diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
index dd483c0526b..592d2cb504b 100755
--- a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ tplink,tl-wr941-v4)
 	ucidef_set_led_switch "lan4" "LAN4" "tp-link:green:lan4" "switch0" "0x10"
 	;;
 tplink,tl-wr740n-v4|\
+tplink,tl-wr740n-v5|\
 tplink,tl-wr741nd-v4|\
 tplink,tl-wr841-v8|\
 tplink,tl-wr842n-v2)
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
index 08e7c295867..25c39aa3ff7 100755
--- a/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ ath79_setup_interfaces()
 			"1:lan" "2:lan" "3:lan" "4:lan" "0:wan" "9@eth0"
 		;;
 	tplink,tl-wr740n-v4|\
+	tplink,tl-wr740n-v5|\
 	tplink,tl-wr741nd-v4|\
 	tplink,tl-wr841-v8|\
 	tplink,tl-wr842n-v2)
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9331_tplink_tl-wr740n-v5.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9331_tplink_tl-wr740n-v5.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a031bf38750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9331_tplink_tl-wr740n-v5.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
+/dts-v1/;
+
+#include "ar9331_tplink_tl-wr741nd-v4.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+	model = "TP-Link TL-WR740N v5";
+	compatible = "tplink,tl-wr740n-v5", "qca,ar9331";
+};
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/tiny-tp-link.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/tiny-tp-link.mk
index 817f5d8ed61..84b0d320b16 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/tiny-tp-link.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/tiny-tp-link.mk
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ define Device/tplink_tl-wr740n-v4
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += tplink_tl-wr740n-v4
 
+define Device/tplink_tl-wr740n-v5
+  $(Device/tplink-4mlzma)
+  ATH_SOC := ar9331
+  DEVICE_TITLE := TP-Link TL-WR740N v5
+  TPLINK_HWID := 0x07400005
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += tplink_tl-wr740n-v5
+
 define Device/tplink_tl-wr741-v1
   $(Device/tplink-4m)
   ATH_SOC := ar7240