diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 606ef7c4a544..90556da6959d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -726,6 +726,13 @@ export KBUILD_IMAGE ?= vmlinux
 # images. Default is /boot, but you can set it to other values
 export	INSTALL_PATH ?= /boot
 
+#
+# INSTALL_DTBS_PATH specifies a prefix for relocations required by build roots.
+# Like INSTALL_MOD_PATH, it isn't defined in the Makefile, but can be passed as
+# an argument if needed. Otherwise it defaults to the kernel install path
+#
+export INSTALL_DTBS_PATH ?= $(INSTALL_PATH)/dtbs/$(KERNELRELEASE)
+
 #
 # INSTALL_MOD_PATH specifies a prefix to MODLIB for module directory
 # relocations required by build roots.  This is not defined in the
diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
index 08a9ef58d9c3..fddf4beaee45 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
@@ -310,9 +310,9 @@ $(INSTALL_TARGETS):
 %.dtb: | scripts
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts MACHINE=$(MACHINE) $(boot)/dts/$@
 
-PHONY += dtbs
-dtbs: scripts
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts MACHINE=$(MACHINE) dtbs
+PHONY += dtbs dtbs_install
+dtbs dtbs_install: prepare scripts
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts MACHINE=$(MACHINE) $@
 
 # We use MRPROPER_FILES and CLEAN_FILES now
 archclean:
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ define archhelp
   echo  '  bootpImage    - Combined zImage and initial RAM disk'
   echo  '                  (supply initrd image via make variable INITRD=<path>)'
   echo  '* dtbs          - Build device tree blobs for enabled boards'
+  echo  '  dtbs_install  - Install dtbs to $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH)'
   echo  '  install       - Install uncompressed kernel'
   echo  '  zinstall      - Install compressed kernel'
   echo  '  uinstall      - Install U-Boot wrapped compressed kernel'
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
index b9d6a8b485e0..649c8e345ac5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_ZYNQ) += zynq-zc702.dtb \
 	zynq-zc706.dtb \
 	zynq-zed.dtb
 
-targets += dtbs
+targets += dtbs dtbs_install
 targets += $(dtb-y)
 endif
 
@@ -331,3 +331,5 @@ dtbs: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(dtb-y))
 	$(Q)rm -f $(obj)/../*.dtb
 
 clean-files := *.dtb
+
+dtbs_install: $(addsuffix _dtbinst_, $(dtb-y))
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 49392ecbef17..d0c17a55a2f5 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -273,6 +273,18 @@ $(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/%.dts FORCE
 
 dtc-tmp = $(subst $(comma),_,$(dot-target).dts.tmp)
 
+# Helper targets for Installing DTBs into the boot directory
+quiet_cmd_dtb_install =	INSTALL $<
+      cmd_dtb_install =	cp $< $(2)
+
+_dtbinst_pre_:
+	$(Q)if [ -d $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH).old ]; then rm -rf $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH).old; fi
+	$(Q)if [ -d $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH) ]; then mv $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH) $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH).old; fi
+	$(Q)mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH)
+
+%.dtb_dtbinst_: $(obj)/%.dtb _dtbinst_pre_
+	$(call cmd,dtb_install,$(INSTALL_DTBS_PATH))
+
 # Bzip2
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------