diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
index 737a4dc72ed9c121ddfaf3a809f07fcd81674e59..34187354304a6217d16ff3dab5315e605409ab05 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
@@ -53,22 +53,41 @@ core-y += arch/microblaze/platform/
 
 boot := arch/microblaze/boot
 
+# Are we making a simpleImage.<boardname> target? If so, crack out the boardname
+DTB:=$(subst simpleImage.,,$(filter simpleImage.%, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
+
+ifneq ($(DTB),)
+	core-y	+= $(boot)/
+endif
+
 # defines filename extension depending memory management type
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_MMU),)
 MMU := -nommu
 endif
 
-export MMU
+export MMU DTB
 
 all: linux.bin
 
+BOOT_TARGETS = linux.bin linux.bin.gz simpleImage.%
+
 archclean:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(boot)
 
-linux.bin linux.bin.gz: vmlinux
+$(BOOT_TARGETS): vmlinux
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(boot)/$@
 
 define archhelp
-  echo  '* linux.bin    - Create raw binary'
-  echo  '  linux.bin.gz - Create compressed raw binary'
+  echo '* linux.bin    - Create raw binary'
+  echo '  linux.bin.gz - Create compressed raw binary'
+  echo '  simpleImage.<dt> - ELF image with $(arch)/boot/dts/<dt>.dts linked in'
+  echo '                   - stripped elf with fdt blob
+  echo '  simpleImage.<dt>.unstrip - full ELF image with fdt blob'
+  echo '  *_defconfig      - Select default config from arch/microblaze/configs'
+  echo ''
+  echo '  Targets with <dt> embed a device tree blob inside the image'
+  echo '  These targets support board with firmware that does not'
+  echo '  support passing a device tree directly. Replace <dt> with the'
+  echo '  name of a dts file from the arch/microblaze/boot/dts/ directory'
+  echo '  (minus the .dts extension).'
 endef
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
index c2bb043a029d2df7891d17ae6e92e46e0360657b..21f13322a4cad74da687055e50eb840804dda78b 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
@@ -2,10 +2,24 @@
 # arch/microblaze/boot/Makefile
 #
 
-targets := linux.bin linux.bin.gz
+obj-y += linked_dtb.o
+
+targets := linux.bin linux.bin.gz simpleImage.%
 
 OBJCOPYFLAGS_linux.bin  := -O binary
 
+# Where the DTS files live
+dtstree         := $(srctree)/$(src)/dts
+
+# Ensure system.dtb exists
+$(obj)/linked_dtb.o: $(obj)/system.dtb
+
+# Generate system.dtb from $(DTB).dtb
+ifneq ($(DTB),system)
+$(obj)/system.dtb: $(obj)/$(DTB).dtb
+	$(call if_changed,cp)
+endif
+
 $(obj)/linux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	[ -n $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) ] && [ ! -e $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) ] && \
 	touch $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE) || echo "No CPIO image"
@@ -16,4 +30,27 @@ $(obj)/linux.bin.gz: $(obj)/linux.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,gzip)
 	@echo 'Kernel: $@ is ready' ' (#'`cat .version`')'
 
-clean-kernel += linux.bin linux.bin.gz
+quiet_cmd_cp = CP      $< $@$2
+	cmd_cp = cat $< >$@$2 || (rm -f $@ && echo false)
+
+quiet_cmd_strip = STRIP   $@
+      cmd_strip = $(STRIP) -K _start -K _end -K __log_buf -K _fdt_start vmlinux -o $@
+
+$(obj)/simpleImage.%: vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,cp,.unstrip)
+	$(call if_changed,strip)
+	@echo 'Kernel: $@ is ready' ' (#'`cat .version`')'
+
+# Rule to build device tree blobs
+DTC = $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc
+
+# Rule to build device tree blobs
+quiet_cmd_dtc = DTC     $@
+	cmd_dtc = $(DTC) -O dtb -o $(obj)/$*.dtb -b 0 -p 1024 $(dtstree)/$*.dts
+
+$(obj)/%.dtb: $(dtstree)/%.dts FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,dtc)
+
+clean-kernel += linux.bin linux.bin.gz simpleImage.*
+
+clean-files += *.dtb
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/system.dts b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/system.dts
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7cb657892f21229d0068d2e7416e91e551264f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/dts/system.dts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../platform/generic/system.dts
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/boot/linked_dtb.S b/arch/microblaze/boot/linked_dtb.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cb2b537aebeea332916c9983683b6e3395564ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/microblaze/boot/linked_dtb.S
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.section __fdt_blob,"a"
+.incbin "arch/microblaze/boot/system.dtb"
+