diff --git a/config/chips/L45x_L46x.chip b/config/chips/L45x_L46x.chip
index cbe948c1f..c32030be9 100644
--- a/config/chips/L45x_L46x.chip
+++ b/config/chips/L45x_L46x.chip
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ bootrom_size 0x7000          // 28 KB
 option_base 0x0
 option_size 0x0
 flags swo
+otp_base 0x1fff7000
+otp_size 0x400         // 1 KB
diff --git a/config/chips/L496x_L4A6x.chip b/config/chips/L496x_L4A6x.chip
index 24788c092..65fa3dcbc 100644
--- a/config/chips/L496x_L4A6x.chip
+++ b/config/chips/L496x_L4A6x.chip
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ bootrom_size 0x7000          // 28 KB
 option_base 0x1fff7800       // STM32_L4_OPTION_BYTES_BASE
 option_size 0x4              // 4 B
 flags swo
+otp_base 0x1fff7000
+otp_size 0x400         // 1 KB
diff --git a/inc/stlink.h b/inc/stlink.h
index dec608e97..557a9eeaa 100644
--- a/inc/stlink.h
+++ b/inc/stlink.h
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@ struct _stlink {
     uint32_t chip_flags;         // stlink_chipid_params.flags, set by stlink_load_device_params(), values: CHIP_F_xxx
 
     uint32_t max_trace_freq;     // set by stlink_open_usb()
+
+    uint32_t otp_base;
+    uint32_t otp_size;
 };
 
 /* Functions defined in common.c */
diff --git a/src/st-flash/flash.c b/src/st-flash/flash.c
index 0577ee179..0b7c0cfca 100644
--- a/src/st-flash/flash.c
+++ b/src/st-flash/flash.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ static void usage(void) {
     puts("example write option control register1 byte:  ./st-flash --area=optcr write 0xXXXXXXXX");
     puts("example read option control register1 byte:  ./st-flash --area=optcr1 read");
     puts("example write option control register1 byte:  ./st-flash --area=optcr1 write 0xXXXXXXXX");
+    puts("example read OTP area:  ./st-flash --area=otp read [path]");
+    puts("example write OTP area: ./st-flash --area=otp write [path] 0xXXXXXXXX");
 }
 
 int32_t main(int32_t ac, char** av) {
@@ -180,6 +182,18 @@ int32_t main(int32_t ac, char** av) {
             DLOG("@@@@ Write %d (%0#10x) to option bytes boot address\n", o.val, o.val);
 
             err = stlink_write_option_bytes_boot_add32(sl, o.val);
+        } else if (o.area == FLASH_OTP) {
+            if(sl->otp_base == 0) {
+                err = -1;
+                printf("OTP Write NOT implemented\n");
+                goto on_error;
+            }
+            err = stlink_fwrite_flash(sl, o.filename,  o.addr);
+        
+            if (err == -1) {
+                printf("stlink_fwrite_flash() == -1\n");
+                goto on_error;
+            }
         } else {
             err = -1;
             printf("Unknown memory region\n");
@@ -284,6 +298,17 @@ int32_t main(int32_t ac, char** av) {
             } else {
                 printf("%08x\n",option_byte);
             }
+        } else if (o.area == FLASH_OTP) {
+            if(sl->otp_base == 0) {
+                err = -1;
+                printf("OTP Read NOT implemented\n");
+                goto on_error;
+            }
+            err = stlink_fread(sl, o.filename, 0, sl->otp_base, sl->otp_size);
+            if (err == -1) {
+                printf("could not read OTP area (%d)\n", err);
+                goto on_error;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/st-flash/flash_opts.c b/src/st-flash/flash_opts.c
index 300203a3f..e2d4154fe 100644
--- a/src/st-flash/flash_opts.c
+++ b/src/st-flash/flash_opts.c
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ int32_t flash_get_opts(struct flash_opts* o, int32_t ac, char** av) {
 
             break;
         } else if (o->area == FLASH_OTP) {
-            return bad_arg("TODO: otp not implemented yet");
-            if (ac > 1) { return invalid_args("otp read: [path]"); }
+            if (ac > 1 || ac ==0 ) { return invalid_args("otp read: [path]"); }
             if (ac > 0) { o->filename = av[0]; }
             break;
         } else if (o->area == FLASH_OPTION_BYTES) {
diff --git a/src/stlink-lib/chipid.c b/src/stlink-lib/chipid.c
index 06edb26f3..ceeed3114 100644
--- a/src/stlink-lib/chipid.c
+++ b/src/stlink-lib/chipid.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ void dump_a_chip(struct stlink_chipid_params *dev) {
   DLOG("option_base 0x%x\n", dev->option_base);
   DLOG("option_size 0x%x\n", dev->option_size);
   DLOG("flags %d\n\n", dev->flags);
+  DLOG("otp_base %d\n\n", dev->otp_base);
+  DLOG("otp_size %d\n\n", dev->otp_size);
 }
 
 struct stlink_chipid_params *stlink_chipid_get_params(uint32_t chip_id) {
@@ -182,6 +184,18 @@ void process_chipfile(char *fname) {
       }
 
       sscanf(value, "%x", &ts->flags);
+    } else if (strcmp(word, "otp_base") == 0) {
+      buf[strlen(buf) - 1] = 0; // chomp newline
+      sscanf(buf, "%*s %n", &nc);
+      if (sscanf(value, "%i", &ts->otp_base) < 1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse option size\n");
+      }
+    } else if (strcmp(word, "otp_size") == 0) {
+      buf[strlen(buf) - 1] = 0; // chomp newline
+      sscanf(buf, "%*s %n", &nc);
+      if (sscanf(value, "%i", &ts->otp_size) < 1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse option size\n");
+      }
     } else {
       fprintf(stderr, "Unknown keyword in %s: %s\n", fname, word);
     }
diff --git a/src/stlink-lib/chipid.h b/src/stlink-lib/chipid.h
index 6726a7420..cf97e6609 100644
--- a/src/stlink-lib/chipid.h
+++ b/src/stlink-lib/chipid.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ struct stlink_chipid_params {
     uint32_t option_base;
     uint32_t option_size;
     uint32_t flags;
+    uint32_t otp_base;
+    uint32_t otp_size;
   struct stlink_chipid_params *next;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/stlink-lib/common.c b/src/stlink-lib/common.c
index dbfcc8b9e..337fe6efa 100644
--- a/src/stlink-lib/common.c
+++ b/src/stlink-lib/common.c
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ int32_t stlink_load_device_params(stlink_t *sl) {
   sl->option_base = params->option_base;
   sl->option_size = params->option_size;
   sl->chip_flags = params->flags;
+  sl->otp_base = params->otp_base;
+  sl->otp_size = params->otp_size;
 
   // medium and low devices have the same chipid. ram size depends on flash
   // size. STM32F100xx datasheet Doc ID 16455 Table 2
diff --git a/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.c b/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.c
index 3038b53e7..7172352ee 100644
--- a/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.c
+++ b/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.c
@@ -1310,9 +1310,16 @@ int32_t stlink_fwrite_flash(stlink_t *sl, const char *path, stm32_addr_t addr) {
    * If the file is identified to be all-empty and four-bytes aligned,
    * still flash the whole file even if ignoring message is printed.
    */
-  err = stlink_write_flash(sl, addr, mf.base,
+
+  /* In case the address is within the OTP area we use a different flash method */
+  if(addr >= sl->otp_base && addr < sl->otp_base + sl->otp_size) {
+    err = stlink_write_otp(sl, addr, mf.base,
+                           (num_empty == mf.len) ? (uint32_t)mf.len : (uint32_t)mf.len - num_empty);
+  } else {
+    err = stlink_write_flash(sl, addr, mf.base,
                            (num_empty == mf.len) ? (uint32_t)mf.len : (uint32_t)mf.len - num_empty,
                            num_empty == mf.len);
+  }
   stlink_fwrite_finalize(sl, addr);
   unmap_file(&mf);
   return (err);
@@ -1389,6 +1396,22 @@ int32_t stlink_check_address_range_validity(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uin
   return 0;
 }
 
+// Check if an address and size are within the flash (otp area)
+int32_t stlink_check_address_range_validity_otp(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint32_t size) {
+  uint32_t logvar;
+  if (addr < sl->otp_base || addr >= (sl->otp_base + sl->otp_size)) {
+    logvar = sl->otp_base + sl->otp_size - 1;
+    ELOG("Invalid address, it should be within 0x%08x - 0x%08x\n", sl->otp_base, logvar);
+    return (-1);
+  }
+  if ((addr + size) >= (sl->otp_base + sl->otp_size)) {
+    logvar = sl->otp_base + sl->otp_size - addr;
+    ELOG("The size exceeds the size of the OTP Area (0x%08x bytes available)\n", logvar);
+    return (-1);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 // Check if an address is aligned with the beginning of a page
 int32_t stlink_check_address_alignment(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr) {
   stm32_addr_t page = sl->flash_base;
@@ -1408,6 +1431,7 @@ int32_t stlink_write_flash(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint8_t *base, uint3
   int32_t ret;
   flash_loader_t fl;
   ILOG("Attempting to write %d (%#x) bytes to stm32 address: %u (%#x)\n", len, len, addr, addr);
+
   // check addr range is inside the flash
   stlink_calculate_pagesize(sl, addr);
 
@@ -1437,7 +1461,33 @@ int32_t stlink_write_flash(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint8_t *base, uint3
   if (eraseonly) {
     return (0);
   }
+ 
+  ret = stlink_flashloader_start(sl, &fl);
+  if (ret)
+    return ret;
+  ret = stlink_flashloader_write(sl, &fl, addr, base, len);
+  if (ret)
+    return ret;
+  ret = stlink_flashloader_stop(sl, &fl);
+  if (ret)
+    return ret;
+
+  return (stlink_verify_write_flash(sl, addr, base, len));
+}
+
+int32_t stlink_write_otp(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint8_t *base, uint32_t len) {
+  int32_t ret;
+  flash_loader_t fl;
+  ILOG("Attempting to write %d (%#x) bytes to stm32 address: %u (%#x)\n", len, len, addr, addr);
+  
+  // Check the address and size validity
+  if (stlink_check_address_range_validity_otp(sl, addr, len) < 0) {
+    return (-1);
+  }
 
+  // make sure we've loaded the context with the chip details
+  stlink_core_id(sl);
+ 
   ret = stlink_flashloader_start(sl, &fl);
   if (ret)
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.h b/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.h
index 9b2b84057..238f0403e 100644
--- a/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.h
+++ b/src/stlink-lib/common_flash.h
@@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ int32_t stlink_fwrite_flash(stlink_t *sl, const char *path, stm32_addr_t addr);
 int32_t stlink_fcheck_flash(stlink_t *sl, const char *path, stm32_addr_t addr);
 int32_t stlink_verify_write_flash(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t address, uint8_t *data, uint32_t length);
 int32_t stlink_check_address_range_validity(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint32_t size);
+int32_t stlink_check_address_range_validity_otp(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint32_t size);
 int32_t stlink_check_address_alignment(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr);
 int32_t stlink_write_flash(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint8_t *base, uint32_t len, uint8_t eraseonly);
+int32_t stlink_write_otp(stlink_t *sl, stm32_addr_t addr, uint8_t *base, uint32_t len);
 void stlink_fwrite_finalize(stlink_t *, stm32_addr_t);
 
 #endif // COMMON_FLASH_H