diff --git a/lib/flash_internal.c b/lib/flash_internal.c
index 31fb9fd..576053c 100644
--- a/lib/flash_internal.c
+++ b/lib/flash_internal.c
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 #include "flash_internal.h" // flash storage library API
 #include "global.h" // global definitions
 
+/** number of flash pages, located at the end of flash memory, to use for EEPROM functionality */
+static uint16_t flash_internal_eeprom_pages = 0;
+/** start address of flash memory used for the emulated EEPROM */
+static uint32_t flash_internal_eeprom_start = 0;
+/** start address of emulated EEPROM */
+static uint32_t flash_internal_eeprom_address = 0;
+
 /** verify if the data is in the internal flash area
  *  @param[in] address start address of the data to read
  *  @param[in] size how much data to read or write, in bytes
@@ -217,3 +224,101 @@ int32_t flash_internal_write(uint32_t address, const uint8_t *buffer, size_t siz
 
 	return written;
 }
+
+void flash_internal_eeprom_setup(uint16_t pages)
+{
+	flash_internal_eeprom_pages = pages; // just need to remember the number of pages
+
+	// get allocated memory address
+	if ((uint32_t)&__flash_end > (FLASH_BASE + DESIG_FLASH_SIZE * 1024)) { // user specified larger flash than advertised by chip
+		flash_internal_eeprom_start = (uint32_t)&__flash_end - flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size();
+	} else {
+		flash_internal_eeprom_start = (FLASH_BASE + DESIG_FLASH_SIZE * 1024) - flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size();
+	}
+	flash_internal_eeprom_start -= flash_internal_eeprom_start % flash_internal_page_size(); // ensure it starts at start of page
+
+	// find EEPROM in flash
+	flash_internal_eeprom_address = flash_internal_eeprom_start; // by default start with start of allocated flash memory
+	for (uint32_t addr = flash_internal_eeprom_start; addr < flash_internal_eeprom_start + flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size() - 2; addr += 2) {
+		if (0 != *(uint16_t*)addr) { // 0 is invalidated flash
+			flash_internal_eeprom_address = addr; // we found a valid address, which should be the size of the EEPROM
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	uint16_t size = *(uint16_t*)flash_internal_eeprom_address;
+	if (size + 2U > flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size()) { // there is not enough space
+		flash_internal_eeprom_address = flash_internal_eeprom_start; // set back to start
+	}
+	if (0 != size && flash_internal_eeprom_address + 2U + size > flash_internal_eeprom_start + flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size()) { // the size seems to be valid to there is not enough remaining space
+		flash_internal_eeprom_address = flash_internal_eeprom_start; // set back to start
+	}
+}
+
+bool flash_internal_eeprom_read(uint8_t *eeprom, uint16_t size)
+{
+	// sanity checks
+	if (NULL == eeprom || 0 == size || 0 == flash_internal_eeprom_pages || 0 == flash_internal_eeprom_start || 0 == flash_internal_eeprom_address) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (size + 2U > flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size()) { // not enough space
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (size != *(uint16_t*)flash_internal_eeprom_address) { // check if size match
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return flash_internal_read(flash_internal_eeprom_address + 2, eeprom, size); // read data
+}
+
+int32_t flash_internal_eeprom_write(const uint8_t *eeprom, uint16_t size)
+{
+	// sanity checks
+	if (NULL == eeprom || 0 == size || 0 == flash_internal_eeprom_pages || 0 == flash_internal_eeprom_start || 0 == flash_internal_eeprom_address) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (size + 2U > flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size()) { // not enough space
+		return -2;
+	}
+
+	uint16_t current_size = *(uint16_t*)flash_internal_eeprom_address;
+	if (size == current_size) { // check if it already the same
+		bool identical = true;
+		for (uint16_t i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+			if (eeprom[i] != *((uint8_t*)flash_internal_eeprom_address + 2 + i)) {
+				identical = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (identical) { // no need to write since it's identical
+			return size;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// one optimisation would be to check if we just need to flip bits to 0, than we could reuse the same location
+
+	// invalidate current EEPROM
+	const uint8_t zero[2] = {0, 0};
+	flash_internal_write(flash_internal_eeprom_address, zero, 2, false);
+	flash_internal_eeprom_address += 2;
+	while (current_size && flash_internal_eeprom_address < flash_internal_eeprom_start + flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size()) {
+		flash_internal_write(flash_internal_eeprom_address, zero, 2, false);
+		current_size -= 2;
+		flash_internal_eeprom_address += 2;
+	}
+
+	// go to start if there is not enough remaining space
+	if (flash_internal_eeprom_address + size + 2U > flash_internal_eeprom_start + flash_internal_eeprom_pages * flash_internal_page_size()) {
+		flash_internal_eeprom_address = flash_internal_eeprom_start;
+	}
+
+	int32_t rc = flash_internal_write(flash_internal_eeprom_address, (uint8_t*)&size, 2, false);
+	if (2 != rc) {
+		return (-10 + rc);
+	}
+	rc = flash_internal_write(flash_internal_eeprom_address + 2, eeprom, size, false);
+	if (size != rc) {
+		return (-10 + rc);
+	}
+	return rc;
+}
diff --git a/lib/flash_internal.h b/lib/flash_internal.h
index 925c3f4..f1e891f 100644
--- a/lib/flash_internal.h
+++ b/lib/flash_internal.h
@@ -40,3 +40,20 @@ int32_t flash_internal_write(uint32_t address, const uint8_t *buffer, size_t siz
  *  @return flash page size (in bytes)
  */
 uint16_t flash_internal_page_size(void);
+
+/** setup the emulated EEPROM area
+ *  @param[in] pages number of flash pages to allocate for the emulated EEPROM
+ *  @warn area must be at least 4 bytes larger than the structure to write
+ */
+void flash_internal_eeprom_setup(uint16_t pages);
+/** read emulated EEPROM area
+ *  @param[out] eeprom where to store the EEPROM data
+ *  @param[in] size size of the EEPROM area (in bytes)
+ */
+bool flash_internal_eeprom_read(uint8_t *eeprom, uint16_t size);
+/** write emulated EEPROM area
+ *  @param[in] eeprom EEPROM data to be stored
+ *  @param[in] size size of the EEPROM area (in bytes)
+ *  @return number of bytes written (including preserved data), or negative in case of error
+ */
+int32_t flash_internal_eeprom_write(const uint8_t *eeprom, uint16_t size);