diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/README.md b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/README.md
index ecf255a5cff..a05d0285304 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/README.md
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ All supported Onkyo devices are registered as an audio sink in the framework.
 This binding can discover the supported Onkyo AV receivers.
 At the moment only the following models are supported:
 
+-   HT-RC440
 -   HT-RC560
 -   TX-NR414
 -   TX-NR474
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onkyo/internal/OnkyoModel.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onkyo/internal/OnkyoModel.java
index 91f04182aab..3486a2c4cc2 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onkyo/internal/OnkyoModel.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/onkyo/internal/OnkyoModel.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public enum OnkyoModel {
 
     // Please also add new supported models to README.md
 
+    HT_RC440("HT-RC440"),
     HT_RC560("HT-RC560"),
     TX_NR414("TX-NR414"),
     TX_NR474("TX-NR474"),
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/onkyo.properties b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/onkyo.properties
index 9f76633da0b..5dc56ceea22 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/onkyo.properties
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/i18n/onkyo.properties
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ binding.config.onkyo.callbackUrl.description = url to use for playing notificati
 
 # thing types
 
+thing-type.onkyo.HT-RC440.label = Onkyo HT-RC440 AV Receiver
+thing-type.onkyo.HT-RC440.description = Network enabled Onkyo AV Receiver
 thing-type.onkyo.HT-RC560.label = Onkyo HT-RC560 AV Receiver
 thing-type.onkyo.HT-RC560.description = Network enabled Onkyo AV Receiver
 thing-type.onkyo.TX-NR3007.label = Onkyo TX-NR3007 AV Receiver
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/ht-rc440.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/ht-rc440.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a7a3ca10d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.onkyo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/thing/ht-rc440.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<thing:thing-descriptions bindingId="onkyo"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:thing="https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description/v1.0.0"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/thing-description-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+	<thing-type id="HT-RC440">
+		<label>Onkyo HT-RC440 AV Receiver</label>
+		<description>Network enabled Onkyo AV Receiver</description>
+
+		<channel-groups>
+			<channel-group typeId="zone1Controls" id="zone1"/>
+			<channel-group typeId="zone2Controls" id="zone2"/>
+			<channel-group typeId="playerControls" id="player"/>
+			<channel-group typeId="netMenuControls" id="netmenu"/>
+			<channel-group typeId="information" id="info"/>
+		</channel-groups>
+
+		<config-description-ref uri="thing-type:onkyo:config"/>
+	</thing-type>
+
+</thing:thing-descriptions>