diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c
index 7604494..2aac90d 100644
--- a/common/image.c
+++ b/common/image.c
@@ -1389,6 +1389,23 @@ int boot_get_fpga(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images,
 }
 #endif
 
+static void fit_loadable_process(uint8_t img_type,
+				 ulong img_data,
+				 ulong img_len)
+{
+	int i;
+	const unsigned int count =
+			ll_entry_count(struct fit_loadable_tbl, fit_loadable);
+	struct fit_loadable_tbl *fit_loadable_handler =
+			ll_entry_start(struct fit_loadable_tbl, fit_loadable);
+	/* For each loadable handler */
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++, fit_loadable_handler++)
+		/* matching this type */
+		if (fit_loadable_handler->type == img_type)
+			/* call that handler with this image data */
+			fit_loadable_handler->handler(img_data, img_len);
+}
+
 int boot_get_loadable(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images,
 		uint8_t arch, const ulong *ld_start, ulong * const ld_len)
 {
@@ -1407,6 +1424,7 @@ int boot_get_loadable(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images,
 	int conf_noffset;
 	int fit_img_result;
 	const char *uname;
+	uint8_t img_type;
 
 	/* Check to see if the images struct has a FIT configuration */
 	if (!genimg_has_config(images)) {
@@ -1447,6 +1465,21 @@ int boot_get_loadable(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images,
 				/* Something went wrong! */
 				return fit_img_result;
 			}
+
+			fit_img_result = fit_image_get_node(buf, uname);
+			if (fit_img_result < 0) {
+				/* Something went wrong! */
+				return fit_img_result;
+			}
+			fit_img_result = fit_image_get_type(buf,
+							    fit_img_result,
+							    &img_type);
+			if (fit_img_result < 0) {
+				/* Something went wrong! */
+				return fit_img_result;
+			}
+
+			fit_loadable_process(img_type, img_data, img_len);
 		}
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
index 91aa89a..afff301 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ o config@1
     (component image node of a "fpga type").
   - loadables : Unit name containing a list of additional binaries to be
     loaded at their given locations.  "loadables" is a comma-separated list
-    of strings. U-Boot will load each binary at its given start-address.
+    of strings. U-Boot will load each binary at its given start-address and
+    may optionaly invoke additional post-processing steps on this binary based
+    on its component image node type.
 
 The FDT blob is required to properly boot FDT based kernel, so the minimal
 configuration for 2.6 FDT kernel is (kernel, fdt) pair.
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index 8131595..b96b8eb 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -1271,4 +1271,34 @@ int board_fit_config_name_match(const char *name);
 void board_fit_image_post_process(void **p_image, size_t *p_size);
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_POST_PROCESS */
 
+/**
+ * Mapping of image types to function handlers to be invoked on the associated
+ * loaded images
+ *
+ * @type: Type of image, I.E. IH_TYPE_*
+ * @handler: Function to call on loaded image
+ */
+struct fit_loadable_tbl {
+	int type;
+	/**
+	 * handler() - Process a loaded image
+	 *
+	 * @data: Pointer to start of loaded image data
+	 * @size: Size of loaded image data
+	 */
+	void (*handler)(ulong data, size_t size);
+};
+
+/*
+ * Define a FIT loadable image type handler
+ *
+ * _type is a valid uimage_type ID as defined in the "Image Type" enum above
+ * _handler is the handler function to call after this image type is loaded
+ */
+#define U_BOOT_FIT_LOADABLE_HANDLER(_type, _handler) \
+	ll_entry_declare(struct fit_loadable_tbl, _function, fit_loadable) = { \
+		.type = _type, \
+		.handler = _handler, \
+	}
+
 #endif	/* __IMAGE_H__ */