diff --git a/tools/binman/README b/tools/binman/README
index 04ed2b799c..927fa856ac 100644
--- a/tools/binman/README
+++ b/tools/binman/README
@@ -342,6 +342,13 @@ size:
 	Sets the image size in bytes, for example 'size = <0x100000>' for a
 	1MB image.
 
+offset:
+	This is similar to 'offset' in entries, setting the offset of a section
+	within the image or section containing it. The first byte of the section
+	is normally at offset 0. If 'offset' is not provided, binman sets it to
+	the end of the previous region, or the start of the image's entry area
+	(normally 0) if there is no previous region.
+
 align-size:
 	This sets the alignment of the image size. For example, to ensure
 	that the image ends on a 512-byte boundary, use 'align-size = <512>'.
diff --git a/tools/binman/bsection.py b/tools/binman/bsection.py
index ccf2920c5b..0ba542ee98 100644
--- a/tools/binman/bsection.py
+++ b/tools/binman/bsection.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class Section(object):
         self._name = name
         self._node = node
         self._image = image
-        self._offset = 0
+        self._offset = None
         self._size = None
         self._align_size = None
         self._pad_before = 0
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class Section(object):
 
     def _ReadNode(self):
         """Read properties from the section node"""
+        self._offset = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'offset')
         self._size = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'size')
         self._align_size = fdt_util.GetInt(self._node, 'align-size')
         if tools.NotPowerOfTwo(self._align_size):
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class Section(object):
             entry.AddMissingProperties()
 
     def SetCalculatedProperties(self):
-        state.SetInt(self._node, 'offset', self._offset)
+        state.SetInt(self._node, 'offset', self._offset or 0)
         state.SetInt(self._node, 'size', self._size)
         image_pos = self._image_pos
         if self._parent_section:
@@ -424,8 +425,8 @@ class Section(object):
         Args:
             fd: File to write the map to
         """
-        Entry.WriteMapLine(fd, indent, self._name, self._offset, self._size,
-                           self._image_pos)
+        Entry.WriteMapLine(fd, indent, self._name, self._offset or 0,
+                           self._size, self._image_pos)
         for entry in self._entries.values():
             entry.WriteMap(fd, indent + 1)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/section.py b/tools/binman/etype/section.py
index 7f1b413604..3681a48468 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/section.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/section.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ class Entry_section(Entry):
     def Pack(self, offset):
         """Pack all entries into the section"""
         self._section.PackEntries()
-        self._section.SetOffset(offset)
+        if self._section._offset is None:
+            self._section.SetOffset(offset)
         self.size = self._section.GetSize()
         return super(Entry_section, self).Pack(offset)
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 75658c9a36..daea1ea138 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -1783,6 +1783,24 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         data = self._DoReadFile('100_intel_refcode.dts')
         self.assertEqual(REFCODE_DATA, data[:len(REFCODE_DATA)])
 
+    def testSectionOffset(self):
+        """Tests use of a section with an offset"""
+        data, _, map_data, _ = self._DoReadFileDtb('101_sections_offset.dts',
+                                                   map=True)
+        self.assertEqual('''ImagePos    Offset      Size  Name
+00000000  00000000  00000038  main-section
+00000004   00000004  00000010  section@0
+00000004    00000000  00000004  u-boot
+00000018   00000018  00000010  section@1
+00000018    00000000  00000004  u-boot
+0000002c   0000002c  00000004  section@2
+0000002c    00000000  00000004  u-boot
+''', map_data)
+        self.assertEqual(data,
+                         4 * chr(0x26) + U_BOOT_DATA + 12 * chr(0x21) +
+                         4 * chr(0x26) + U_BOOT_DATA + 12 * chr(0x61) +
+                         4 * chr(0x26) + U_BOOT_DATA + 8 * chr(0x26))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/101_sections_offset.dts b/tools/binman/test/101_sections_offset.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46708ff9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/101_sections_offset.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		pad-byte = <0x26>;
+		size = <0x38>;
+		section@0 {
+			read-only;
+			offset = <0x4>;
+			size = <0x10>;
+			pad-byte = <0x21>;
+
+			u-boot {
+			};
+		};
+		section@1 {
+			size = <0x10>;
+			pad-byte = <0x61>;
+			offset = <0x18>;
+
+			u-boot {
+			};
+		};
+		section@2 {
+			offset = <0x2c>;
+			u-boot {
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};