diff --git a/meta/classes/kernel-fitimage.bbclass b/meta/classes/kernel-fitimage.bbclass
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+inherit kernel-uboot
+
+python __anonymous () {
+    kerneltype = d.getVar('KERNEL_IMAGETYPE', True)
+    if kerneltype == 'fitImage':
+        depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
+        depends = "%s u-boot-mkimage-native dtc-native" % depends
+        d.setVar("DEPENDS", depends)
+
+	# Override KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE variable, which is internal
+	# to kernel.bbclass . We have to override it, since we pack zImage
+	# (at least for now) into the fitImage .
+        d.setVar("KERNEL_IMAGETYPE_FOR_MAKE", "zImage")
+
+        image = d.getVar('INITRAMFS_IMAGE', True)
+        if image:
+            d.appendVarFlag('do_assemble_fitimage', 'depends', ' ${INITRAMFS_IMAGE}:do_rootfs')
+}
+
+#
+# Emit the fitImage ITS header
+#
+fitimage_emit_fit_header() {
+	cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+        description = "U-Boot fitImage for ${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}";
+        #address-cells = <1>;
+EOF
+}
+
+#
+# Emit the fitImage section bits
+#
+# $1 ... Section bit type: imagestart - image section start
+#                          confstart  - configuration section start
+#                          sectend    - section end
+#                          fitend     - fitimage end
+#
+fitimage_emit_section_maint() {
+	case $1 in
+	imagestart)
+		cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+
+        images {
+EOF
+	;;
+	confstart)
+		cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+
+        configurations {
+EOF
+	;;
+	sectend)
+		cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+	};
+EOF
+	;;
+	fitend)
+		cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+};
+EOF
+	;;
+	esac
+}
+
+#
+# Emit the fitImage ITS kernel section
+#
+# $1 ... Image counter
+# $2 ... Path to kernel image
+# $3 ... Compression type
+fitimage_emit_section_kernel() {
+
+	kernel_csum="sha1"
+
+	ENTRYPOINT=${UBOOT_ENTRYPOINT}
+	if test -n "${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}"; then
+		ENTRYPOINT=`${HOST_PREFIX}nm ${S}/vmlinux | \
+			awk '$3=="${UBOOT_ENTRYSYMBOL}" {print $1}'`
+	fi
+
+	cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+                kernel@${1} {
+                        description = "Linux kernel";
+                        data = /incbin/("${2}");
+                        type = "kernel";
+                        arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
+                        os = "linux";
+                        compression = "${3}";
+                        load = <${UBOOT_LOADADDRESS}>;
+                        entry = <${ENTRYPOINT}>;
+                        hash@1 {
+                                algo = "${kernel_csum}";
+                        };
+                };
+EOF
+}
+
+#
+# Emit the fitImage ITS DTB section
+#
+# $1 ... Image counter
+# $2 ... Path to DTB image
+fitimage_emit_section_dtb() {
+
+	dtb_csum="sha1"
+
+	cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+                fdt@${1} {
+                        description = "Flattened Device Tree blob";
+                        data = /incbin/("${2}");
+                        type = "flat_dt";
+                        arch = "${UBOOT_ARCH}";
+                        compression = "none";
+                        hash@1 {
+                                algo = "${dtb_csum}";
+                        };
+                };
+EOF
+}
+
+#
+# Emit the fitImage ITS configuration section
+#
+# $1 ... Linux kernel ID
+# $2 ... DTB image ID
+fitimage_emit_section_config() {
+
+	conf_csum="sha1"
+
+	# Test if we have any DTBs at all
+	if [ -z "${2}" ] ; then
+		conf_desc="Boot Linux kernel"
+		fdt_line=""
+	else
+		conf_desc="Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob"
+		fdt_line="fdt = \"fdt@${2}\";"
+	fi
+	kernel_line="kernel = \"kernel@${1}\";"
+
+	cat << EOF >> fit-image.its
+                default = "conf@1";
+                conf@1 {
+                        description = "${conf_desc}";
+			${kernel_line}
+			${fdt_line}
+                        hash@1 {
+                                algo = "${conf_csum}";
+                        };
+                };
+EOF
+}
+
+do_assemble_fitimage() {
+	if test "x${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}" = "xfitImage" ; then
+		kernelcount=1
+		dtbcount=""
+		rm -f fit-image.its
+
+		fitimage_emit_fit_header
+
+		#
+		# Step 1: Prepare a kernel image section.
+		#
+		fitimage_emit_section_maint imagestart
+
+		uboot_prep_kimage
+		fitimage_emit_section_kernel "${kernelcount}" linux.bin "${linux_comp}"
+
+		#
+		# Step 2: Prepare a DTB image section
+		#
+		if test -n "${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}"; then
+			dtbcount=1
+			for DTB in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
+				if echo ${DTB} | grep -q '/dts/'; then
+					bbwarn "${DTB} contains the full path to the the dts file, but only the dtb name should be used."
+					DTB=`basename ${DTB} | sed 's,\.dts$,.dtb,g'`
+				fi
+				DTB_PATH="arch/${ARCH}/boot/dts/${DTB}"
+				if [ ! -e "${DTB_PATH}" ]; then
+					DTB_PATH="arch/${ARCH}/boot/${DTB}"
+				fi
+
+				fitimage_emit_section_dtb ${dtbcount} ${DTB_PATH}
+				dtbcount=`expr ${dtbcount} + 1`
+			done
+		fi
+
+		fitimage_emit_section_maint sectend
+
+		# Force the first Kernel and DTB in the default config
+		kernelcount=1
+		dtbcount=1
+
+		#
+		# Step 3: Prepare a configurations section
+		#
+		fitimage_emit_section_maint confstart
+
+		fitimage_emit_section_config ${kernelcount} ${dtbcount}
+
+		fitimage_emit_section_maint sectend
+
+		fitimage_emit_section_maint fitend
+
+		#
+		# Step 4: Assemble the image
+		#
+		uboot-mkimage -f fit-image.its arch/${ARCH}/boot/fitImage
+	fi
+}
+
+addtask assemble_fitimage before do_install after do_compile
+
+kernel_do_deploy_append() {
+	# Update deploy directory
+	if test "x${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}" = "xfitImage" ; then
+		cd ${B}
+		echo "Copying fit-image.its source file..."
+		its_base_name="${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-its-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
+		its_symlink_name=${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-its-${MACHINE}
+		install -m 0644 fit-image.its ${DEPLOYDIR}/${its_base_name}.its
+		linux_bin_base_name="${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-linux.bin-${PV}-${PR}-${MACHINE}-${DATETIME}"
+		linux_bin_symlink_name=${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-linux.bin-${MACHINE}
+		install -m 0644 linux.bin ${DEPLOYDIR}/${linux_bin_base_name}.bin
+
+		cd ${DEPLOYDIR}
+		ln -sf ${its_base_name}.its ${its_symlink_name}.its
+		ln -sf ${linux_bin_base_name}.bin ${linux_bin_symlink_name}.bin
+	fi
+}