diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index d720a23..1e51bfe 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -80,3 +80,6 @@ Peter Bägel <peter@baegel.de>:
 
 Jose Angel Caso Sanchez <altomaltes@gmail.com>:
 	* FET v2 database from MSP430.DLL.
+
+Paolo Zebelloni <p.zebelloni@c-labs.it>:
+	* Testing, debugging and research for the ROM BSL driver.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6efbdf7..f84bc3e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ OBJ=\
     drivers/v3hil.o \
     drivers/fet3.o \
     drivers/bsllib.o \
+    drivers/rom_bsl.o \
     formats/binfile.o \
     formats/coff.o \
     formats/elf32.o \
diff --git a/drivers/rom_bsl.c b/drivers/rom_bsl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a5b0b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rom_bsl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,470 @@
+/* MSPDebug - debugging tool for the eZ430
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Daniel Beer
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include "rom_bsl.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "output.h"
+#include "bsllib.h"
+#include "util/sport.h"
+
+struct rom_bsl_device {
+	struct device   base;
+
+	sport_t		fd;
+	const char	*seq;
+
+	uint8_t         reply_buf[256];
+	int             reply_len;
+};
+
+#define DATA_HDR	0x80
+#define DATA_ACK	0x90
+#define DATA_NAK	0xA0
+
+static int rom_bsl_ack(struct rom_bsl_device *dev)
+{
+	uint8_t reply;
+
+	if (sport_read_all(dev->fd, &reply, 1) < 0) {
+		pr_error("rom_bsl: failed to receive reply");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (reply == DATA_NAK) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: received NAK\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (reply != DATA_ACK) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: bad ack character: %x\n", reply);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_sync(struct rom_bsl_device *dev)
+{
+	static const uint8_t c = DATA_HDR;
+	int tries = 2;
+
+	if (sport_flush(dev->fd) < 0) {
+		pr_error("rom_bsl: tcflush");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (tries--) {
+		if (sport_write_all(dev->fd, &c, 1) < 0) {
+			pr_error("rom_bsl: write error");
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (!rom_bsl_ack(dev))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	printc_err("rom_bsl: sync failed\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int send_command(struct rom_bsl_device *dev,
+			int code, uint16_t addr,
+			const uint8_t *data, int len)
+{
+	uint8_t pktbuf[256];
+	uint8_t cklow = 0xff;
+	uint8_t ckhigh = 0xff;
+	int pktlen = data ? len + 4 : 4;
+	int i;
+
+	if (pktlen + 6 > sizeof(pktbuf)) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: payload too large: %d\n", len);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	pktbuf[0] = DATA_HDR;
+	pktbuf[1] = code;
+	pktbuf[2] = pktlen;
+	pktbuf[3] = pktlen;
+	pktbuf[4] = addr & 0xff;
+	pktbuf[5] = addr >> 8;
+	pktbuf[6] = len & 0xff;
+	pktbuf[7] = len >> 8;
+
+	if (data)
+		memcpy(pktbuf + 8, data, len);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < pktlen + 4; i += 2)
+		cklow ^= pktbuf[i];
+	for (i = 1; i < pktlen + 4; i += 2)
+		ckhigh ^= pktbuf[i];
+
+	pktbuf[pktlen + 4] = cklow;
+	pktbuf[pktlen + 5] = ckhigh;
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_ROM_BSL
+	debug_hexdump("Send", pktbuf, pktlen + 6);
+#endif
+
+	if (sport_write_all(dev->fd, pktbuf, pktlen + 6) < 0) {
+		pr_error("rom_bsl: write error");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int verify_checksum(struct rom_bsl_device *dev)
+{
+	uint8_t cklow = 0xff;
+	uint8_t ckhigh = 0xff;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->reply_len; i += 2)
+		cklow ^= dev->reply_buf[i];
+	for (i = 1; i < dev->reply_len; i += 2)
+		ckhigh ^= dev->reply_buf[i];
+
+	if (cklow || ckhigh) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: checksum invalid (%02x %02x)\n",
+			cklow, ckhigh);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fetch_reply(struct rom_bsl_device *dev)
+{
+	dev->reply_len = 0;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		int r = sport_read(dev->fd,
+			       dev->reply_buf + dev->reply_len,
+			       sizeof(dev->reply_buf) - dev->reply_len);
+
+		if (!r) {
+			printc_err("rom_bsl: read timeout\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (r < 0) {
+			pr_error("rom_bsl: read error");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_ROM_BSL
+		debug_hexdump("Receive", dev->reply_buf + dev->reply_len, r);
+#endif
+		dev->reply_len += r;
+
+		if (dev->reply_buf[0] == DATA_ACK) {
+			return 0;
+		} else if (dev->reply_buf[0] == DATA_HDR) {
+			if (dev->reply_len >= 6 &&
+			    dev->reply_len == dev->reply_buf[2] + 6)
+				return verify_checksum(dev);
+		} else if (dev->reply_buf[0] == DATA_NAK) {
+			printc_err("rom_bsl: received NAK\n");
+			return -1;
+		} else {
+			printc_err("rom_bsl: unknown reply type: %02x\n",
+				dev->reply_buf[0]);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (dev->reply_len >= sizeof(dev->reply_buf)) {
+			printc_err("rom_bsl: reply buffer overflow\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_xfer(struct rom_bsl_device *dev,
+		    int command_code, uint16_t addr, const uint8_t *txdata,
+		    int len)
+{
+	if (rom_bsl_sync(dev) < 0 ||
+	    send_command(dev, command_code, addr, txdata, len) < 0 ||
+	    fetch_reply(dev) < 0) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: failed on command 0x%02x "
+			"(addr = 0x%04x, len = 0x%04x)\n",
+			command_code, addr, len);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define CMD_MASS_ERASE		0x18
+#define CMD_ERASE_SEGMENT	0x16
+#define CMD_TX_DATA		0x14
+#define CMD_RX_DATA		0x12
+#define CMD_TX_VERSION		0x1e
+#define CMD_RX_PASSWORD		0x10
+
+static void rom_bsl_destroy(device_t dev_base)
+{
+	struct rom_bsl_device *dev = (struct rom_bsl_device *)dev_base;
+
+	if (bsllib_seq_do(dev->fd, bsllib_seq_next(dev->seq)) < 0)
+		pr_error("warning: rom_bsl: exit sequence failed");
+
+	sport_close(dev->fd);
+	free(dev);
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_ctl(device_t dev_base, device_ctl_t type)
+{
+	(void)dev_base;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case DEVICE_CTL_HALT:
+		/* Ignore halt requests */
+		return 0;
+
+	case DEVICE_CTL_RESET:
+		/* Ignore reset requests */
+		return 0;
+
+	default:
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: CPU control is not possible\n");
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static device_status_t rom_bsl_poll(device_t dev_base)
+{
+	(void)dev_base;
+
+	return DEVICE_STATUS_HALTED;
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_getregs(device_t dev_base, address_t *regs)
+{
+	(void)dev_base;
+	(void)regs;
+
+	printc_err("rom_bsl: register fetch is not implemented\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_setregs(device_t dev_base, const address_t *regs)
+{
+	(void)dev_base;
+	(void)regs;
+
+	printc_err("rom_bsl: register store is not implemented\n");
+	return -1;
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_writemem(device_t dev_base,
+			address_t addr, const uint8_t *mem, address_t len)
+{
+	struct rom_bsl_device *dev = (struct rom_bsl_device *)dev_base;
+
+	if (addr >= 0x10000 || len > 0x10000 || addr + len > 0x10000) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: memory write out of range\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (len) {
+		int wlen = len > 100 ? 100 : len;
+		int r;
+
+		r = rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_RX_DATA, addr, mem, wlen);
+
+		if (r < 0) {
+			printc_err("rom_bsl: failed to write to 0x%04x\n",
+				addr);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		mem += wlen;
+		len -= wlen;
+		addr += wlen;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_readmem(device_t dev_base,
+		       address_t addr, uint8_t *mem, address_t len)
+{
+	struct rom_bsl_device *dev = (struct rom_bsl_device *)dev_base;
+
+	if (addr >= 0x10000 || len > 0x10000 || addr + len > 0x10000) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: memory read out of range\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (len) {
+		address_t count = len;
+
+		if (count > 128)
+			count = 128;
+
+		if (rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_TX_DATA, addr, NULL, count) < 0) {
+			printc_err("rom_bsl: failed to read memory\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		if (count > dev->reply_buf[2])
+			count = dev->reply_buf[2];
+
+		memcpy(mem, dev->reply_buf + 4, count);
+		mem += count;
+		len -= count;
+		addr += count;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int rom_bsl_erase(device_t dev_base, device_erase_type_t type,
+			 address_t addr)
+{
+	struct rom_bsl_device *dev = (struct rom_bsl_device *)dev_base;
+
+	(void)addr;
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case DEVICE_ERASE_MAIN:
+		return rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_ERASE_SEGMENT,
+				    0xfffe, NULL, 0xa504);
+
+	case DEVICE_ERASE_SEGMENT:
+		return rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_ERASE_SEGMENT,
+				    addr, NULL, 0xa502);
+
+	case DEVICE_ERASE_ALL:
+		return rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_MASS_ERASE,
+				    0xfffe, NULL, 0xa506);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int unlock_device(struct rom_bsl_device *dev)
+{
+	const static uint8_t password[32] = {
+		0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+		0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+		0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+		0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	};
+
+	printc_dbg("Performing mass erase...\n");
+
+	if (rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_MASS_ERASE, 0xfffe, NULL, 0xa506) < 0) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: initial mass erase failed\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	printc_dbg("Sending password...\n");
+
+	if (rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_RX_PASSWORD, 0,
+			 password, sizeof(password)) < 0) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: RX password failed\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static device_t rom_bsl_open(const struct device_args *args)
+{
+	struct rom_bsl_device *dev;
+
+	if (!(args->flags & DEVICE_FLAG_TTY)) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: raw USB access is not supported");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev = malloc(sizeof(*dev));
+	if (!dev) {
+		pr_error("rom_bsl: can't allocate memory");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
+
+	dev->base.type = &device_rom_bsl;
+
+	dev->fd = sport_open(args->path, 9600, SPORT_EVEN_PARITY);
+	if (SPORT_ISERR(dev->fd)) {
+		pr_error("sport_open");
+		free(dev);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev->seq = args->bsl_entry_seq;
+	if (!dev->seq)
+		dev->seq = "DR,r,R,r,d,R:DR,r";
+
+	if (bsllib_seq_do(dev->fd, dev->seq) < 0) {
+		pr_error("rom_bsl: entry sequence failed");
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	delay_ms(500);
+
+	/* Show BSL version */
+	if (rom_bsl_xfer(dev, CMD_TX_VERSION, 0, NULL, 0) < 0)
+		printc_err("warning: rom_bsl: failed to read version\n");
+	else if (dev->reply_len < 19)
+		printc_err("warning: rom_bsl: short reply\n");
+	else
+		printc_dbg("BSL version is %x.%02x\n",
+			   dev->reply_buf[15],
+			   dev->reply_buf[16]);
+
+	if (unlock_device(dev) < 0) {
+		printc_err("rom_bsl: failed to unlock\n");
+		goto fail;
+	}
+
+	return (device_t)dev;
+
+ fail:
+	sport_close(dev->fd);
+	free(dev);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+const struct device_class device_rom_bsl = {
+	.name		= "rom-bsl",
+	.help		= "ROM bootstrap loader",
+	.open		= rom_bsl_open,
+	.destroy	= rom_bsl_destroy,
+	.readmem	= rom_bsl_readmem,
+	.writemem	= rom_bsl_writemem,
+	.erase		= rom_bsl_erase,
+	.getregs	= rom_bsl_getregs,
+	.setregs	= rom_bsl_setregs,
+	.ctl		= rom_bsl_ctl,
+	.poll		= rom_bsl_poll
+};
diff --git a/drivers/rom_bsl.h b/drivers/rom_bsl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf01192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/rom_bsl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* MSPDebug - debugging tool for MSP430 MCUs
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Daniel Beer
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef ROM_BSL_H_
+#define ROM_BSL_H_
+
+#include "device.h"
+
+/* MSP430 FET Bootloader implementation. */
+extern const struct device_class device_rom_bsl;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/mspdebug.man b/mspdebug.man
index 9c42bfa..ac603ca 100644
--- a/mspdebug.man
+++ b/mspdebug.man
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ accompanying the source release for more information on embedded mode.
 Specify a BSL entry sequence. Each character specifies a modem control
 line transition (R: RTS on, r: RTS off, D: DTR on, d: DTR off). A comma
 indicates a delay. The entry and exit sequences are separated by a
-colon. The default value is \fBdR,r,R,r,R,D:dR,DR\fR.
+colon. The default value is \fBdR,r,R,r,R,D:dR,DR\fR, for the
+\fBflash-bsl\fR driver.
 .SH DRIVERS
 For drivers supporting both USB and tty access, USB is the default,
 unless specified otherwise (see \fB-d\fR above).
@@ -204,6 +205,15 @@ fuller-featured bootloader into RAM for execution.
 .IP "\fBezfet\fR"
 This driver is for Texas Instruments' eZ-FET devices. It supports USB
 and tty access. It does not support breakpoint control.
+.IP "\fBrom-bsl\fR"
+This driver is for the old-style (ROM) bootstrap loader. It supports tty
+access only. Entry is attempted via the RTS/DTR signals. The default
+sequence is \fBDR,r,R,r,d,R:DR,r\fR, but you can override this with the
+\fB\-\-bsl\-entry\-sequence\fR option.
+
+\fBWARNING:\fR this driver unlocks the BSL by performing a mass erase.
+There are reports of this operation causing an erase of info A in some
+devices. Use at your own risk.
 .SH COMMANDS
 MSPDebug can accept commands either through an interactive prompt, or
 non-interactively when specified on the command line. The supported
diff --git a/ui/main.c b/ui/main.c
index d3d8eb0..5bd8483 100644
--- a/ui/main.c
+++ b/ui/main.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include "pif.h"
 #include "loadbsl.h"
 #include "fet3.h"
+#include "rom_bsl.h"
 #include "chipinfo.h"
 
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ static const struct device_class *const driver_table[] = {
 	&device_goodfet,
 	&device_pif,
 	&device_loadbsl,
-	&device_ezfet
+	&device_ezfet,
+	&device_rom_bsl
 };
 
 static const char *version_text =