diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf
index 88ef5c1f..9aaa17c4 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/conf/machine/corstone700-mps3.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,9 @@ require conf/machine/include/corstone700.inc
 # MACHINE_FEATURES_remove = "eth_lan9115"
 MACHINE_FEATURES += "eth_lan9115"
 
+# default feature used: usb_host
+# add the following line to local.conf to disable the feature:
+# MACHINE_FEATURES_remove = "usb_host"
+MACHINE_FEATURES += "usb_host"
+
 TFA_TARGET_PLATFORM = "fpga"
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a-corstone700.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a-corstone700.inc
index 175e333d..f48ac64a 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a-corstone700.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-bsp/trusted-firmware-a/trusted-firmware-a-corstone700.inc
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ TFA_INSTALL_TARGET = "fip.bin"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://license.rst;md5=1dd070c98a281d18d9eefd938729b031"
 
 # TF-A v2.3 is not used because the following commit is needed:
-# corstone700: splitting the platform support into FVP and FPGA
-SRCREV_tfa = "ef93cfa3a2591084307a41e64f1cbba327310749"
+# fdts: corstone700: add NXP isp1763 node to device tree
+SRCREV_tfa = "a6f65b11529b618ff04017f64054dc661c489068"
 
 PV = "2.3+git${SRCPV}"
 
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/usb_host.cfg b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/usb_host.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de4752e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/arm-platforms-kmeta/bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/usb_host.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CONFIG_SCSI=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
+CONFIG_USB=y
+CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
+CONFIG_USB_ISP1760=y
+CONFIG_USB_ISP1760_HOST_ROLE=y
+CONFIG_USB_GADGET=y
+CONFIG_USB_MASS_STORAGE=y
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc
index 95a8bab7..975a93f7 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-stable-corstone700.inc
@@ -59,4 +59,9 @@ KERNEL_FEATURES_append_corstone700-mps3 = " \
                          'bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/xip_dhcp_cmdline.cfg \
                           bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/eth_lan9115.scc', \
                          'bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/xip_cmdline.cfg', \
+                          d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', \
+                         'usb_host', \
+                         'bsp/arm-platforms/corstone700/usb_host.cfg', \
+                        '', \
                           d)}"
diff --git a/meta-arm-bsp/wic/arm-reference-image.corstone700.wks b/meta-arm-bsp/wic/arm-reference-image.corstone700.wks
index 39c70cea..af03b058 100644
--- a/meta-arm-bsp/wic/arm-reference-image.corstone700.wks
+++ b/meta-arm-bsp/wic/arm-reference-image.corstone700.wks
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=fip.bin-corstone700" --no-table --ali
 part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=${IMGDEPLOYDIR}/arm-reference-image-${MACHINE}.cramfs-xip" --no-table --fixed-size 2
 
 # Rawcopy of the kernel binary
-part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=xipImage" --no-table --fixed-size 3
+part --source rawcopy --sourceparams="file=xipImage" --no-table --fixed-size 4