diff --git a/common/filetype.c b/common/filetype.c
index 8d72933..323da02 100644
--- a/common/filetype.c
+++ b/common/filetype.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 	[filetype_exe] = { "MS-DOS executable", "exe" },
 	[filetype_mxs_bootstream] = { "Freescale MXS bootstream", "mxsbs" },
 	[filetype_socfpga_xload] = { "SoCFPGA prebootloader image", "socfpga-xload" },
+	[filetype_kwbimage_v1] = { "MVEBU kwbimage (v1)", "kwb" },
 };
 
 const char *file_type_to_string(enum filetype f)
@@ -292,6 +293,13 @@
 		return filetype_mips_barebox;
 	if (buf[0] == be32_to_cpu(0x534F4659))
 		return filetype_bpk;
+	if ((buf8[0] == 0x5a || buf8[0] == 0x69 || buf8[0] == 0x78 ||
+	     buf8[0] == 0x8b || buf8[0] == 0x9c) &&
+	    buf8[0x1] == 0 && buf8[0x2] == 0 && buf8[0x3] == 0 &&
+	    buf8[0x8] == 1 && buf8[0x18] == 0 && buf8[0x1b] == 0 &&
+	    buf8[0x1c] == 0 && buf8[0x1d] == 0 &&
+	    (buf8[0x1e] == 0 || buf8[0x1e] == 1))
+		return filetype_kwbimage_v1;
 
 	if (bufsize < 64)
 		return filetype_unknown;
diff --git a/include/filetype.h b/include/filetype.h
index 65bd6ef..709c186 100644
--- a/include/filetype.h
+++ b/include/filetype.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 	filetype_xz_compressed,
 	filetype_mxs_bootstream,
 	filetype_socfpga_xload,
+	filetype_kwbimage_v1,
 	filetype_max,
 };