diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
index aaef66c4c795..31d8449ca1d2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_drv.c
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ static const struct v4l2_file_operations hantro_fops = {
 
 static const struct of_device_id of_hantro_match[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_HANTRO_ROCKCHIP
+	{ .compatible = "rockchip,rk3036-vpu", .data = &rk3036_vpu_variant, },
 	{ .compatible = "rockchip,rk3066-vpu", .data = &rk3066_vpu_variant, },
 	{ .compatible = "rockchip,rk3288-vpu", .data = &rk3288_vpu_variant, },
 	{ .compatible = "rockchip,rk3328-vpu", .data = &rk3328_vpu_variant, },
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
index 77df0eba4e6f..5dcf65805396 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/hantro_hw.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ enum hantro_enc_fmt {
 
 extern const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_g2_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant imx8mq_vpu_variant;
+extern const struct hantro_variant rk3036_vpu_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant rk3066_vpu_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant rk3288_vpu_variant;
 extern const struct hantro_variant rk3328_vpu_variant;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/rockchip_vpu_hw.c b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/rockchip_vpu_hw.c
index b370b5e802fa..3ccc16413f42 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/hantro/rockchip_vpu_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/hantro/rockchip_vpu_hw.c
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ static irqreturn_t rockchip_vpu2_vepu_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
+static int rk3036_vpu_hw_init(struct hantro_dev *vpu)
+{
+	/* Bump ACLK to max. possible freq. to improve performance. */
+	clk_set_rate(vpu->clocks[0].clk, RK3066_ACLK_MAX_FREQ);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int rk3066_vpu_hw_init(struct hantro_dev *vpu)
 {
 	/* Bump ACLKs to max. possible freq. to improve performance. */
@@ -297,6 +304,27 @@ static void rockchip_vpu2_enc_reset(struct hantro_ctx *ctx)
 /*
  * Supported codec ops.
  */
+static const struct hantro_codec_ops rk3036_vpu_codec_ops[] = {
+	[HANTRO_MODE_H264_DEC] = {
+		.run = hantro_g1_h264_dec_run,
+		.reset = hantro_g1_reset,
+		.init = hantro_h264_dec_init,
+		.exit = hantro_h264_dec_exit,
+	},
+	[HANTRO_MODE_MPEG2_DEC] = {
+		.run = hantro_g1_mpeg2_dec_run,
+		.reset = hantro_g1_reset,
+		.init = hantro_mpeg2_dec_init,
+		.exit = hantro_mpeg2_dec_exit,
+	},
+	[HANTRO_MODE_VP8_DEC] = {
+		.run = hantro_g1_vp8_dec_run,
+		.reset = hantro_g1_reset,
+		.init = hantro_vp8_dec_init,
+		.exit = hantro_vp8_dec_exit,
+	},
+};
+
 static const struct hantro_codec_ops rk3066_vpu_codec_ops[] = {
 	[HANTRO_MODE_JPEG_ENC] = {
 		.run = hantro_h1_jpeg_enc_run,
@@ -378,6 +406,10 @@ static const struct hantro_codec_ops rk3399_vpu_codec_ops[] = {
  * VPU variant.
  */
 
+static const struct hantro_irq rockchip_vdpu1_irqs[] = {
+	{ "vdpu", hantro_g1_irq },
+};
+
 static const struct hantro_irq rockchip_vpu1_irqs[] = {
 	{ "vepu", rockchip_vpu1_vepu_irq },
 	{ "vdpu", hantro_g1_irq },
@@ -401,6 +433,23 @@ static const char * const rockchip_vpu_clk_names[] = {
 	"aclk", "hclk"
 };
 
+const struct hantro_variant rk3036_vpu_variant = {
+	.dec_offset = 0x400,
+	.dec_fmts = rk3066_vpu_dec_fmts,
+	.num_dec_fmts = ARRAY_SIZE(rk3066_vpu_dec_fmts),
+	.postproc_fmts = rockchip_vpu1_postproc_fmts,
+	.num_postproc_fmts = ARRAY_SIZE(rockchip_vpu1_postproc_fmts),
+	.postproc_regs = &hantro_g1_postproc_regs,
+	.codec = HANTRO_MPEG2_DECODER | HANTRO_VP8_DECODER |
+		 HANTRO_H264_DECODER,
+	.codec_ops = rk3036_vpu_codec_ops,
+	.irqs = rockchip_vdpu1_irqs,
+	.num_irqs = ARRAY_SIZE(rockchip_vdpu1_irqs),
+	.init = rk3036_vpu_hw_init,
+	.clk_names = rockchip_vpu_clk_names,
+	.num_clocks = ARRAY_SIZE(rockchip_vpu_clk_names)
+};
+
 /*
  * Despite this variant has separate clocks for decoder and encoder,
  * it's still required to enable all four of them for either decoding