diff --git a/cpu/cc253x/Makefile.cc253x b/cpu/cc253x/Makefile.cc253x
index 568d8f2d9..800574f7a 100644
--- a/cpu/cc253x/Makefile.cc253x
+++ b/cpu/cc253x/Makefile.cc253x
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ BANK_ALLOC = $(CONTIKI_CPU)/bank-alloc.py
 SEGMENT_RULES = $(OBJECTDIR)/segment.rules
 
 CFLAGS  += --model-$(MEMORY_MODEL) --stack-auto --std-c99
+CFLAGS  +=  -DCC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK=$(HIGH_FLASH_BANK)
 
 LDFLAGS += --model-$(MEMORY_MODEL) --stack-auto --out-fmt-ihx
 LDFLAGS += --xram-loc 0x0000 --xram-size 0x1F00
@@ -33,6 +34,16 @@ sed -e 's/#.*//' -e 's/^[^:]*: *//' -e 's/ *\\$$//' \
 rm -f $(@:.rel=.$$$$)
 endef
 
+### SoC flavor (F256, F128, F64, F32) as the ID of the last flash bank (0...7)
+### We assume F256, project Makefile can override
+###
+### ToDo:
+###       Fix --code-size accordingly
+###       Fix the bank allocator to play for all flavors
+ifndef HIGH_FLASH_BANK
+  HIGH_FLASH_BANK=7
+endif
+
 ### Banking Guesswork:
 ### Generic examples do not specify banking.
 ### We automatically turn it on if its unspecified and if we are building with
diff --git a/cpu/cc253x/soc.h b/cpu/cc253x/soc.h
index 81888e2ab..bcf858ba0 100644
--- a/cpu/cc253x/soc.h
+++ b/cpu/cc253x/soc.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 /**
  * \file
- *         Header file for cc253x SoC hardware init routines
+ *         Header file with cc253x SoC-specific defines and prototypes
  *
  * \author
  *         George Oikonomou - <oikonomou@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -41,6 +41,24 @@
 #ifndef __SOC_H__
 #define __SOC_H__
 
+
+#ifndef CC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK
+#define CC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK 7 /* Default to F256 */
+#endif
+
+#if CC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK==7 /* F256 */
+#define CC2530_FLAVOR_STRING "F256"
+#elif CC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK==3 /* F128 */
+#define CC2530_FLAVOR_STRING "F128"
+#elif CC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK==1 /* F64 */
+#define CC2530_FLAVOR_STRING "F64"
+#elif CC2530_LAST_FLASH_BANK==0 /* F32 */
+#define CC2530_FLAVOR_STRING "F32"
+#else
+#error "Unknown SoC Type specified. Check the value of HIGH_FLASH_BANK in your"
+#error "Makefile. Valid values are 0, 1, 3, 7"
+#endif
+
 void soc_init();
 
 #endif /* __SOC_H__ */
diff --git a/platform/cc2530dk/contiki-main.c b/platform/cc2530dk/contiki-main.c
index 88e15020a..3c5cfb49d 100644
--- a/platform/cc2530dk/contiki-main.c
+++ b/platform/cc2530dk/contiki-main.c
@@ -160,21 +160,7 @@ main(void)
     break;
   }
 
-  putstring("-F");
-  switch(CHIPINFO0 & 0x70) {
-  case 0x40:
-    putstring("256, ");
-    break;
-  case 0x30:
-    putstring("128, ");
-    break;
-  case 0x20:
-    putstring("64, ");
-    break;
-  case 0x10:
-    putstring("32, ");
-    break;
-  }
+  putstring("-" CC2530_FLAVOR_STRING ", ");
   puthex(CHIPINFO1 + 1);
   putstring("KB SRAM\n");