diff --git a/tools/binman/README.entries b/tools/binman/README.entries
index 357946d..702fc9f 100644
--- a/tools/binman/README.entries
+++ b/tools/binman/README.entries
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@
 
 A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
 
+The position of this entry is generally set by the intel-descriptor entry.
+
 See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
 
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/entry.py b/tools/binman/entry.py
index e8d0ade..7ead997 100644
--- a/tools/binman/entry.py
+++ b/tools/binman/entry.py
@@ -544,3 +544,12 @@
             # the data grows. This should not fail, but check it to be sure.
             if not self.ObtainContents():
                 self.Raise('Cannot obtain contents when expanding entry')
+
+    def HasSibling(self, name):
+        """Check if there is a sibling of a given name
+
+        Returns:
+            True if there is an entry with this name in the the same section,
+                else False
+        """
+        return name in self.section.GetEntries()
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
index 6610634..65ba239 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
         for i in range(MAX_REGIONS):
             self._regions.append(Region(self.data, frba, i))
 
-        # Set the offset for ME only, for now, since the others are not used
-        return {'intel-me': [self._regions[REGION_ME].base,
-                             self._regions[REGION_ME].size]}
+        # Set the offset for ME (Management Engine) only, for now, since the
+        # others are not used
+        info = {}
+        if self.HasSibling('intel-me'):
+            info['intel-me'] = [self._regions[REGION_ME].base,
+                                self._regions[REGION_ME].size]
+        return info
diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py
index 247c5b3..c932ec5 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_me.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
     A typical filename is 'me.bin'.
 
+    The position of this entry is generally set by the intel-descriptor entry.
+
     See README.x86 for information about x86 binary blobs.
     """
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):