diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index b73603b..434aa5f 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -145,6 +145,20 @@ endif
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2016.08"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
+	bool "FIT support in uboot-tools has been refactored"
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC_PROGRAMS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE
+	help
+	  This option has been removed in favor of a more fine-grained
+	  configuration, which is recommended. Selecting this option
+	  enables FIT and FIT signature support for the target packages.
+	  It will also select the dtc and openssl packages.
+
 config BR2_PTHREADS_OLD
 	bool "linuxthreads (stable/old)"
 	select BR2_LEGACY
diff --git a/package/uboot-tools/0003-Make-FIT-support-really-optional.patch b/package/uboot-tools/0003-Make-FIT-support-really-optional.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5404e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/uboot-tools/0003-Make-FIT-support-really-optional.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+From ddcd6cd622889a2d74d0a16efae8e3b2d098f717 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br>
+Date: Sun, 8 May 2016 11:11:39 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH] Make FIT support really optional
+
+Due to some mistakes in the source code, it was not possible to really
+turn FIT support off. This commit fixes the problem by means of the
+following changes:
+
+- Enclose "bootm_host_load_image" and "bootm_host_load_images" between
+  checks for CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE, in common/bootm.c.
+
+- Enclose the declaration of "bootm_host_load_images" between checks for
+  CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE, in common/bootm.h.
+
+- Condition the compilation and linking of fit_common.o fit_image.o
+  image-host.o common/image-fit.o to CONFIG_FIT=y, in tools/Makefile.
+
+Signed-off-by: Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br>
+---
+ common/bootm.c  | 2 ++
+ include/bootm.h | 2 ++
+ tools/Makefile  | 6 ++----
+ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/common/bootm.c b/common/bootm.c
+index c965326..ab477ba 100644
+--- a/common/bootm.c
++++ b/common/bootm.c
+@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ void memmove_wd(void *to, void *from, size_t len, ulong chunksz)
+ 	memmove(to, from, len);
+ }
+ 
++#if defined(CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE)
+ static int bootm_host_load_image(const void *fit, int req_image_type)
+ {
+ 	const char *fit_uname_config = NULL;
+@@ -955,5 +956,6 @@ int bootm_host_load_images(const void *fit, int cfg_noffset)
+ 	/* Return the first error we found */
+ 	return err;
+ }
++#endif
+ 
+ #endif /* ndef USE_HOSTCC */
+diff --git a/include/bootm.h b/include/bootm.h
+index 4981377..94d62a1 100644
+--- a/include/bootm.h
++++ b/include/bootm.h
+@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ void lynxkdi_boot(image_header_t *hdr);
+ 
+ boot_os_fn *bootm_os_get_boot_func(int os);
+ 
++#if defined(CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE)
+ int bootm_host_load_images(const void *fit, int cfg_noffset);
++#endif
+ 
+ int boot_selected_os(int argc, char * const argv[], int state,
+ 		     bootm_headers_t *images, boot_os_fn *boot_fn);
+diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
+index da50e1b..0a3d279 100644
+--- a/tools/Makefile
++++ b/tools/Makefile
+@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ mkenvimage-objs := mkenvimage.o os_support.o lib/crc32.o
+ hostprogs-y += dumpimage mkimage
+ hostprogs-$(CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE) += fit_info fit_check_sign
+ 
++FIT_OBJS-$(CONFIG_FIT) := fit_common.o fit_image.o image-host.o common/image-fit.o
+ FIT_SIG_OBJS-$(CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE) := common/image-sig.o
+ # Flattened device tree objects
+ LIBFDT_OBJS := $(addprefix lib/libfdt/, \
+@@ -68,18 +69,15 @@ ROCKCHIP_OBS = lib/rc4.o rkcommon.o rkimage.o rksd.o rkspi.o
+ # common objs for dumpimage and mkimage
+ dumpimage-mkimage-objs := aisimage.o \
+ 			atmelimage.o \
++			$(FIT_OBJS-y) \
+ 			$(FIT_SIG_OBJS-y) \
+ 			common/bootm.o \
+ 			lib/crc32.o \
+ 			default_image.o \
+ 			lib/fdtdec_common.o \
+ 			lib/fdtdec.o \
+-			fit_common.o \
+-			fit_image.o \
+ 			gpimage.o \
+ 			gpimage-common.o \
+-			common/image-fit.o \
+-			image-host.o \
+ 			common/image.o \
+ 			imagetool.o \
+ 			imximage.o \
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/package/uboot-tools/Config.in b/package/uboot-tools/Config.in
index 76983f4..c663230 100644
--- a/package/uboot-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/uboot-tools/Config.in
@@ -7,17 +7,22 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE
-	bool "mkimage"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
+	bool "Flattened Image Tree (FIT) support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_DTC_PROGRAMS
 	help
-	  Install the mkimage tool on the target system
+	  Enables support for Flattened Image Tree (FIT).
 
-	  The mkimage tool from Das U-Boot bootloader, which allows
-	  generation of U-Boot images in various formats.
+	  This option allows to boot the new uImage structrure,
+	  Flattened Image Tree. FIT is formally a FDT, which can include
+	  images of various types (kernel, FDT blob, ramdisk, etc.)
+	  in a single blob. To boot this new uImage structure,
+	  pass the address of the blob to the "bootm" command.
 
-if BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE
+if BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
 	bool "FIT signature verification support"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
@@ -40,6 +45,14 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
 
 endif
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE
+	bool "mkimage"
+	help
+	  Install the mkimage tool on the target system
+
+	  The mkimage tool from Das U-Boot bootloader, which allows
+	  generation of U-Boot images in various formats.
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKENVIMAGE
 	bool "mkenvimage"
 	help
diff --git a/package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host b/package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host
index b5a42d9..406d9ff 100644
--- a/package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host
+++ b/package/uboot-tools/Config.in.host
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS
 
 if BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
+	bool "Flattened Image Tree (FIT) support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_DTC
+	help
+	  Enables support for Flattened Image Tree (FIT).
+
+	  This option allows to boot the new uImage structrure,
+	  Flattened Image Tree. FIT is formally a FDT, which can include
+	  images of various types (kernel, FDT blob, ramdisk, etc.)
+	  in a single blob. To boot this new uImage structure,
+	  pass the address of the blob to the "bootm" command.
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
 	bool "FIT signature verification support"
 	help
@@ -24,3 +38,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
 	  be verified in this way.
 
 endif
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk b/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk
index a6aadeb..1a29536 100644
--- a/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk
+++ b/package/uboot-tools/uboot-tools.mk
@@ -16,31 +16,30 @@ define UBOOT_TOOLS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	touch $(@D)/include/config/auto.conf
 endef
 
+UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS = CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)" \
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+	STRIP=$(TARGET_STRIP)
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT),y)
+UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += CONFIG_FIT=y
+UBOOT_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += dtc
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT),y)
+UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
+UBOOT_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl host-pkgconf
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
+
 define UBOOT_TOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) 	\
-		CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)"	\
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"	\
-		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"	\
-		STRIP=$(TARGET_STRIP)		\
-		CROSS_BUILD_TOOLS=y		\
-		CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=$(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT) \
-		tools-only
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) 	\
-		CROSS_COMPILE="$(TARGET_CROSS)"	\
-		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"	\
-		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"	\
-		STRIP=$(TARGET_STRIP)		\
-		env no-dot-config-targets=env
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS) CROSS_BUILD_TOOLS=y tools-only
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS) env no-dot-config-targets=env
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE),y)
 define UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_MKIMAGE
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/tools/mkimage $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/mkimage
 endef
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT),y)
-UBOOT_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += openssl host-pkgconf
-endif # BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
-endif # BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKENVIMAGE),y)
 define UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_MKENVIMAGE
@@ -76,22 +75,26 @@ define UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_DUMPIMAGE)
 endef
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT),y)
-HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl
-endif
-
 define HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	mkdir -p $(@D)/include/config
 	touch $(@D)/include/config/auto.conf
 endef
 
+HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS = HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+	HOSTCFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
+	HOSTLDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)"
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT),y)
+HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += CONFIG_FIT=y
+HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += host-dtc
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT),y)
+HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS += CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=y
+HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += host-openssl
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_FIT_SUPPORT
+
 define HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(MAKE1) -C $(@D) 			\
-		CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE=$(BR2_PACKAGE_UBOOT_TOOLS_MKIMAGE_FIT_SIGNATURE_SUPPORT) \
-		HOSTCC="$(HOSTCC)"		\
-		HOSTCFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)"	\
-		HOSTLDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)"	\
-		tools-only
+	$(MAKE1) -C $(@D) $(HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS) tools-only
 endef
 
 define HOST_UBOOT_TOOLS_INSTALL_CMDS
