diff --git a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
index e7703c1..9d69b42 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
@@ -270,6 +270,33 @@ class Node:
         del self.props[prop_name]
         self._fdt.Invalidate()
 
+    def AddZeroProp(self, prop_name):
+        """Add a new property to the device tree with an integer value of 0.
+
+        Args:
+            prop_name: Name of property
+        """
+        fdt_obj = self._fdt._fdt_obj
+        if fdt_obj.setprop_u32(self.Offset(), prop_name, 0,
+                               (libfdt.NOSPACE,)) == -libfdt.NOSPACE:
+            fdt_obj.open_into(fdt_obj.totalsize() + 1024)
+            fdt_obj.setprop_u32(self.Offset(), prop_name, 0)
+        self.props[prop_name] = Prop(self, -1, prop_name, '\0' * 4)
+        self._fdt.Invalidate()
+
+    def SetInt(self, prop_name, val):
+        """Update an integer property int the device tree.
+
+        This is not allowed to change the size of the FDT.
+
+        Args:
+            prop_name: Name of property
+            val: Value to set
+        """
+        fdt_obj = self._fdt._fdt_obj
+        fdt_obj.setprop_u32(self.Offset(), prop_name, val)
+
+
 class Fdt:
     """Provides simple access to a flat device tree blob using libfdts.
 
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
index 49d188b..f085b1d 100755
--- a/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
@@ -319,6 +319,26 @@ class TestProp(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(prop.value, list))
         self.assertEqual(3, len(prop.value))
 
+    def testAdd(self):
+        """Test adding properties"""
+        self.fdt.pack()
+        # This function should automatically expand the device tree
+        self.node.AddZeroProp('one')
+        self.node.AddZeroProp('two')
+        self.node.AddZeroProp('three')
+
+        # Updating existing properties should be OK, since the device-tree size
+        # does not change
+        self.fdt.pack()
+        self.node.SetInt('one', 1)
+        self.node.SetInt('two', 2)
+        self.node.SetInt('three', 3)
+
+        # This should fail since it would need to increase the device-tree size
+        with self.assertRaises(libfdt.FdtException) as e:
+            self.node.SetInt('four', 4)
+        self.assertIn('FDT_ERR_NOSPACE', str(e.exception))
+
 
 class TestFdtUtil(unittest.TestCase):
     """Tests for the fdt_util module