diff --git a/include/image-commands.mk b/include/image-commands.mk
index 65d299051c..4041599001 100644
--- a/include/image-commands.mk
+++ b/include/image-commands.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ define Build/uImage
 		-a $(KERNEL_LOADADDR) \
 		-e $(if $(KERNEL_ENTRY),$(KERNEL_ENTRY),$(KERNEL_LOADADDR)) \
 		-n '$(if $(UIMAGE_NAME),$(UIMAGE_NAME),$(call toupper,$(LINUX_KARCH)) $(VERSION_DIST) Linux-$(LINUX_VERSION))' \
+		$(if $(UIMAGE_MAGIC),-M $(UIMAGE_MAGIC)) \
 		$(wordlist 2,$(words $(1)),$(1)) \
 		-d $@ $@.new
 	mv $@.new $@
diff --git a/include/image.mk b/include/image.mk
index 1ee0f6c72b..0eb9f22e96 100644
--- a/include/image.mk
+++ b/include/image.mk
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ define Device/Init
   SOC :=
 
   BOARD_NAME :=
+  UIMAGE_MAGIC :=
   UIMAGE_NAME :=
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES :=
   IMAGE_METADATA :=
@@ -415,7 +416,8 @@ DEFAULT_DEVICE_VARS := \
   DEVICE_NAME KERNEL KERNEL_INITRAMFS KERNEL_INITRAMFS_IMAGE KERNEL_SIZE \
   CMDLINE UBOOTENV_IN_UBI KERNEL_IN_UBI BLOCKSIZE PAGESIZE SUBPAGESIZE \
   VID_HDR_OFFSET UBINIZE_OPTS UBINIZE_PARTS MKUBIFS_OPTS DEVICE_DTS \
-  DEVICE_DTS_CONFIG DEVICE_DTS_DIR DEVICE_FDT_NUM SOC BOARD_NAME UIMAGE_NAME \
+  DEVICE_DTS_CONFIG DEVICE_DTS_DIR DEVICE_FDT_NUM SOC BOARD_NAME \
+  UIMAGE_MAGIC UIMAGE_NAME \
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES IMAGE_METADATA KERNEL_ENTRY KERNEL_LOADADDR UBOOT_PATH \
   IMAGE_SIZE DEVICE_VENDOR DEVICE_MODEL DEVICE_VARIANT \
   DEVICE_ALT0_VENDOR DEVICE_ALT0_MODEL DEVICE_ALT0_VARIANT \