diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9g45.h b/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9g45.h
index 2c42cf5f0c54..a526869aee37 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9g45.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/include/mach/at91sam9g45.h
@@ -135,4 +135,21 @@
 
 #define CONSISTENT_DMA_SIZE	SZ_4M
 
+/*
+ * DMA peripheral identifiers
+ * for hardware handshaking interface
+ */
+#define AT_DMA_ID_MCI0		 0
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SPI0_TX	 1
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SPI0_RX	 2
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SPI1_TX	 3
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SPI1_RX	 4
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SSC0_TX	 5
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SSC0_RX	 6
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SSC1_TX	 7
+#define AT_DMA_ID_SSC1_RX	 8
+#define AT_DMA_ID_AC97_TX	 9
+#define AT_DMA_ID_AC97_RX	10
+#define AT_DMA_ID_MCI1		13
+
 #endif