diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 574c43000699..8a2663d806c9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2482,6 +2482,9 @@ config USE_OF
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN
 
+config BUILTIN_DTB
+	bool
+
 endmenu
 
 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index bbac51e11179..bd642623f360 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ endif
 
 CLEAN_FILES += vmlinux.32 vmlinux.64
 
+# device-trees
+core-$(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB) += arch/mips/boot/dts/
+
+%.dtb %.dtb.S %.dtb.o: | scripts
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/mips/boot/dts arch/mips/boot/dts/$@
+
 archprepare:
 ifdef CONFIG_MIPS32_N32
 	@echo '  Checking missing-syscalls for N32'
diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6bb41df59264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+obj-y		+= $(patsubst %.dtb, %.dtb.o, $(dtb-y))
+
+clean-files	+= *.dtb.S