diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
index 99035632e6..2cf934b5a2 100755
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh
@@ -289,9 +289,15 @@ tplink_board_detect() {
                ;;
        "3C0001"*)
                model="OOLITE"
+
+               [ "$hwid" = "3c00010c" -a "$mid" = "00000001" ] && {
+                       model="MINIBOX_V3"
+                       hwver=""
+               }
                ;;
        "3C0002"*)
                model="MINIBOX_V1"
+               hwver=""
                ;;
        "430000"*)
                model="TP-Link TL-WDR4300"
@@ -720,6 +726,9 @@ ar71xx_board_detect() {
        *"MiniBox V1.0")
                name="minibox-v1"
                ;;
+       *"MiniBox V3")
+               name="minibox-v3"
+               ;;
        *"MR12")
                name="mr12"
                ;;