diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/imximage.cfg b/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/imximage.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..95daa3d581dcb72be2cf417a47598278b96acf15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/imx-common/imximage.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * i.MX image header offset values
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * NOTE: This file must be kept in sync with tools/imximage.h because
+ *       tools/imximage.c can not cross-include headers from arch/arm/
+ *       and vice-versa.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_IMX_COMMON_IMXIMAGE_CFG__
+#define __ASM_IMX_COMMON_IMXIMAGE_CFG__
+
+/* Standard image header offset for NAND, SATA, SD, SPI flash. */
+#define FLASH_OFFSET_STANDARD	0x400
+/* Specific image header offset for booting from OneNAND. */
+#define FLASH_OFFSET_ONENAND	0x100
+/* Specific image header offset for booting from memory-mapped NOR. */
+#define FLASH_OFFSET_NOR	0x1000
+
+#endif  /* __ASM_IMX_COMMON_IMXIMAGE_CFG__ */
diff --git a/doc/README.imximage b/doc/README.imximage
index 073e3fcb3c6ecc9a7dfa8af468c76f96b16bd4d5..802eb90f1de6b352dc383f69cdc234b0b64cccd9 100644
--- a/doc/README.imximage
+++ b/doc/README.imximage
@@ -65,9 +65,27 @@ Configuration command line syntax:
 				This command need appear the fist before
 				other valid commands in configuration file.
 
+	BOOT_OFFSET		value
+
+				This command is parallel to BOOT_FROM and
+				is preferred over BOOT_FROM.
+
+				value:  Offset of the image header, this
+					value shall be set to one of the
+					values found in the file:
+						arch/arm/include/asm/\
+						imx-common/imximage.cfg
+				Example:
+				BOOT_OFFSET FLASH_OFFSET_STANDARD
+
 	BOOT_FROM		nand/spi/sd/onenand/nor/sata
+
+				This command is parallel to BOOT_OFFSET and
+				is to be deprecated in favor of BOOT_OFFSET.
+
 				Example:
 				BOOT_FROM spi
+
 	DATA			type address value
 
 				type: word=4, halfword=2, byte=1
diff --git a/tools/imximage.c b/tools/imximage.c
index fa308c94b0e3f31cff28b45e61faef9264353af8..895c9de7b1d5e915b5901f0516957292f49be604 100644
--- a/tools/imximage.c
+++ b/tools/imximage.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 static table_entry_t imximage_cmds[] = {
 	{CMD_BOOT_FROM,         "BOOT_FROM",            "boot command",	  },
+	{CMD_BOOT_OFFSET,       "BOOT_OFFSET",          "Boot offset",	  },
 	{CMD_DATA,              "DATA",                 "Reg Write Data", },
 	{CMD_IMAGE_VERSION,     "IMAGE_VERSION",        "image version",  },
 	{-1,                    "",                     "",	          },
@@ -352,6 +353,11 @@ static void parse_cfg_cmd(struct imx_header *imxhdr, int32_t cmd, char *token,
 		if (unlikely(cmd_ver_first != 1))
 			cmd_ver_first = 0;
 		break;
+	case CMD_BOOT_OFFSET:
+		imxhdr->flash_offset = get_cfg_value(token, name, lineno);
+		if (unlikely(cmd_ver_first != 1))
+			cmd_ver_first = 0;
+		break;
 	case CMD_DATA:
 		value = get_cfg_value(token, name, lineno);
 		(*set_dcd_val)(imxhdr, name, lineno, fld, value, dcd_len);
diff --git a/tools/imximage.h b/tools/imximage.h
index 42b60906fd3adfef0e82caa38f0e77b01bc76af5..1445c1ee074aed7d40a939e4a3b859906168b70a 100644
--- a/tools/imximage.h
+++ b/tools/imximage.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 
 #define HEADER_OFFSET	0x400
 
+/*
+ * NOTE: This file must be kept in sync with arch/arm/include/asm/\
+ *       imx-common/imximage.cfg because tools/imximage.c can not
+ *       cross-include headers from arch/arm/ and vice-versa.
+ */
 #define CMD_DATA_STR	"DATA"
 #define FLASH_OFFSET_UNDEFINED	0xFFFFFFFF
 #define FLASH_OFFSET_STANDARD	0x400
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ enum imximage_cmd {
 	CMD_INVALID,
 	CMD_IMAGE_VERSION,
 	CMD_BOOT_FROM,
+	CMD_BOOT_OFFSET,
 	CMD_DATA
 };