diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile
index 2d79c71..72fe23a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/Makefile
@@ -86,9 +86,13 @@
 	$(Q)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_cfg)
 
-IMAGE_TYPE = imximage
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_IMX8), y)
-IMAGE_TYPE = imx8image
+CNTR_DEPFILES := $(srctree)/tools/imx_cntr_image.sh
+IMAGE_TYPE := imx8image
+DEPFILE_EXISTS := $(shell if [ -f u-boot-dtb.cfgout ]; then $(CNTR_DEPFILES) u-boot-dtb.cfgout; echo $$?; fi)
+else
+IMAGE_TYPE := imximage
+DEPFILE_EXISTS := 0
 endif
 
 MKIMAGEFLAGS_u-boot.imx = -n $(filter-out $(PLUGIN).bin $< $(PHONY),$^) \
@@ -104,8 +108,10 @@
 u-boot-dtb.imx: MKIMAGEOUTPUT = u-boot-dtb.imx.log
 
 u-boot-dtb.imx: u-boot-dtb.bin u-boot-dtb.cfgout $(PLUGIN).bin FORCE
+ifeq ($(DEPFILE_EXISTS),0)
 	$(call if_changed,mkimage)
 endif
+endif
 
 MKIMAGEFLAGS_SPL = -n $(filter-out $(PLUGIN).bin $< $(PHONY),$^) \
 		   -T $(IMAGE_TYPE) -e $(CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE)
diff --git a/tools/imx_cntr_image.sh b/tools/imx_cntr_image.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c629e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/imx_cntr_image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#
+# script to check whether the file exists in imximage.cfg for i.MX8
+#
+# usage: $0 <imximage.cfg>
+
+file=$1
+
+blobs=`awk '/^APPEND/ {print $2} /^IMAGE/ || /^DATA/ {print $3}' $file`
+for f in $blobs; do
+	tmp=$srctree/$f
+	if [ $f == "u-boot-dtb.bin" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [ -f $f ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [ ! -f $tmp ]; then
+		echo "WARNING '$tmp' not found, resulting binary is not-functional" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	sed -in "s;$f;$tmp;" $file
+done
+
+exit 0