diff --git a/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua b/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
index e5bd0013829..1211b8eb7a2 100644
--- a/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
+++ b/scripts/target/mame/mess.lua
@@ -2674,6 +2674,7 @@ createMESSProjects(_target, _subtarget, "korg")
 files {
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/korgds8.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/korgdss1.cpp",
+	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/korgdvp1.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/korgdw8k.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/korgm1.cpp",
 	MAME_DIR .. "src/mame/drivers/korgz3.cpp",
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/korgdvp1.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/korgdvp1.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f803e181e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/korgdvp1.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// license:BSD-3-Clause
+// copyright-holders:AJR
+/****************************************************************************
+
+    Skeleton driver for Korg DVP-1 MIDI vocoder.
+
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "emu.h"
+//#include "bus/midi/midi.h"
+#include "cpu/upd7810/upd7810.h"
+#include "cpu/tms32010/tms32010.h"
+#include "machine/nvram.h"
+
+class korgdvp1_state : public driver_device
+{
+public:
+	korgdvp1_state(const machine_config &mconfig, device_type type, const char *tag)
+		: driver_device(mconfig, type, tag)
+		, m_maincpu(*this, "maincpu")
+		, m_dsp(*this, "dsp%u", 1U)
+	{
+	}
+
+	void dvp1(machine_config &config);
+
+private:
+	void main_map(address_map &map);
+
+	required_device<upd7810_device> m_maincpu;
+	required_device_array<tms32010_device, 2> m_dsp;
+};
+
+
+void korgdvp1_state::main_map(address_map &map)
+{
+	map(0x0000, 0x7fff).rom().region("program", 0);
+	map(0x8000, 0x87ff).mirror(0x1800).ram().share("nvram");
+}
+
+
+static INPUT_PORTS_START(dvp1)
+INPUT_PORTS_END
+
+void korgdvp1_state::dvp1(machine_config &config)
+{
+	UPD7810(config, m_maincpu, 12_MHz_XTAL); // µPD7811-161-36 (according to parts list) but with both mode pins pulled up
+	m_maincpu->set_addrmap(AS_PROGRAM, &korgdvp1_state::main_map);
+
+	NVRAM(config, "nvram", nvram_device::DEFAULT_ALL_0); // HM6116LP-4 + 3V lithium battery
+
+	TMS32010(config, m_dsp[0], 20_MHz_XTAL).set_disable();
+	TMS32010(config, m_dsp[1], 20_MHz_XTAL).set_disable();
+}
+
+ROM_START(dvp1)
+	ROM_REGION(0x8000, "program", 0) // Version: SEP 28, 1985
+	ROM_LOAD("850803.ic6", 0x0000, 0x8000, CRC(1170db85) SHA1(4ce773dd22c56982b9493f89dce62111eec596b3)) // MBM27256-25
+
+	ROM_REGION16_LE(0xc00, "dsp1", 0) // 1536 x 16 internal bootloader
+	ROM_LOAD("tms320m10nl.ic9", 0x000, 0xc00, NO_DUMP)
+
+	ROM_REGION16_LE(0xc00, "dsp2", 0) // 1536 x 16 internal bootloader (almost certainly identical to DSP 1)
+	ROM_LOAD("tms320m10nl.ic8", 0x000, 0xc00, NO_DUMP)
+ROM_END
+
+SYST(1985, dvp1, 0, 0, dvp1, dvp1, korgdvp1_state, empty_init, "Korg", "DVP-1 Digital Voice Processor", MACHINE_IS_SKELETON)
diff --git a/src/mame/mame.lst b/src/mame/mame.lst
index 7685675eb13..bbb2d8cdd68 100644
--- a/src/mame/mame.lst
+++ b/src/mame/mame.lst
@@ -18849,6 +18849,9 @@ korg707                         //
 dss1                            //
 dssmsrk                         //
 
+@source:korgdvp1.cpp
+dvp1                            //
+
 @source:korgdw8k.cpp
 dw8000                          //
 dw8000ex                        //
diff --git a/src/mame/mess.flt b/src/mame/mess.flt
index 152498c92f2..6913666b253 100644
--- a/src/mame/mess.flt
+++ b/src/mame/mess.flt
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ kim1.cpp
 konin.cpp
 korgds8.cpp
 korgdss1.cpp
+korgdvp1.cpp
 korgdw8k.cpp
 korgm1.cpp
 korgz3.cpp