diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index 30fc9f095f..d6a0ace6c0 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -426,12 +426,20 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME
 	  the trailing .dts. You can provide a list of
 	  dts files to build, separated by spaces.
 
+config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTSO_NAMES
+	string "In-tree Device Tree Overlay file names"
+	help
+	  Names of in-tree device tree overlay, without the trailing
+	  .dtso which should be built and installed into the target
+	  system, separated by spaces.
+
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH
 	string "Out-of-tree Device Tree Source file paths"
 	help
-	  Paths to out-of-tree Device Tree Source (.dts) and Device Tree
-	  Source Include (.dtsi) files, separated by spaces. These files
-	  will be copied to the kernel sources and the .dts files will
+	  Paths to out-of-tree Device Tree Source (.dts), Device Tree
+	  Source Include (.dtsi) and Device Tree Overlay Source (.dtso)
+	  files, separated by spaces. These files will be copied to the
+	  kernel sources and the .dts files will
 	  be compiled from there.
 
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_KEEP_DIRNAME
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index 12699b8ee4..9c621c18d5 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -203,14 +203,17 @@ endif
 LINUX_VERSION_PROBED = `MAKEFLAGS='$(filter-out w,$(MAKEFLAGS))' $(BR2_MAKE) $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) -C $(LINUX_DIR) --no-print-directory -s kernelrelease 2>/dev/null`
 
 LINUX_DTS_NAME += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTS_NAME))
+LINUX_DTSO_NAMES += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_INTREE_DTSO_NAMES))
 
 # We keep only the .dts files, so that the user can specify both .dts
 # and .dtsi files in BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH. Both will be
 # copied to arch/<arch>/boot/dts, but only the .dts files will
 # actually be generated as .dtb.
-LINUX_DTS_NAME += $(basename $(filter %.dts,$(notdir $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH)))))
+LINUX_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH))
+LINUX_DTS_NAME += $(basename $(filter %.dts,$(notdir $(LINUX_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH))))
+LINUX_DTSO_NAMES += $(basename $(filter %.dtso,$(notdir $(LINUX_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH))))
 
-LINUX_DTBS = $(addsuffix .dtb,$(LINUX_DTS_NAME))
+LINUX_DTBS = $(addsuffix .dtb,$(LINUX_DTS_NAME)) $(addsuffix .dtbo,$(LINUX_DTSO_NAMES))
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM),y)
 LINUX_IMAGE_NAME = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME))