diff --git a/board/sunxi/MAINTAINERS b/board/sunxi/MAINTAINERS
index 5a0b598a33..80e3f4be4b 100644
--- a/board/sunxi/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/board/sunxi/MAINTAINERS
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ M:	Aleksei Mamlin <mamlinav@gmail.com>
 S:	Maintained
 F:	configs/Wexler_TAB7200_defconfig
 
+X96 MATE TV BOX
+M:	Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	configs/x96_mate_defconfig
+
 YONES TOPTECH BD1078 BOARD
 M:	Paul Kocialkowski <contact@paulk.fr>
 S:	Maintained
diff --git a/configs/x96_mate_defconfig b/configs/x96_mate_defconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4276f4f543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/x96_mate_defconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_SUNXI=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="sun50i-h616-x96-mate"
+CONFIG_SPL=y
+CONFIG_DRAM_SUN50I_H616_READ_CALIBRATION=y
+CONFIG_MACH_SUN50I_H616=y
+CONFIG_MMC0_CD_PIN="PF6"
+CONFIG_R_I2C_ENABLE=y
+# CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_CLEAR_ON_INIT is not set
+CONFIG_SPL_I2C=y
+CONFIG_SPL_SYS_I2C_LEGACY=y
+CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MVTWSI=y
+CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE=0x7f
+CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED=400000
+CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT=y