diff --git a/patches/openwrt/0013-ar71xx-fix-board-detection-for-TP-LINK-TL-WA860RE.patch b/patches/openwrt/0013-ar71xx-fix-board-detection-for-TP-LINK-TL-WA860RE.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b3285f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/openwrt/0013-ar71xx-fix-board-detection-for-TP-LINK-TL-WA860RE.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+From: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
+Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:56:39 +0100
+Subject: ar71xx: fix board detection for TP-LINK TL-WA860RE
+
+Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
+
+diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
+index 4e58efe..f93a6df 100755
+--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
++++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
+@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ ar71xx_board_detect() {
+ 	*TL-WA850RE)
+ 		name="tl-wa850re"
+ 		;;
++	*TL-WA860RE)
++		name="tl-wa860re"
++		;;
+ 	*"TL-WA830RE v2")
+ 		name="tl-wa830re-v2"
+ 		;;
diff --git a/targets/ar71xx-generic/profiles.mk b/targets/ar71xx-generic/profiles.mk
index 9ad49046..1684274b 100644
--- a/targets/ar71xx-generic/profiles.mk
+++ b/targets/ar71xx-generic/profiles.mk
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ $(eval $(call GluonModel,TLWA750,tl-wa750re-v1-squashfs,tp-link-tl-wa750re-v1))
 $(eval $(call GluonProfile,TLWA850))
 $(eval $(call GluonModel,TLWA850,tl-wa850re-v1-squashfs,tp-link-tl-wa850re-v1))
 
+# TL-WA860RE v1
+$(eval $(call GluonProfile,TLWA860))
+$(eval $(call GluonModel,TLWA860,tl-wa860re-v1-squashfs,tp-link-tl-wa860re-v1))
+
 # TL-WA901N/ND v2
 $(eval $(call GluonProfile,TLWA901))
 $(eval $(call GluonModel,TLWA901,tl-wa901nd-v2-squashfs,tp-link-tl-wa901n-nd-v2))