diff --git a/boot/barebox/Config.in b/boot/barebox/Config.in
index a2d800ea45..0729586159 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/Config.in
+++ b/boot/barebox/Config.in
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_CONFIG_FRAGMENT_FILES
 	  A space-separated list of configuration fragment files,
 	  that will be merged to the main Barebox configuration file.
 
+config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_IMAGE_FILE
+	string "Image filename"
+	help
+	  Name of the generated barebox image, which will be copied to
+	  the images directory.
+
+	  If left empty, defaults to:
+	  - barebox.bin for barebox versions older than 2012.10.
+	  - barebox-flash-image for later versions.
+
 config BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_BAREBOXENV
 	bool "bareboxenv tool in target"
 	help
diff --git a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
index 7715dafe61..dbda9a1423 100644
--- a/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
+++ b/boot/barebox/barebox.mk
@@ -91,8 +91,12 @@ define BAREBOX_BUILD_CMDS
 	$(BAREBOX_BUILD_CUSTOM_ENV)
 endef
 
+BAREBOX_IMAGE_FILE = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TARGET_BAREBOX_IMAGE_FILE))
+
 define BAREBOX_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
-	if test -h $(@D)/barebox-flash-image ; then \
+	if test -n "$(BAREBOX_IMAGE_FILE)"; then \
+		cp -L $(@D)/$(BAREBOX_IMAGE_FILE) $(BINARIES_DIR) ; \
+	elif test -h $(@D)/barebox-flash-image ; then \
 		cp -L $(@D)/barebox-flash-image $(BINARIES_DIR)/barebox.bin ; \
 	else \
 		cp $(@D)/barebox.bin $(BINARIES_DIR);\