diff --git a/tools/binman/entries.rst b/tools/binman/entries.rst
index 4dda34ca01f..b3613d7cbd0 100644
--- a/tools/binman/entries.rst
+++ b/tools/binman/entries.rst
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ This is a blob containing a device tree. The contents of the blob are
 obtained from the list of available device-tree files, managed by the
 'state' module.
 
+Additional Properties / Entry arguments:
+    - prepend: Header type to use:
+        length: 32-bit length header
 
 
 .. _etype_blob_ext:
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py b/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
index 4159e3032a1..5a6a4547485 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/blob_dtb.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 from binman.entry import Entry
 from binman.etype.blob import Entry_blob
+from dtoc import fdt_util
+import struct
 
 # This is imported if needed
 state = None
@@ -17,6 +19,9 @@ class Entry_blob_dtb(Entry_blob):
     This is a blob containing a device tree. The contents of the blob are
     obtained from the list of available device-tree files, managed by the
     'state' module.
+
+    Additional attributes:
+        prepend: Header used (e.g. 'length')
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         # Put this here to allow entry-docs and help to work without libfdt
@@ -24,6 +29,14 @@ class Entry_blob_dtb(Entry_blob):
         from binman import state
 
         super().__init__(section, etype, node)
+        self.prepend = None
+
+    def ReadNode(self):
+        super().ReadNode()
+        self.prepend = fdt_util.GetString(self._node, 'prepend')
+        if self.prepend and self.prepend not in ['length']:
+            self.Raise("Invalid prepend in '%s': '%s'" %
+                       (self._node.name, self.prepend))
 
     def ObtainContents(self):
         """Get the device-tree from the list held by the 'state' module"""
@@ -58,3 +71,17 @@ class Entry_blob_dtb(Entry_blob):
         # will still return the old contents
         state.UpdateFdtContents(self.GetFdtEtype(), data)
         return ok
+
+    def CompressData(self, indata):
+        data = super().CompressData(indata)
+        if self.prepend == 'length':
+            hdr = struct.pack('<I', len(data))
+            data = hdr + data
+        return data
+
+    def DecompressData(self, indata):
+        if self.prepend == 'length':
+            data_len = struct.unpack('<I', indata[:4])[0]
+            indata = indata[4:4 + data_len]
+        data = super().DecompressData(indata)
+        return data
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 9bce102e77b..7a3e4f8ae0b 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -5807,6 +5807,45 @@ fdt         fdtmap                Extract the devicetree blob from the fdtmap
         expect = U_BOOT_SPL_DATA + U_BOOT_DATA
         self.assertEqual(expect, data[:len(expect)])
 
+    def testCompressDtbPrependInvalid(self):
+        """Test that invalid header is detected"""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoReadFileDtb('235_compress_dtb_prepend_invalid.dts')
+        self.assertIn("Node '/binman/u-boot-dtb': Invalid prepend in "
+                      "'u-boot-dtb': 'invalid'", str(e.exception))
+
+    def testCompressDtbPrependLength(self):
+        """Test that compress with length header works as expected"""
+        data = self._DoReadFileRealDtb('236_compress_dtb_prepend_length.dts')
+        image = control.images['image']
+        entries = image.GetEntries()
+        self.assertIn('u-boot-dtb', entries)
+        u_boot_dtb = entries['u-boot-dtb']
+        self.assertIn('fdtmap', entries)
+        fdtmap = entries['fdtmap']
+
+        image_fname = tools.get_output_filename('image.bin')
+        orig = control.ReadEntry(image_fname, 'u-boot-dtb')
+        dtb = fdt.Fdt.FromData(orig)
+        dtb.Scan()
+        props = self._GetPropTree(dtb, ['size', 'uncomp-size'])
+        expected = {
+            'u-boot:size': len(U_BOOT_DATA),
+            'u-boot-dtb:uncomp-size': len(orig),
+            'u-boot-dtb:size': u_boot_dtb.size,
+            'fdtmap:size': fdtmap.size,
+            'size': len(data),
+            }
+        self.assertEqual(expected, props)
+
+        # Check implementation
+        self.assertEqual(U_BOOT_DATA, data[:len(U_BOOT_DATA)])
+        rest = data[len(U_BOOT_DATA):]
+        comp_data_len = struct.unpack('<I', rest[:4])[0]
+        comp_data = rest[4:4 + comp_data_len]
+        orig2 = self._decompress(comp_data)
+        self.assertEqual(orig, orig2)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/235_compress_dtb_prepend_invalid.dts b/tools/binman/test/235_compress_dtb_prepend_invalid.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee32670a913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/235_compress_dtb_prepend_invalid.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u-boot {
+		};
+		u-boot-dtb {
+			compress = "lz4";
+			prepend = "invalid";
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/236_compress_dtb_prepend_length.dts b/tools/binman/test/236_compress_dtb_prepend_length.dts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1570233637a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/236_compress_dtb_prepend_length.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		u-boot {
+		};
+		u-boot-dtb {
+			compress = "lz4";
+			prepend = "length";
+		};
+		fdtmap {
+		};
+	};
+};