diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 11a1acba164a..53ea887eb34e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ bootwrapper_install:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(patsubst %,$(boot)/%,$@)
 
 %.dtb: scripts
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot) $(patsubst %,$(boot)/%,$@)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(boot)/dts $(patsubst %,$(boot)/dts/%,$@)
 
 # Used to create 'merged defconfigs'
 # To use it $(call) it with the first argument as the base defconfig
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 0fb96c26136f..bca5c23767df 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ image-$(CONFIG_PPC_ADDER875)		+= cuImage.adder875-uboot \
 					   dtbImage.adder875-redboot
 
 # Board ports in arch/powerpc/platform/52xx/Kconfig
-image-$(CONFIG_PPC_LITE5200)		+= cuImage.lite5200 lite5200.dtb
-image-$(CONFIG_PPC_LITE5200)		+= cuImage.lite5200b lite5200b.dtb
-image-$(CONFIG_PPC_MEDIA5200)		+= cuImage.media5200 media5200.dtb
+image-$(CONFIG_PPC_LITE5200)		+= cuImage.lite5200
+image-$(CONFIG_PPC_LITE5200)		+= cuImage.lite5200b
+image-$(CONFIG_PPC_MEDIA5200)		+= cuImage.media5200
 
 # Board ports in arch/powerpc/platform/82xx/Kconfig
 image-$(CONFIG_MPC8272_ADS)		+= cuImage.mpc8272ads
@@ -381,11 +381,11 @@ $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(sort $(filter zImage.%, $(image-y)))): vmlinux $(wrapperb
 	$(call if_changed,wrap,$(subst $(obj)/zImage.,,$@))
 
 # dtbImage% - a dtbImage is a zImage with an embedded device tree blob
-$(obj)/dtbImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/%.dtb FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
+$(obj)/dtbImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/dts/%.dtb FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/dtbImage.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/%.dtb FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb)
+$(obj)/dtbImage.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/dts/%.dtb FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb)
 
 # This cannot be in the root of $(src) as the zImage rule always adds a $(obj)
 # prefix
@@ -395,36 +395,33 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.strip: vmlinux
 $(obj)/uImage: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,wrap,uboot)
 
-$(obj)/uImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,uboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
+$(obj)/uImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,uboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/uImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,uboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb)
+$(obj)/uImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,uboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb)
 
-$(obj)/cuImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,cuboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
+$(obj)/cuImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,cuboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/cuImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,cuboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb)
+$(obj)/cuImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,cuboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb)
 
-$(obj)/simpleImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,simpleboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
+$(obj)/simpleImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,simpleboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/simpleImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,simpleboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb)
+$(obj)/simpleImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,simpleboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb)
 
-$(obj)/treeImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,treeboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
+$(obj)/treeImage.initrd.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,treeboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb,$(obj)/ramdisk.image.gz)
 
-$(obj)/treeImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,wrap,treeboot-$*,,$(obj)/$*.dtb)
+$(obj)/treeImage.%: vmlinux $(obj)/dts/%.dtb $(wrapperbits) FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,wrap,treeboot-$*,,$(obj)/dts/$*.dtb)
 
-# Rule to build device tree blobs
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/%.dts FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
-
-$(obj)/%.dtb: $(src)/dts/fsl/%.dts FORCE
-	$(call if_changed_dep,dtc)
+# Needed for the above targets to work with dts/fsl/ files
+$(obj)/dts/%.dtb: $(obj)/dts/fsl/%.dtb
+	@cp $< $@
 
 # If there isn't a platform selected then just strip the vmlinux.
 ifeq (,$(image-y))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f66554cd5c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0