diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9dfd016..00b2a73 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,9 @@ addons:
     - grub-efi-ia32-bin
     - rpm2cpio
     - wget
+    - device-tree-compiler
 
 install:
- # install latest device tree compiler
- - git clone --depth=1 -b v1.4.3 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git /tmp/dtc
- - make -j4 -C /tmp/dtc
  # Clone uboot-test-hooks
  - git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/swarren/uboot-test-hooks.git /tmp/uboot-test-hooks
  - ln -s travis-ci /tmp/uboot-test-hooks/bin/`hostname`
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ install:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - PATH=/tmp/dtc:/tmp/qemu-install/bin:/tmp/uboot-test-hooks/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
+    - PATH=/tmp/qemu-install/bin:/tmp/uboot-test-hooks/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
     - PYTHONPATH=/tmp/uboot-test-hooks/py/travis-ci
     - BUILD_DIR=build
     - HOSTCC="cc"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e058e98..b7d5cbb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ OBJDUMP		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)objdump
 AWK		= awk
 PERL		= perl
 PYTHON		?= python
-DTC		?= dtc
+DTC		?= $(objtree)/scripts/dtc/dtc
 CHECK		= sparse
 
 CHECKFLAGS     := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ \
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ endif
 PHONY += dtbs
 dtbs: dts/dt.dtb
 	@:
-dts/dt.dtb: checkdtc u-boot
+dts/dt.dtb: u-boot
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dts dtbs
 
 quiet_cmd_copy = COPY    $@
@@ -1447,12 +1447,6 @@ SYSTEM_MAP = \
 System.map:	u-boot
 		@$(call SYSTEM_MAP,$<) > $@
 
-checkdtc:
-	@if test $(call dtc-version) -lt 010403; then \
-		echo '*** Your dtc is too old, please upgrade to dtc 1.4.3 or newer'; \
-		false; \
-	fi
-
 #########################################################################
 
 # ARM relocations should all be R_ARM_RELATIVE (32-bit) or
diff --git a/dts/Kconfig b/dts/Kconfig
index b4b7ddc..44fc9fe 100644
--- a/dts/Kconfig
+++ b/dts/Kconfig
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@
 config SUPPORT_OF_CONTROL
 	bool
 
+config DTC
+	bool
+
 menu "Device Tree Control"
 	depends on SUPPORT_OF_CONTROL
 
 config OF_CONTROL
 	bool "Run-time configuration via Device Tree"
+	select DTC
 	help
 	  This feature provides for run-time configuration of U-Boot
 	  via a flattened device tree.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 3e10c16..9d55241 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ build_docproc: $(obj)/docproc
 
 # Let clean descend into subdirs
 subdir-	+= basic kconfig
+subdir-$(CONFIG_DTC)	+= dtc