diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py b/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py
index cb264c3c..8a13d5e 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@
             for entry in self._mkimage_entries.values():
                 if not entry.ObtainContents(fake_size=fake_size):
                     return False
-                fnames.append(tools.get_input_filename(entry.GetDefaultFilename()))
+                if entry._pathname:
+                    fnames.append(entry._pathname)
             input_fname = ":".join(fnames)
         else:
             data, input_fname, uniq = self.collect_contents_to_file(
@@ -171,6 +172,13 @@
         outfile = self._filename if self._filename else 'mkimage-out.%s' % uniq
         output_fname = tools.get_output_filename(outfile)
 
+        missing_list = []
+        self.CheckMissing(missing_list)
+        self.missing = bool(missing_list)
+        if self.missing:
+            self.SetContents(b'')
+            return self.allow_missing
+
         args = ['-d', input_fname]
         if self._data_to_imagename:
             args += ['-n', input_fname]
@@ -216,6 +224,20 @@
         if self._imagename:
             self._imagename.SetAllowFakeBlob(allow_fake)
 
+    def CheckMissing(self, missing_list):
+        """Check if any entries in this section have missing external blobs
+
+        If there are missing (non-optional) blobs, the entries are added to the
+        list
+
+        Args:
+            missing_list: List of Entry objects to be added to
+        """
+        for entry in self._mkimage_entries.values():
+            entry.CheckMissing(missing_list)
+        if self._imagename:
+            self._imagename.CheckMissing(missing_list)
+
     def CheckFakedBlobs(self, faked_blobs_list):
         """Check if any entries in this section have faked external blobs
 
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 48ac154..d74aa90 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -6393,6 +6393,17 @@
         data = self._DoReadFile('277_rockchip_tpl.dts')
         self.assertEqual(ROCKCHIP_TPL_DATA, data[:len(ROCKCHIP_TPL_DATA)])
 
+    def testMkimageMissingBlobMultiple(self):
+        """Test missing blob with mkimage entry and multiple-data-files"""
+        with test_util.capture_sys_output() as (stdout, stderr):
+            self._DoTestFile('278_mkimage_missing_multiple.dts', allow_missing=True)
+        err = stderr.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn("is missing external blobs and is non-functional", err)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as e:
+            self._DoTestFile('278_mkimage_missing_multiple.dts', allow_missing=False)
+        self.assertIn("not found in input path", str(e.exception))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/278_mkimage_missing_multiple.dts b/tools/binman/test/278_mkimage_missing_multiple.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f84aea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/278_mkimage_missing_multiple.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		mkimage {
+			args = "-n test -T script";
+			multiple-data-files;
+
+			blob-ext {
+				filename = "missing.bin";
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};