diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index 3dfb5ac19..cebe08683 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ config BAREBOX_MAX_BARE_INIT_SIZE
 	  this will allow your bare_init to fit in SRAM as example
 	  ARCH can overwrite it via ARCH_BAREBOX_MAX_BARE_INIT_SIZE
 
+config BAREBOX_MAX_PBLX_SIZE
+	depends on PBL_MULTI_IMAGES
+	depends on IMAGE_COMPRESSION
+	prompt "Maximum PBLX size"
+	hex
+	default 0xffffffff
+	help
+	  Define the maximum size of the PBLX image.
+	  The pblx is a self extracting barebox binary.
+
 config HAVE_CONFIGURABLE_MEMORY_LAYOUT
 	bool
 
diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
index 587cb2651..6ee1dccac 100644
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ b/images/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ quiet_cmd_pblx ?= PBLX    $@
 
 $(obj)/%.pblx: $(obj)/%.pblb $(obj)/barebox.z FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,pblx,$(@F))
+	$(call cmd,check_file_size,$@,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_MAX_PBLX_SIZE))
+
 
 $(obj)/%.s: $(obj)/% FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,disasm)