diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage-signed.cfg b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage-signed.cfg
index 1520bba3fbaaff2d5d2690e464b4c8d60cbbadc1..83953daf287819bcfb113fc7d670acb89b2b31d9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage-signed.cfg
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage-signed.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+DISPLAYPROGRESS
 SECTION 0x0 BOOTABLE
  TAG LAST
  LOAD     0x1000     spl/u-boot-spl.bin
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg
index 55510e9cd8fa18474f57fc823ef759c673799970..e7028092a2c383fc5dc138e90804801c6c7dbea5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+DISPLAYPROGRESS
 SECTION 0x0 BOOTABLE
  TAG LAST
  LOAD     0x1000     spl/u-boot-spl.bin
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg
index bb78cb0c84838041a7f5d97ddd7108bb03f3624e..3f7bf59924825e40d5194fa04b1b14071a3a53a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+DISPLAYPROGRESS
 SECTION 0x0 BOOTABLE
  TAG LAST
  LOAD     0x1000     spl/u-boot-spl.bin
diff --git a/doc/README.mxsimage b/doc/README.mxsimage
index 0d31cba1fb5a3ed7b6d0a12000bb2bc9e0d9e4ab..c3975ee5e66246a3a27c3b1b45ae8a0371d071ff 100644
--- a/doc/README.mxsimage
+++ b/doc/README.mxsimage
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ These semantics and rules will be outlined now.
 - Each line of the configuration file contains exactly one instruction.
 - Every numeric value must be encoded in hexadecimal and in format 0xabcdef12 .
 - The configuration file is a concatenation of blocks called "sections" and
-  optionally "DCD blocks" (see below).
+  optionally "DCD blocks" (see below), and optional flags lines.
   - Each "section" is started by the "SECTION" instruction.
   - The "SECTION" instruction has the following semantics:
 
@@ -139,9 +139,14 @@ These semantics and rules will be outlined now.
 	NOOP
 	- This instruction does nothing.
 
-- If the verbose output from the BootROM is enabled, the BootROM will produce a
-  letter on the Debug UART for each instruction it started processing. Here is a
-  mapping between the above instructions and the BootROM verbose output:
+  - An optional flags lines can be one of the following:
+
+	DISPLAYPROGRESS
+	- Enable boot progress output form the BootROM.
+
+- If the boot progress output from the BootROM is enabled, the BootROM will
+  produce a letter on the Debug UART for each instruction it started processing.
+  Here is a mapping between the above instructions and the BootROM output:
 
    H -- SB Image header loaded
    T -- TAG instruction
diff --git a/tools/mxsimage.c b/tools/mxsimage.c
index 81c7f2d4c553f525022613d5a223618e1b5aaf15..0d5b0ea8fa38271ff7688c4fa7037a084d39c1f9 100644
--- a/tools/mxsimage.c
+++ b/tools/mxsimage.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct sb_image_ctx {
 	unsigned int			in_section:1;
 	unsigned int			in_dcd:1;
 	/* Image configuration */
-	unsigned int			verbose_boot:1;
+	unsigned int			display_progress:1;
 	unsigned int			silent_dump:1;
 	char				*input_filename;
 	char				*output_filename;
@@ -1308,8 +1308,8 @@ static int sb_prefill_image_header(struct sb_image_ctx *ictx)
 		sizeof(struct sb_sections_header) / SB_BLOCK_SIZE;
 	hdr->timestamp_us = sb_get_timestamp() * 1000000;
 
-	/* FIXME -- add proper config option */
-	hdr->flags = ictx->verbose_boot ? SB_IMAGE_FLAG_VERBOSE : 0,
+	hdr->flags = ictx->display_progress ?
+		SB_IMAGE_FLAG_DISPLAY_PROGRESS : 0;
 
 	/* FIXME -- We support only default key */
 	hdr->key_count = 1;
@@ -1428,6 +1428,12 @@ static int sb_parse_line(struct sb_image_ctx *ictx, struct sb_cmd_list *cmd)
 
 	cmd->cmd = rptr;
 
+	/* set DISPLAY_PROGRESS flag */
+	if (!strcmp(tok, "DISPLAYPROGRESS")) {
+		ictx->display_progress = 1;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* DCD */
 	if (!strcmp(tok, "DCD")) {
 		ictx->in_section = 0;
@@ -1681,10 +1687,11 @@ static int sb_verify_image_header(struct sb_image_ctx *ictx,
 		 ntohs(hdr->component_version.minor),
 		 ntohs(hdr->component_version.revision));
 
-	if (hdr->flags & ~SB_IMAGE_FLAG_VERBOSE)
+	if (hdr->flags & ~SB_IMAGE_FLAGS_MASK)
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	soprintf(ictx, "%s Image flags:                  %s\n", stat[!!ret],
-		 hdr->flags & SB_IMAGE_FLAG_VERBOSE ? "Verbose_boot" : "");
+		 hdr->flags & SB_IMAGE_FLAG_DISPLAY_PROGRESS ?
+		 "Display_progress" : "");
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -2287,7 +2294,6 @@ static int mxsimage_generate(struct image_tool_params *params,
 
 	ctx.cfg_filename = params->imagename;
 	ctx.output_filename = params->imagefile;
-	ctx.verbose_boot = 1;
 
 	ret = sb_build_tree_from_cfg(&ctx);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/tools/mxsimage.h b/tools/mxsimage.h
index 6cd59d2dbbef530d2be9ada466d16547a058d45a..88f72eb9d1fd58dd24fa6c5d362cffe3e2dea76e 100644
--- a/tools/mxsimage.h
+++ b/tools/mxsimage.h
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ struct sb_boot_image_header {
 #define	SB_VERSION_MAJOR	1
 #define	SB_VERSION_MINOR	1
 
-/* Enable to HTLLC verbose boot report. */
-#define SB_IMAGE_FLAG_VERBOSE	(1 << 0)
+/* Enable to HTLLC boot report. */
+#define SB_IMAGE_FLAG_DISPLAY_PROGRESS	(1 << 0)
+#define SB_IMAGE_FLAGS_MASK SB_IMAGE_FLAG_DISPLAY_PROGRESS
 
 struct sb_key_dictionary_key {
 	/* The CBC-MAC of image and sections header. */