diff --git a/mmc.1 b/mmc.1
index e153557..b98b63f 100644
--- a/mmc.1
+++ b/mmc.1
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ Run Field Firmware Update with \fIimage\-file\-name\fR on the device.
 .br
 if [\fIchunk\-bytes\fR] is omitted, mmc-utils will try to run ffu using the largest possible chunks: max(image-file, 512k).
 .TP
+.BI ffu2 " \fIimage\-file\-name\fR " " \fIdevice\fR " " [\fIchunk\-bytes\fR]
+Same as 'ffu', but uses CMD23+CMD25 for repeated downloads and remains in FFU mode until completion.
+.TP
 .BI erase " " \fItype\fR " " \fIstart-address\fR " " \fIend\-address\fR " " \fIdevice\fR
 Send Erase CMD38 with specific argument to the device.
 .br
diff --git a/mmc.c b/mmc.c
index 2c5b9b5..f1d98e6 100644
--- a/mmc.c
+++ b/mmc.c
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ static struct Command commands[] = {
 		"should be in decimal bytes and sector aligned.\n",
 	  NULL
 	},
+	{ do_ffu2, -2,
+	  "ffu2", "<image name> <device> [chunk-bytes]\n"
+		"Same as 'ffu', but uses CMD23+CMD25 for repeated downloads and remains in FFU mode until completion.\n",
+	  NULL
+	},
 	{ do_erase, -4,
 	"erase", "<type> " "<start address> " "<end address> " "<device>\n"
 		"Send Erase CMD38 with specific argument to the <device>\n\n"
diff --git a/mmc_cmds.c b/mmc_cmds.c
index 72921a7..b507bff 100644
--- a/mmc_cmds.c
+++ b/mmc_cmds.c
@@ -2812,21 +2812,55 @@ out:
 }
 
 static void set_ffu_download_cmd(struct mmc_ioc_multi_cmd *multi_cmd, __u8 *ext_csd,
-				unsigned int bytes, __u8 *buf, off_t offset)
+				unsigned int bytes, __u8 *buf, off_t offset, __u8 ffu_mode)
 {
 	__u32 arg = per_byte_htole32(&ext_csd[EXT_CSD_FFU_ARG_0]);
 
-	/* send block count */
-	set_single_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[1], MMC_SET_BLOCK_COUNT, 0, 0, bytes / 512);
-	multi_cmd->cmds[1].flags = MMC_RSP_SPI_R1 | MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_AC;
+	if (ffu_mode == 1) {
+		/* send block count */
+		set_single_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[1], MMC_SET_BLOCK_COUNT, 0, 0, bytes / 512);
+		multi_cmd->cmds[1].flags = MMC_RSP_SPI_R1 | MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_AC;
+
+		/*
+		 * send image chunk: blksz and blocks essentially do not matter, as
+		 * long as the product is fw_size, but some hosts don't handle larger
+		 * blksz well.
+		 */
+		set_single_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[2], MMC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_BLOCK, 1, bytes / 512, arg);
+		mmc_ioc_cmd_set_data(multi_cmd->cmds[2], buf + offset);
+	} else if (ffu_mode == 2) {
+		set_single_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[0], MMC_SET_BLOCK_COUNT, 0, 0, bytes / 512);
+		multi_cmd->cmds[0].flags = MMC_RSP_SPI_R1 | MMC_RSP_R1 | MMC_CMD_AC;
+		set_single_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[1], MMC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_BLOCK, 1, bytes / 512, arg);
+		mmc_ioc_cmd_set_data(multi_cmd->cmds[1], buf + offset);
+	}
+}
+static int enter_ffu_mode(int *dev_fd)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct mmc_ioc_cmd cmd;
+       memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
 
-	/*
-	 * send image chunk: blksz and blocks essentially do not matter, as
-	 * long as the product is fw_size, but some hosts don't handle larger
-	 * blksz well.
-	 */
-	set_single_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[2], MMC_WRITE_MULTIPLE_BLOCK, 1, bytes / 512, arg);
-	mmc_ioc_cmd_set_data(multi_cmd->cmds[2], buf + offset);
+       fill_switch_cmd(&cmd, EXT_CSD_MODE_CONFIG, EXT_CSD_FFU_MODE);
+       ret = ioctl(*dev_fd, MMC_IOC_CMD, &cmd);
+       if (ret)
+               perror("enter FFU mode faled\n");
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
+static int exit_ffu_mode(int *dev_fd)
+{
+       int ret;
+       struct mmc_ioc_cmd cmd;
+       memset(&cmd, 0, sizeof(cmd));
+
+       fill_switch_cmd(&cmd, EXT_CSD_MODE_CONFIG, EXT_CSD_NORMAL_MODE);
+       ret = ioctl(*dev_fd, MMC_IOC_CMD, &cmd);
+       if (ret)
+               perror("exit FFU mode faled\n");
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static int get_ffu_sectors_programmed(int *dev_fd, __u8 *ext_csd)
@@ -2871,7 +2905,7 @@ static bool ffu_is_supported(__u8 *ext_csd, char *device)
 }
 
 static int do_ffu_download(int *dev_fd, __u8 *ext_csd, __u8 *fw_buf, off_t fw_size,
-							unsigned int chunk_size)
+							unsigned int chunk_size, __u8 ffu_mode)
 {
 	int ret;
 	__u8 num_of_cmds = 4;
@@ -2883,6 +2917,10 @@ static int do_ffu_download(int *dev_fd, __u8 *ext_csd, __u8 *fw_buf, off_t fw_si
 		fprintf(stderr, "unexpected NULL pointer\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+
+	if (ffu_mode != 1) /* in FFU mode 1, mmc_ioc_multi_cmd contains 4 commands */
+		num_of_cmds = 2;
+
 	/* allocate maximum required */
 	multi_cmd = calloc(1, sizeof(struct mmc_ioc_multi_cmd) + num_of_cmds * sizeof(struct mmc_ioc_cmd));
 	if (!multi_cmd) {
@@ -2890,14 +2928,12 @@ static int do_ffu_download(int *dev_fd, __u8 *ext_csd, __u8 *fw_buf, off_t fw_si
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	/* prepare multi_cmd for FFU based on cmd to be used */
-	/* put device into ffu mode */
-	fill_switch_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[0], EXT_CSD_MODE_CONFIG, EXT_CSD_FFU_MODE);
-
-	/* return device into normal mode */
-	fill_switch_cmd(&multi_cmd->cmds[3], EXT_CSD_MODE_CONFIG, EXT_CSD_NORMAL_MODE);
 
 do_retry:
+
+	if (num_of_cmds != 4 && enter_ffu_mode(dev_fd))
+		goto out;
+
 	bytes_left = fw_size;
 	off = 0;
 	multi_cmd->num_of_cmds = num_of_cmds;
@@ -2906,7 +2942,7 @@ do_retry:
 		bytes_per_loop = bytes_left < chunk_size ? bytes_left : chunk_size;
 
 		/* prepare multi_cmd for FFU based on cmd to be used */
-		set_ffu_download_cmd(multi_cmd, ext_csd, bytes_per_loop, fw_buf, off);
+		set_ffu_download_cmd(multi_cmd, ext_csd, bytes_per_loop, fw_buf, off, ffu_mode);
 
 		/* send ioctl with multi-cmd, download firmware bundle */
 		ret = ioctl(*dev_fd, MMC_IOC_MULTI_CMD, multi_cmd);
@@ -2917,7 +2953,7 @@ do_retry:
 			 * In case multi-cmd ioctl failed before exiting from
 			 * ffu mode
 			 */
-			ioctl(*dev_fd, MMC_IOC_CMD, &multi_cmd->cmds[3]);
+			exit_ffu_mode(dev_fd);
 			goto out;
 		}
 
@@ -2941,6 +2977,9 @@ do_retry:
 		off += bytes_per_loop;
 	}
 
+	if (num_of_cmds != 4 && exit_ffu_mode(dev_fd))
+		goto out;
+
 	ret = get_ffu_sectors_programmed(dev_fd, ext_csd);
 out:
 	free(multi_cmd);
@@ -2948,7 +2987,8 @@ out:
 
 }
 
-int do_ffu(int nargs, char **argv)
+
+static int __do_ffu(int nargs, char **argv, __u8 ffu_mode)
 {
 	off_t fw_size;
 	char *device;
@@ -3022,7 +3062,7 @@ int do_ffu(int nargs, char **argv)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sect_done = do_ffu_download((int *)&dev_fd, ext_csd, fw_buf, fw_size, default_chunk);
+	sect_done = do_ffu_download((int *)&dev_fd, ext_csd, fw_buf, fw_size, default_chunk, ffu_mode);
 
 	/* Check programmed sectors */
 	if (sect_done > 0 && (sect_done * 512) == fw_size) {
@@ -3092,6 +3132,14 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int do_ffu(int nargs, char **argv) {
+	return __do_ffu(nargs, argv, 1);
+}
+
+int do_ffu2(int nargs, char **argv) {
+	return __do_ffu(nargs, argv, 2);
+}
+
 int do_general_cmd_read(int nargs, char **argv)
 {
 	int dev_fd;
diff --git a/mmc_cmds.h b/mmc_cmds.h
index 5f2bef1..81364f4 100644
--- a/mmc_cmds.h
+++ b/mmc_cmds.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int do_rpmb_write_block(int nargs, char **argv);
 int do_cache_en(int nargs, char **argv);
 int do_cache_dis(int nargs, char **argv);
 int do_ffu(int nargs, char **argv);
+int do_ffu2(int nargs, char **argv);
 int do_read_scr(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_read_cid(int argc, char **argv);
 int do_read_csd(int argc, char **argv);
