diff --git a/cpu/msp430_common/ldscripts/msp430_common.ld b/cpu/msp430_common/ldscripts/msp430_common.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56b08ac9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu/msp430_common/ldscripts/msp430_common.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+    /* Populate information about rom size */
+    _srom = ORIGIN(ROM);
+    _erom = ORIGIN(ROM) + LENGTH(ROM);
+
+    .end_fw (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4) {
+        _end_fw = . ;
+    } > ROM
+}
diff --git a/cpu/msp430_common/periph/flashpage.c b/cpu/msp430_common/periph/flashpage.c
index b54b83ab85..54973ac540 100644
--- a/cpu/msp430_common/periph/flashpage.c
+++ b/cpu/msp430_common/periph/flashpage.c
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
 #include "irq.h"
 #include "periph/flashpage.h"
 
+/**
+ * @brief   Memory markers, defined in the linker script
+ * @{
+ */
+extern uint32_t _end_fw;
+extern uint32_t _erom;
+
 static inline int _unlock(void)
 {
     int state;
@@ -97,3 +104,15 @@ void flashpage_write(void *target_addr, const void *data, size_t len)
     /* lock flash and re-enable interrupts */
     _lock(state);
 }
+
+unsigned flashpage_first_free(void)
+{
+    return flashpage_page(&_end_fw) + 1;
+}
+
+/* MSP430 cpu's last page holds the interrupt vector, so flashpage_last_free
+   is the one before last */
+unsigned flashpage_last_free(void)
+{
+    return flashpage_page(&_erom) - 1;
+}
diff --git a/makefiles/arch/msp430.inc.mk b/makefiles/arch/msp430.inc.mk
index 801d155274..f49b8ff360 100644
--- a/makefiles/arch/msp430.inc.mk
+++ b/makefiles/arch/msp430.inc.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ASFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_CPU) --defsym $(CPU_MODEL)=1 $(CFLAGS_DBG)
 LINKFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_CPU) $(CFLAGS_DBG) $(CFLAGS_OPT)
 LINKFLAGS += -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-L$(MSP430_SUPPORT_FILES)/include
 LINKFLAGS += -T $(MSP430_SUPPORT_FILES)/include/$(CPU_MODEL).ld
+LINKFLAGS += -T $(RIOTCPU)/msp430_common/ldscripts/msp430_common.ld
 LINKFLAGS += $(RIOTCPU)/msp430_common/ldscripts/xfa.ld
 
 OPTIONAL_CFLAGS_BLACKLIST += -fdiagnostics-color