diff --git a/tools/binman/image.py b/tools/binman/image.py
index 3622efc..3c2fe5e 100644
--- a/tools/binman/image.py
+++ b/tools/binman/image.py
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@
         test: True if this is being called from a test of Images. This this case
             there is no device tree defining the structure of the section, so
             we create a section manually.
+        ignore_missing: Ignore any missing entry arguments (i.e. don't raise an
+            exception). This should be used if the Image is being loaded from
+            a file rather than generated. In that case we obviously don't need
+            the entry arguments since the contents already exists.
     """
-    def __init__(self, name, node, copy_to_orig=True, test=False):
+    def __init__(self, name, node, copy_to_orig=True, test=False,
+                 ignore_missing=False):
         super().__init__(None, 'section', node, test=test)
         self.copy_to_orig = copy_to_orig
         self.name = 'main-section'
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@
         self.fdtmap_dtb = None
         self.fdtmap_data = None
         self.allow_repack = False
+        self._ignore_missing = ignore_missing
         if not test:
             self.ReadNode()
 
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@
 
         # Return an Image with the associated nodes
         root = dtb.GetRoot()
-        image = Image('image', root, copy_to_orig=False)
+        image = Image('image', root, copy_to_orig=False, ignore_missing=True)
 
         image.image_node = fdt_util.GetString(root, 'image-node', 'image')
         image.fdtmap_dtb = dtb