diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3000d30be23c708de27d6bab1eb7f0b4a9582bd8..a94b538e4a028b51f771ce2977bcf80dec69776d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1125,7 +1125,15 @@ u-boot.bin: u-boot-nodtb.bin FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,copy)
 endif
 
-%.imx: %.bin
+# we call Makefile in arch/arm/mach-imx which
+# has targets which are dependent on targets defined
+# here. make could not resolve them and we must ensure
+# that they are finished before calling imx targets
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_MULTI_DTB_FIT),y)
+IMX_DEPS = u-boot-fit-dtb.bin
+endif
+
+%.imx: $(IMX_DEPS) %.bin
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/arm/mach-imx $@
 	$(BOARD_SIZE_CHECK)