diff --git a/tools/mkimage/src/image.h b/tools/mkimage/src/image.h
index 2f575fd2d76f98f5d3ba977e4fc9d0da6fc7d7d2..cb62cde5b31fba1ce6077731f97f4b811aee3a75 100644
--- a/tools/mkimage/src/image.h
+++ b/tools/mkimage/src/image.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@
 #define IH_COMP_NONE		0	/*  No	 Compression Used	*/
 #define IH_COMP_GZIP		1	/* gzip	 Compression Used	*/
 #define IH_COMP_BZIP2		2	/* bzip2 Compression Used	*/
+#define IH_COMP_LZMA		3	/* lzma  Compression Used	*/
 
 #define IH_MAGIC	0x27051956	/* Image Magic Number		*/
 #define IH_NMLEN		32	/* Image Name Length		*/
diff --git a/tools/mkimage/src/mkimage.c b/tools/mkimage/src/mkimage.c
index f3796acf078559b1d50e73748820d7e3b6366faf..6ba400a47e8d5af6cdbca4a2e615afe897f03166 100644
--- a/tools/mkimage/src/mkimage.c
+++ b/tools/mkimage/src/mkimage.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ table_entry_t comp_name[] = {
     {	IH_COMP_NONE,	"none",		"uncompressed",		},
     {	IH_COMP_BZIP2,	"bzip2",	"bzip2 compressed",	},
     {	IH_COMP_GZIP,	"gzip",		"gzip compressed",	},
+    {	IH_COMP_LZMA,	"lzma",		"lzma compressed",	},
     {	-1,		"",		"",			},
 };