diff --git a/tools/binman/entry.py b/tools/binman/entry.py
index dc26f8f167..631215dfc8 100644
--- a/tools/binman/entry.py
+++ b/tools/binman/entry.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class Entry(object):
         external: True if this entry contains an external binary blob
         bintools: Bintools used by this entry (only populated for Image)
         missing_bintools: List of missing bintools for this entry
+        update_hash: True if this entry's "hash" subnode should be
+            updated with a hash of the entry contents
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node, name_prefix=''):
         # Put this here to allow entry-docs and help to work without libfdt
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ class Entry(object):
         self.allow_fake = False
         self.bintools = {}
         self.missing_bintools = []
+        self.update_hash = True
 
     @staticmethod
     def FindEntryClass(etype, expanded):
@@ -315,9 +318,11 @@ class Entry(object):
 
         if self.compress != 'none':
             state.AddZeroProp(self._node, 'uncomp-size')
-        err = state.CheckAddHashProp(self._node)
-        if err:
-            self.Raise(err)
+
+        if self.update_hash:
+            err = state.CheckAddHashProp(self._node)
+            if err:
+                self.Raise(err)
 
     def SetCalculatedProperties(self):
         """Set the value of device-tree properties calculated by binman"""
@@ -333,7 +338,9 @@ class Entry(object):
                 state.SetInt(self._node, 'orig-size', self.orig_size, True)
         if self.uncomp_size is not None:
             state.SetInt(self._node, 'uncomp-size', self.uncomp_size)
-        state.CheckSetHashValue(self._node, self.GetData)
+
+        if self.update_hash:
+            state.CheckSetHashValue(self._node, self.GetData)
 
     def ProcessFdt(self, fdt):
         """Allow entries to adjust the device tree
@@ -1108,3 +1115,11 @@ features to produce new behaviours.
         btool = bintool.Bintool.create(name)
         tools[name] = btool
         return btool
+
+    def SetUpdateHash(self, update_hash):
+        """Set whether this entry's "hash" subnode should be updated
+
+        Args:
+            update_hash: True if hash should be updated, False if not
+        """
+        self.update_hash = update_hash
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/fit.py b/tools/binman/etype/fit.py
index a56b0564f9..cd7ebc571e 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/fit.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/fit.py
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ class Entry_fit(Entry_section):
                 # 'data' property later.
                 entry = Entry.Create(self.section, node, etype='section')
                 entry.ReadNode()
+                # The hash subnodes here are for mkimage, not binman.
+                entry.SetUpdateHash(False)
                 self._entries[rel_path] = entry
 
             for subnode in node.subnodes:
@@ -294,13 +296,3 @@ class Entry_fit(Entry_section):
     def AddBintools(self, tools):
         super().AddBintools(tools)
         self.mkimage = self.AddBintool(tools, 'mkimage')
-
-    def AddMissingProperties(self, have_image_pos):
-        # We don't want to interfere with any hash properties in the FIT, so
-        # disable this for now.
-        pass
-
-    def SetCalculatedProperties(self):
-        # We don't want to interfere with any hash properties in the FIT, so
-        # disable this for now.
-        pass
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 59b6d52fbe..b6801b7275 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -5160,5 +5160,29 @@ fdt         fdtmap                Extract the devicetree blob from the fdtmap
         self.assertRegex(err,
                          "Image 'main-section'.*missing bintools.*: futility")
 
+    def testFitSubentryHashSubnode(self):
+        """Test an image with a FIT inside"""
+        data, _, _, out_dtb_name = self._DoReadFileDtb(
+            '221_fit_subentry_hash.dts', use_real_dtb=True, update_dtb=True)
+
+        mkimage_dtb = fdt.Fdt.FromData(data)
+        mkimage_dtb.Scan()
+        binman_dtb = fdt.Fdt(out_dtb_name)
+        binman_dtb.Scan()
+
+        # Check that binman didn't add hash values
+        fnode = binman_dtb.GetNode('/binman/fit/images/kernel/hash')
+        self.assertNotIn('value', fnode.props)
+
+        fnode = binman_dtb.GetNode('/binman/fit/images/fdt-1/hash')
+        self.assertNotIn('value', fnode.props)
+
+        # Check that mkimage added hash values
+        fnode = mkimage_dtb.GetNode('/images/kernel/hash')
+        self.assertIn('value', fnode.props)
+
+        fnode = mkimage_dtb.GetNode('/images/fdt-1/hash')
+        self.assertIn('value', fnode.props)
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/221_fit_subentry_hash.dts b/tools/binman/test/221_fit_subentry_hash.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cb04f96d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/221_fit_subentry_hash.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		fit {
+			description = "test-desc";
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+
+			images {
+				kernel {
+					description = "Vanilla Linux kernel";
+					type = "kernel";
+					arch = "ppc";
+					os = "linux";
+					compression = "gzip";
+					load = <00000000>;
+					entry = <00000000>;
+					hash {
+						algo = "sha1";
+					};
+					u-boot {
+					};
+				};
+				fdt-1 {
+					description = "Flattened Device Tree blob";
+					type = "flat_dt";
+					arch = "ppc";
+					compression = "none";
+					hash {
+						algo = "crc32";
+					};
+					u-boot-spl-dtb {
+					};
+				};
+			};
+
+			configurations {
+				default = "conf-1";
+				conf-1 {
+					description = "Boot Linux kernel with FDT blob";
+					kernel = "kernel";
+					fdt = "fdt-1";
+				};
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};