diff --git a/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc b/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..638abfa844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/boards/nanopi-r5c.csc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Rockchip RK3568 quad core 4GB eMMC USB3 2x 2.5GbE 
+BOARD_NAME="NanoPi R5C"
+BOARDFAMILY="rk3568-odroid" # Mooching rk3568-odroid family for freshness for now. Uses rockchip64_common for most stuff.
+BOARD_MAINTAINER=""
+BOOT_SOC="rk3568"
+KERNEL_TARGET="edge"
+BOOT_FDT_FILE="rockchip/rk3568-nanopi-r5c.dtb"
+SRC_EXTLINUX="no"
+ASOUND_STATE="asound.state.station-m2" # TODO verify me
+IMAGE_PARTITION_TABLE="gpt"
+FULL_DESKTOP="no"
+INSTALL_HEADERS="yes"
+BOOT_LOGO="desktop"
+
+BOOTSOURCE="https://github.com/Kwiboo/u-boot-rockchip.git" # also following kwiboo's uboot due to his rk3568 work
+BOOTBRANCH_BOARD="commit:a6e84f9f5b90ff0fa3ac4e6b7e0d6e2c3ac9bb1b" # specific commit, from "branch:rk3568-2023.10" which is v2023.10-rc2 + kwiboo's patches (including GMAC)
+BOOTPATCHDIR="v2023.10"
+BOOTCONFIG="nanopi-r5c-rk3568_defconfig"
+BOOTDIR="u-boot-${BOARD}" # do not share u-boot directory
+
+DEFAULT_OVERLAYS="nanopi-r5c-leds"
+
+# Newer blobs...
+RKBIN_GIT_URL="https://github.com/rpardini/armbian-rkbin.git"
+RKBIN_GIT_BRANCH="update-3568-blobs"
+DDR_BLOB="rk35/rk3568_ddr_1560MHz_v1.18.bin"
+BL31_BLOB="rk35/rk3568_bl31_v1.43.elf"
+
+function post_family_config__uboot_config() {
+	display_alert "$BOARD" "u-boot ${BOOTBRANCH_BOARD} overrides" "info"
+	BOOTDELAY=2 # Wait for UART interrupt to enter UMS/RockUSB mode etc
+    UBOOT_TARGET_MAP="ROCKCHIP_TPL=${RKBIN_DIR}/${DDR_BLOB} BL31=$RKBIN_DIR/$BL31_BLOB spl/u-boot-spl u-boot.bin flash.bin;;idbloader.img u-boot.itb"
+}
+
+function add_host_dependencies__new_uboot_wants_python3() {
+	declare -g EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS="${EXTRA_BUILD_DEPS} python3-pyelftools" # @TODO: convert to array later
+}
+
+function post_family_tweaks__nanopir5c_udev_network_interfaces() {
+	display_alert "$BOARD" "Renaming interfaces WAN LAN" "info"
+
+	mkdir -p $SDCARD/etc/udev/rules.d/
+	cat << EOF > "${SDCARD}/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules"
+SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", KERNELS=="0001:01:00.0", NAME:="lan"
+SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", KERNELS=="0002:01:00.0", NAME:="wan"
+EOF
+
+}
diff --git a/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/Makefile b/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/Makefile
index 3b9f8616f9..de6cddb45c 100644
--- a/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/Makefile
+++ b/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ dtbo-$(CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP) += \
 	rockchip-pwm9.dtbo \
 	rockchip-i2c0.dtbo \
 	rockchip-i2c1.dtbo \
+        rockchip-nanopi-r5c-leds.dtbo \
         rockchip-nanopi-r5s-leds.dtbo
 
 scr-$(CONFIG_ARCH_ROCKCHIP) += \
diff --git a/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/rockchip-nanopi-r5c-leds.dts b/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/rockchip-nanopi-r5c-leds.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b768f63f13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/kernel/archive/rk3568-odroid-6.6/overlay/rockchip-nanopi-r5c-leds.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/dts-v1/;
+/plugin/;
+
+
+&{/gpio-leds/led-lan} {
+        linux,default-trigger = "r8169-1-100:00:link";
+};
+
+&{/gpio-leds/led-wan} {
+        linux,default-trigger = "r8169-2-100:00:link";
+};