diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 1f72be4f9..239867118 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from .panda import Panda, PandaWifiStreaming
+from .panda import Panda, PandaWifiStreaming, PandaDFU
diff --git a/panda/__init__.py b/panda/__init__.py
index 97e1edd6e..4cb8e6a46 100644
--- a/panda/__init__.py
+++ b/panda/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,89 @@ __version__ = '0.0.3'
 
 BASEDIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../")
 
+# *** DFU mode ***
+
+DFU_DNLOAD = 1
+DFU_UPLOAD = 2
+DFU_GETSTATUS = 3
+DFU_CLRSTATUS = 4
+DFU_ABORT = 6
+
+class PandaDFU(object):
+  def __init__(self, dfu_serial):
+    context = usb1.USBContext()
+    for device in context.getDeviceList(skip_on_error=True):
+      if device.getVendorID() == 0x0483 and device.getProductID() == 0xdf11:
+        try:
+          this_dfu_serial = device._getASCIIStringDescriptor(3)
+        except Exception:
+          pass
+        if this_dfu_serial == dfu_serial:
+          self._handle = device.open()
+          return
+    raise Exception("failed to open "+dfu_serial)
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def list():
+    context = usb1.USBContext()
+    dfu_serials = []
+    for device in context.getDeviceList(skip_on_error=True):
+      if device.getVendorID() == 0x0483 and device.getProductID() == 0xdf11:
+        try:
+          dfu_serials.append(device._getASCIIStringDescriptor(3))
+        except Exception:
+          pass
+    return dfu_serials
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def st_serial_to_dfu_serial(st):
+    uid_base = struct.unpack("H"*6, st.decode("hex"))
+    return struct.pack("!HHH", uid_base[1] + uid_base[5], uid_base[0] + uid_base[4] + 0xA, uid_base[3]).encode("hex").upper()
+
+
+  def status(self):
+    while 1:
+      dat = str(self._handle.controlRead(0x21, DFU_GETSTATUS, 0, 0, 6))
+      if dat[1] == "\x00":
+        break
+
+  def clear_status(self):
+    # Clear status
+    stat = str(self._handle.controlRead(0x21, DFU_GETSTATUS, 0, 0, 6))
+    if stat[4] == "\x0a":
+      self._handle.controlRead(0x21, DFU_CLRSTATUS, 0, 0, 0)
+    elif stat[4] == "\x09":
+      self._handle.controlWrite(0x21, DFU_ABORT, 0, 0, "")
+      self.status()
+    stat = str(self._handle.controlRead(0x21, DFU_GETSTATUS, 0, 0, 6))
+
+  def erase(self, address):
+    self._handle.controlWrite(0x21, DFU_DNLOAD, 0, 0, "\x41" + struct.pack("I", address))
+    self.status()
+
+  def program(self, address, dat, block_size):
+    # Set Address Pointer
+    self._handle.controlWrite(0x21, DFU_DNLOAD, 0, 0, "\x21" + struct.pack("I", address))
+    self.status()
+
+    # Program
+    dat += "\xFF"*((block_size-len(dat)) % block_size)
+    for i in range(0, len(dat)/block_size):
+      ldat = dat[i*block_size:(i+1)*block_size]
+      print("programming %d with length %d" % (i, len(ldat)))
+      self._handle.controlWrite(0x21, DFU_DNLOAD, 2+i, 0, ldat)
+      self.status()
+
+  def reset(self):
+    # **** Reset ****
+    self._handle.controlWrite(0x21, DFU_DNLOAD, 0, 0, "\x21" + struct.pack("I", 0x8000000))
+    self.status()
+    self._handle.controlWrite(0x21, DFU_DNLOAD, 2, 0, "")
+    stat = str(self._handle.controlRead(0x21, DFU_GETSTATUS, 0, 0, 6))
+
+
+# *** wifi mode ***
+
 def parse_can_buffer(dat):
   ret = []
   for j in range(0, len(dat), 0x10):
@@ -82,6 +165,8 @@ class WifiHandle(object):
   def close(self):
     self.sock.close()
 
+# *** normal mode ***
+
 class Panda(object):
   SAFETY_NOOUTPUT = 0
   SAFETY_HONDA = 1
@@ -427,3 +512,4 @@ class Panda(object):
     msg = self.kline_ll_recv(2, bus=bus)
     msg += self.kline_ll_recv(ord(msg[1])-2, bus=bus)
     return msg
+
diff --git a/release/.gitignore b/release/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4c4ffc6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.zip