diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit.dts b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit.dts
index 90b261114763..2dae3f8f33f6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit.dts
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs-icicle-kit.dts
@@ -199,6 +199,27 @@ &syscontroller {
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
+&syscontroller_qspi {
+	/*
+	 * The flash *is* there, but Icicle kits that have engineering sample
+	 * silicon (write?) access to this flash to non-functional. The system
+	 * controller itself can actually access it, but the MSS cannot write
+	 * an image there. Instantiating a coreQSPI in the fabric & connecting
+	 * it to the flash instead should work though. Pre-production or later
+	 * silicon does not have this issue.
+	 */
+	status = "disabled";
+
+	sys_ctrl_flash: flash@0 { // MT25QL01GBBB8ESF-0SIT
+		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <1>;
+		spi-max-frequency = <20000000>;
+		spi-rx-bus-width = <1>;
+		reg = <0>;
+	};
+};
+
 &usb {
 	status = "okay";
 	dr_mode = "host";
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs.dtsi b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs.dtsi
index a6faf24f1dba..7ebce6dde6e4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs.dtsi
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/dts/microchip/mpfs.dtsi
@@ -193,6 +193,12 @@ syscontroller: syscontroller {
 		mboxes = <&mbox 0>;
 	};
 
+	scbclk: mssclkclk {
+		compatible = "fixed-clock";
+		#clock-cells = <0>;
+		clock-frequency = <80000000>;
+	};
+
 	soc {
 		#address-cells = <2>;
 		#size-cells = <2>;
@@ -523,5 +529,16 @@ mbox: mailbox@37020000 {
 			#mbox-cells = <1>;
 			status = "disabled";
 		};
+
+		syscontroller_qspi: spi@37020100 {
+			compatible = "microchip,mpfs-qspi", "microchip,coreqspi-rtl-v2";
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <0>;
+			reg = <0x0 0x37020100 0x0 0x100>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&plic>;
+			interrupts = <110>;
+			clocks = <&scbclk>;
+			status = "disabled";
+		};
 	};
 };