diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py b/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
index adea578080..fb5e889ebf 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/intel_descriptor.py
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ class Entry_intel_descriptor(Entry_blob):
     def __init__(self, section, etype, node):
         Entry_blob.__init__(self, section, etype, node)
         self._regions = []
+
+    def Pack(self, offset):
+        """Put this entry at the start of the image"""
         if self.offset is None:
-            self.offset = self.section.GetStartOffset()
+            offset = self.section.GetStartOffset()
+        return Entry_blob.Pack(self, offset)
 
     def GetOffsets(self):
         offset = self.data.find(FD_SIGNATURE)
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 11155ced70..d1ecd65c2c 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -2975,6 +2975,15 @@ class TestFunctional(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(U_BOOT_DATA, data[2:2 + len(U_BOOT_DATA)])
         self.assertEqual(b'a\0', data[-2:])
 
+    def testDescriptorOffset(self):
+        """Test that the Intel descriptor is always placed at at the start"""
+        data = self._DoReadFileDtb('141_descriptor_offset.dts')
+        image = control.images['image']
+        entries = image.GetEntries()
+        desc = entries['intel-descriptor']
+        self.assertEqual(0xff800000, desc.offset);
+        self.assertEqual(0xff800000, desc.image_pos);
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tools/binman/test/141_descriptor_offset.dts b/tools/binman/test/141_descriptor_offset.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9bff016aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/binman/test/141_descriptor_offset.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	#address-cells = <1>;
+	#size-cells = <1>;
+
+	binman {
+		sort-by-offset;
+		end-at-4gb;
+		size = <0x800000>;
+		u-boot {
+			offset = <0xffff0000>;
+		};
+		intel-descriptor {
+			filename = "descriptor.bin";
+		};
+	};
+};