diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/Config.in b/package/freescale-imx/Config.in
index b0c7de8436..0be37ce956 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/Config.in
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/Config.in
@@ -45,12 +45,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8M
 	bool "imx8m"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_NEED_DDR_FW
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MM
 	bool "imx8mm"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_NEED_DDR_FW
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MN
 	bool "imx8mn"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_NEED_DDR_FW
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8X
 	bool "imx8x"
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_HAS_VIV_GPU
 		BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MN || \
 		BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8X
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_NEED_DDR_FW
+	bool
+
 source "package/freescale-imx/imx-alsa-plugins/Config.in"
 source "package/freescale-imx/imx-codec/Config.in"
 source "package/freescale-imx/imx-kobs/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
index cd0dafb3de..7309d21b7a 100644
--- a/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
+++ b/package/freescale-imx/firmware-imx/firmware-imx.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ define FIRMWARE_IMX_EXTRACT_CMDS
 	$(call FREESCALE_IMX_EXTRACT_HELPER,$(FIRMWARE_IMX_DL_DIR)/$(FIRMWARE_IMX_SOURCE))
 endef
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8M)$(BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MM)$(BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_PLATFORM_IMX8MN),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FREESCALE_IMX_NEED_DDR_FW),y)
 FIRMWARE_IMX_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
 FIRMWARE_IMX_DDRFW_DIR = $(@D)/firmware/ddr/synopsys
 define FIRMWARE_IMX_PREPARE_LPDDR4_FW