diff --git a/include/libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_csel.h b/include/libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_csel.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04d93caf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_csel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/** @addtogroup dma_defines
+*/
+/*
+ * This file is part of the libopencm3 project.
+ *
+ * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/* THIS FILE SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED DIRECTLY, BUT ONLY VIA DMA.H
+The order of header inclusion is important. dma.h includes the device
+specific memorymap.h header before including this header file.*/
+
+/**@{*/
+
+/** @cond */
+#ifdef LIBOPENCM3_DMA_H
+/** @endcond */
+#pragma once
+
+
+/* DMA channel selection register (DMAx_CSELR) */
+#define DMA_CSELR(dma_base)		MMIO32((dma_base) + 0xA8)
+#define DMA1_CSELR			DMA_CSELR(DMA1)
+#define DMA2_CSELR			DMA_CSELR(DMA2)
+
+/* --- DMA_CSELR values -------------------------------------------- */
+
+#define DMA_CSELR_CxS_SHIFT(channel)	(4 * ((channel) - 1))
+#define DMA_CSELR_CxS_MASK				(0x0f)
+
+/* --- Function prototypes ------------------------------------------------- */
+
+BEGIN_DECLS
+
+END_DECLS
+
+/** @cond */
+#else
+#warning "dma_common_csel.h should not be included explicitly, only via dma.h"
+#endif
+/** @endcond */
+
+/**@}*/
diff --git a/include/libopencm3/stm32/f0/dma.h b/include/libopencm3/stm32/f0/dma.h
index 001cbfc2..d309bf71 100644
--- a/include/libopencm3/stm32/f0/dma.h
+++ b/include/libopencm3/stm32/f0/dma.h
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@
 #define LIBOPENCM3_DMA_H
 
 #include <libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_l1f013.h>
-
-/* DMA channel selection register (DMAx_CSELR) */
-#define DMA_CSELR(dma_base)		MMIO32((dma_base) + 0xA8)
-#define DMA1_CSELR			DMA_CSELR(DMA1)
-#define DMA2_CSELR			DMA_CSELR(DMA2)
+#include <libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_csel.h>
 
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/libopencm3/stm32/l4/dma.h b/include/libopencm3/stm32/l4/dma.h
index 3a5ee8d1..d8485a43 100644
--- a/include/libopencm3/stm32/l4/dma.h
+++ b/include/libopencm3/stm32/l4/dma.h
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
 #define LIBOPENCM3_DMA_H
 
 #include <libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_l1f013.h>
-
-/* DMA channel selection register (DMAx_CSELR) */
-#define DMA_CSELR(dma_base)		MMIO32((dma_base) + 0xA8)
-#define DMA1_CSELR			DMA_CSELR(DMA1)
-#define DMA2_CSELR			DMA_CSELR(DMA2)
+#include <libopencm3/stm32/common/dma_common_csel.h>
 
 #endif