diff --git a/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/APKBUILD b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/APKBUILD
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index 000000000..3078f535d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/APKBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Reference: <https://postmarketos.org/devicepkg>
+maintainer="Robert Eckelmann <longnoserob@postmarketos.org>"
+pkgname=device-dell-ariel
+pkgdesc="Device package for the Dell Wyse 3020 thin-client"
+pkgver=1
+pkgrel=0
+url="https://postmarketos.org"
+license="MIT"
+arch="armv7"
+options="!check !archcheck"
+# todo: # switch back to pmOS-mainline kernel once that is merged and dell-ariel.dts has been upstreamed
+depends="
+	linux-postmarketos-marvell
+	postmarketos-base
+	u-boot-tools
+"
+makedepends="devicepkg-dev"
+source="
+	deviceinfo
+	modules-initfs
+	wloader.cfg
+"
+
+build() {
+	devicepkg_build $startdir $pkgname
+}
+
+package() {
+	devicepkg_package $startdir $pkgname
+	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/wloader.cfg "$pkgdir"/boot/wloader.cfg
+}
+
+sha512sums="
+52bac2542b084fed1e35fe8305e4dd6df12771ad559ee374e25ff6d2b3fc4cb89b3efdf6bde3cc90d06c9019479b2d72de1cc636b71236b98e5db8639994decf  deviceinfo
+9a3a57169361cdfbf5c629a4fa543d70b684084ab67b25c85af06a73af585f0fb6dfd260b14cb8fd20e4de3b1204fdc2cbaf0925cdf089ab141a2223e5275d13  modules-initfs
+3c9ad67819ab66b47408d1e8dbb2b0c30b7f5ae99c7da1f80bb928db819ac60d6dbbcfc4a3e606e2c0a37a5db7a8c078f2b3512fac1a0ea7995f9346baee7e32  wloader.cfg
+"
diff --git a/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/deviceinfo b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/deviceinfo
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index 000000000..fc0113923
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+++ b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/deviceinfo
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Reference: <https://postmarketos.org/deviceinfo>
+# Please use double quotes only. You can source this file in shell
+# scripts.
+
+deviceinfo_format_version="0"
+deviceinfo_name="dell Dell Wyse 3020"
+deviceinfo_manufacturer="dell"
+deviceinfo_codename="dell-ariel"
+deviceinfo_year="2015"
+deviceinfo_dtb="mmp3-dell-ariel"
+deviceinfo_arch="armv7"
+
+# Device related
+deviceinfo_chassis="embedded"
+deviceinfo_external_storage="true"
+deviceinfo_drm="true"
+
+# Bootloader related
+deviceinfo_generate_extlinux_config="true"
+deviceinfo_generate_legacy_uboot_initfs="true"
+deviceinfo_initfs_compression="gzip"
+deviceinfo_append_dtb="true"
+
+# legacy BL on this device cannot use gpt:
+deviceinfo_partition_type="msdos"
+deviceinfo_boot_filesystem="fat32"
+
diff --git a/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/modules-initfs b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/modules-initfs
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index 000000000..c9ab1a496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/modules-initfs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This file shall contain a list of modules to be included in the initramfs,
+# so that they are available in early boot stages. In general, it should
+# include modules to support unlocking FDE (touchscreen, panel, etc),
+# USB networking, and telnet in the debug-shell.
+# The format is one module name per line. Lines starting with the character
+# '#', and empty lines are ignored. If there are multiple kernel variants
+# with different initramfs module requirements, one modules-initfs.$variant
+# file should be created for each of them.
+ehci-mv
+phy-mmp3-usb
+uas
+onboard_usb_dev
+smsc75xx
+i2c-pxa
+etnaviv
+mmpfb
+chrontel-ch7033
+leds-ariel
diff --git a/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/wloader.cfg b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/wloader.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..996e65ac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/device/testing/device-dell-ariel/wloader.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<TX0D_START>
+kernel=uImage
+initrd=uInitrd
+param="rootdelay=5 root=LABEL=pmOS_root console=ttyS2,115200 cma=64M"
+<TX0D_END>