-archer-c7-v5-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-cpe210-220-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-cpe210-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
         "openwrt-${chipset}-${subtarget}-cpe210-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-network/ar71xx/network.archer-c7-v5 b/src/packages/fff/fff-network/ar71xx/network.archer-c7-v5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..493134a19c2c76f9a48668faeb23ca95cbb29dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-network/ar71xx/network.archer-c7-v5
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+. /lib/functions/fff/network
+
+PORTORDER="1 2 3 4 5"
+
+WANDEV=eth0
+SWITCHDEV=eth0
+CLIENT_PORTS="4 5 0t"
+WAN_PORTS="1 0t"
+BATMAN_PORTS="2 3 0t"
+
+# use mac address from phy1 with 'locally administered' bit set to '1'
+# only possible, because wXmesh is created first and therefore gets the 'universally administered address'
+
+ETHMESHMAC=$(macFlipLocalBit "$(cat /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/macaddress)")
+ROUTERMAC=$(cat /sys/class/net/eth0/address)