diff --git a/HPi.cabal b/HPi.cabal
--- a/HPi.cabal
+++ b/HPi.cabal
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
--- Initial HPi.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further documentation, 
--- see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
-
-name:                HPi
-version:             0.5.1
-synopsis:            GPIO, I2C and SPI functions for the Raspberry Pi.
-description:         This package is a FFI wrapper around the bcm2835 library by Mike McCauley, it also includes a few utility functions for easier use of the imported functions.
-homepage:            https://github.com/WJWH/HPi
-license:             BSD3
-license-file:        LICENSE
-author:              Wander Hillen	
-maintainer:          wjw.hillen@gmail.com
-copyright:           (c) 2013-2015 Wander Hillen
-category:            System
-build-type:          Simple
-cabal-version:       >=1.8
-
-library
-  exposed-modules:     System.RaspberryPi.GPIO
-  -- other-modules:       
-  build-depends:    base < 5, bytestring < 0.11
-  extra-libraries: bcm2835
-  
-source-repository head
-  type:     git
+-- Initial HPi.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further documentation,
+-- see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                HPi
+version:             0.6.0
+synopsis:            GPIO, I2C and SPI functions for the Raspberry Pi.
+description:         This package is a FFI wrapper around the bcm2835 library by Mike McCauley, it also includes a few utility functions for easier use of the imported functions.
+homepage:            https://github.com/WJWH/HPi
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Wander Hillen
+maintainer:          wjw.hillen@gmail.com
+copyright:           (c) 2013-2015 Wander Hillen
+category:            System
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.8
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     System.RaspberryPi.GPIO
+  -- other-modules:
+  build-depends:    base < 5, bytestring < 0.11
+  extra-libraries: bcm2835
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
   location: git://github.com/WJWH/HPi.git
diff --git a/System/RaspberryPi/GPIO.hs b/System/RaspberryPi/GPIO.hs
--- a/System/RaspberryPi/GPIO.hs
+++ b/System/RaspberryPi/GPIO.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     PinMode(..),
     LogicLevel,
     Address,
+    SPIBitOrder(..),
     SPIPin(..),
     CPOL,
     CPHA,
@@ -27,7 +28,9 @@
     -- *SPI specific functions
     withSPI,
     chipSelectSPI,
+    setBitOrderSPI,
     setChipSelectPolaritySPI,
+    setClockDividerSPI,
     setDataModeSPI,
     transferSPI,
     transferManySPI
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@
 -- |Either high or low.
 type LogicLevel = Bool
 
+-- |Specifies the SPI data bit ordering.
+data SPIBitOrder = LSBFirst | MSBFirst
+
 -- |This describes which Chip Select pins are asserted (used in SPI communications).
 data SPIPin = CS0 | CS1 | CSBOTH | CSNONE deriving (Eq, Show, Enum)
 
@@ -134,8 +140,12 @@
 --Changes the chip select pins
 foreign import ccall unsafe "bcm2835.h bcm2835_spi_chipSelect"      c_chipSelectSPI :: CUChar -> IO ()
 
+--Set the bit order to be used for transmit and receive.
+foreign import ccall unsafe "bcm2835.h bcm2835_spi_setBitOrder"           c_setBitOrder :: CUChar -> IO ()
 --Sets whether SPI Chip Select pulls pins high or low.
 foreign import ccall unsafe "bcm2835.h bcm2835_spi_setChipSelectPolarity" c_setChipSelectPolarity :: CUChar -> CUChar -> IO ()
+--Sets the SPI clock divider and therefore the SPI clock speed.
+foreign import ccall unsafe "bcm2835.h bcm2835_spi_setClockDivider"       c_setClockDividerSPI :: CUShort -> IO ()
 --Sets the data mode used (phase/polarity)
 foreign import ccall unsafe "bcm2835.h bcm2835_spi_setDataMode"     c_setDataModeSPI :: CUChar -> IO ()
 
@@ -285,6 +295,17 @@
 -- asserted during the transfer. 
 chipSelectSPI :: SPIPin -> IO ()
 chipSelectSPI pin = c_chipSelectSPI (fromIntegral . fromEnum $ pin)
+
+-- |Sets the SPI clock divider and therefore the SPI clock speed.
+setClockDividerSPI :: Word16 -> IO ()
+setClockDividerSPI a = c_setClockDividerSPI $ fromIntegral a
+
+-- |Set the bit order to be used for transmit and receive. The bcm2835 SPI0 only supports MSBFirst,
+-- so if you select LSBFirst, the bytes will be reversed in software.
+-- The library defaults to MSBFirst.
+setBitOrderSPI :: SPIBitOrder -> IO ()
+setBitOrderSPI LSBFirst = c_setBitOrder 0
+setBitOrderSPI MSBFirst = c_setBitOrder 1
 
 -- |Sets the chip select pin polarity for a given pin(s). When a transfer is made with 'transferSPI' or 'transferManySPI', the 
 -- currently selected chip select pin(s) will be asserted to the LogicLevel supplied. When transfers are not happening, the chip