diff --git a/linux/Config.in b/linux/Config.in
index f85d72068c..61e84f00b4 100644
--- a/linux/Config.in
+++ b/linux/Config.in
@@ -407,6 +407,13 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_DTS_PATH
 	  You can provide a list of dts paths to copy and
 	  build, separated by spaces.
 
+config BR2_KERNEL_DTB_KEEP_DIRNAME
+	bool "Keep the directory name of the Device Tree"
+	help
+	  If enabled, the device tree blobs keep their
+	  directory prefixes when they get copied to the
+	  output image directory or the target directory.
+
 config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_OVERLAY_SUPPORT
 	bool "Build Device Tree with overlay support"
 	help
diff --git a/linux/linux.mk b/linux/linux.mk
index ea7490d613..c3859a59d5 100644
--- a/linux/linux.mk
+++ b/linux/linux.mk
@@ -378,10 +378,11 @@ endef
 ifeq ($(BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB),)
 define LINUX_INSTALL_DTB
 	# dtbs moved from arch/<ARCH>/boot to arch/<ARCH>/boot/dts since 3.8-rc1
-	cp $(addprefix \
-		$(LINUX_ARCH_PATH)/boot/$(if $(wildcard \
-		$(addprefix $(LINUX_ARCH_PATH)/boot/dts/,$(LINUX_DTBS))),dts/),$(LINUX_DTBS)) \
-		$(1)
+	$(foreach dtb,$(LINUX_DTBS), \
+		install -D \
+			$(or $(wildcard $(LINUX_ARCH_PATH)/boot/dts/$(dtb)),$(LINUX_ARCH_PATH)/boot/$(dtb)) \
+			$(1)/$(if $(BR2_KERNEL_DTB_KEEP_DIRNAME),$(dtb),$(notdir $(dtb)))
+	)
 endef
 endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_APPENDED_DTB
 endif # BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_DTB_IS_SELF_BUILT