diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/image.c b/arch/arm/lib/image.c
index 1f672ee..d78d704 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/image.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/image.c
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 	uint32_t	res5;
 };
 
+bool booti_is_valid(const void *img)
+{
+	const struct Image_header *ih = img;
+
+	return ih->magic == le32_to_cpu(LINUX_ARM64_IMAGE_MAGIC);
+}
+
 int booti_setup(ulong image, ulong *relocated_addr, ulong *size,
 		bool force_reloc)
 {
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@
 
 	ih = (struct Image_header *)map_sysmem(image, 0);
 
-	if (ih->magic != le32_to_cpu(LINUX_ARM64_IMAGE_MAGIC)) {
+	if (!booti_is_valid(ih)) {
 		puts("Bad Linux ARM64 Image magic!\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/image.c b/arch/riscv/lib/image.c
index a82f48e..859326c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/lib/image.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/lib/image.c
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 	uint32_t	res4;		/* reserved */
 };
 
+bool booti_is_valid(const void *img)
+{
+	const struct linux_image_h *lhdr = img;
+
+	return lhdr->magic == LINUX_RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC;
+}
+
 int booti_setup(ulong image, ulong *relocated_addr, ulong *size,
 		bool force_reloc)
 {
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@
 
 	lhdr = (struct linux_image_h *)map_sysmem(image, 0);
 
-	if (lhdr->magic != LINUX_RISCV_IMAGE_MAGIC) {
+	if (!booti_is_valid(lhdr)) {
 		puts("Bad Linux RISCV Image magic!\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/sandbox/lib/bootm.c b/arch/sandbox/lib/bootm.c
index 44ba8b5..8ed9237 100644
--- a/arch/sandbox/lib/bootm.c
+++ b/arch/sandbox/lib/bootm.c
@@ -89,3 +89,8 @@
 
 	return 1;
 }
+
+bool booti_is_valid(const void *img)
+{
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/boot/image-board.c b/boot/image-board.c
index addccf8..07931c6 100644
--- a/boot/image-board.c
+++ b/boot/image-board.c
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE) &&
 	    is_android_boot_image_header(img_addr))
 		return IMAGE_FORMAT_ANDROID;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTI) &&
+	    booti_is_valid(img_addr))
+		return IMAGE_FORMAT_BOOTI;
 
 	return IMAGE_FORMAT_INVALID;
 }
@@ -420,6 +423,8 @@
 			done = true;
 		}
 		break;
+	case IMAGE_FORMAT_BOOTI:
+		break;
 	case IMAGE_FORMAT_INVALID:
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/include/image.h b/include/image.h
index dc1a7c3..f8f2c88 100644
--- a/include/image.h
+++ b/include/image.h
@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@
 	IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY,		/* legacy image_header based format */
 	IMAGE_FORMAT_FIT,		/* new, libfdt based format */
 	IMAGE_FORMAT_ANDROID,		/* Android boot image */
+	IMAGE_FORMAT_BOOTI,		/* Arm64/RISC-V boot image */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -650,6 +651,14 @@
 int genimg_has_config(struct bootm_headers *images);
 
 /**
+ * booti_is_valid() - Check if an image appears to be an Arm64 image
+ *
+ * @img: Pointer to image
+ * Return: true if the image has the Arm64 magic
+ */
+bool booti_is_valid(const void *img);
+
+/**
  * boot_get_fpga() - Locate the FPGA image
  *
  * @images: Information about images being loaded