diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-sign.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-sign.bbclass
index 82ecba108b..368888707d 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-sign.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/uboot-sign.bbclass
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ SPL_NODTB_SYMLINK ?= "u-boot-spl-nodtb-${MACHINE}.bin"
 # padding it adds behind BSS for SPLs built without SPL_SEPARATE_BSS.
 SPL_WITH_DTB_BINARY ?= ""
 
+# Arguments passed to mkimage both when creating and when signing the
+# U-Boot fitImage, e.g. "-E" to place the image data after the FIT structure
+SPL_MKIMAGE_ARGS ?= ""
+
 # U-Boot fitImage description
 UBOOT_FIT_DESC ?= "U-Boot fitImage for ${DISTRO_NAME}/${PV}/${MACHINE}"
 
@@ -563,6 +567,7 @@ EOF
 	#
 	${UBOOT_MKIMAGE} \
 		${@'-D "${SPL_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS}"' if len('${SPL_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS}') else ''} \
+		${SPL_MKIMAGE_ARGS} \
 		-f ${UBOOT_ITS} \
 		${UBOOT_FITIMAGE_BINARY}
 
@@ -591,6 +596,7 @@ EOF
 			cp ${SPL_DIR}/${SPL_DTB_BINARY} ${SPL_DIR}/${SPL_DTB_SIGNED}
 			${UBOOT_MKIMAGE_SIGN} \
 				${@'-D "${SPL_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS}"' if len('${SPL_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS}') else ''} \
+				${SPL_MKIMAGE_ARGS} \
 				-F -k "${SPL_SIGN_KEYDIR}" \
 				-K "${SPL_DIR}/${SPL_DTB_SIGNED}" \
 				-r ${UBOOT_FITIMAGE_BINARY} \
@@ -604,6 +610,7 @@ EOF
 			# Sign the U-boot FIT image
 			${UBOOT_MKIMAGE_SIGN} \
 				${@'-D "${SPL_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS}"' if len('${SPL_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS}') else ''} \
+				${SPL_MKIMAGE_ARGS} \
 				-F -k "${SPL_SIGN_KEYDIR}" \
 				-r ${UBOOT_FITIMAGE_BINARY} \
 				${SPL_MKIMAGE_SIGN_ARGS}