diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f02d286..03fc476 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ Run `make bcm2709_defconfig` (and optional `make menuconfig`) to configure the k
 ##### `KERNELSRC_PREBUILT`=false
 With this parameter set to true the script expects the existing kernel sources directory to be already successfully cross-compiled. The parameters `KERNELSRC_CLEAN`, `KERNELSRC_CONFIG` and `KERNEL_MENUCONFIG` are ignored and no kernel compilation tasks are performed.
 
+##### `FIRMWAREDIR`=""
+The directory containing a local copy of the firmware from the [RaspberryPi firmware project](https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware). Default is to download the latest firmware directly from the project.
+
 #### Reduce disk usage:
 The following list of parameters is ignored if `ENABLE_REDUCE`=false.
 
diff --git a/bootstrap.d/13-kernel.sh b/bootstrap.d/13-kernel.sh
index 2652142..c6b43c6 100644
--- a/bootstrap.d/13-kernel.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.d/13-kernel.sh
@@ -131,14 +131,25 @@ if [ "$BUILD_KERNEL" = true ] ; then
     rm -fr "${KERNELDIR}"
   fi
 
-  # Install latest boot binaries from raspberry/firmware github
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/bootcode.bin" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bootcode.bin
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/fixup.dat" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/fixup.dat
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/fixup_cd.dat" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/fixup_cd.dat
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/fixup_x.dat" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/fixup_x.dat
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/start.elf" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/start.elf
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/start_cd.elf" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/start_cd.elf
-  wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/start_x.elf" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/start_x.elf
+  if [ -n "$FIRMWAREDIR" ] && [ -d "$FIRMWAREDIR" ] ; then
+    # Install boot binaries from local directory
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/bootcode.bin ${BOOTDIR}/bootcode.bin
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/fixup.dat ${BOOTDIR}/fixup.dat
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/fixup_cd.dat ${BOOTDIR}/fixup_cd.dat
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/fixup_x.dat ${BOOTDIR}/fixup_x.dat
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/start.elf ${BOOTDIR}/start.elf
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/start_cd.elf ${BOOTDIR}/start_cd.elf
+    cp ${FIRMWAREDIR}/boot/start_x.elf ${BOOTDIR}/start_x.elf
+  else
+    # Install latest boot binaries from raspberry/firmware github
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/bootcode.bin" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/bootcode.bin
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/fixup.dat" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/fixup.dat
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/fixup_cd.dat" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/fixup_cd.dat
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/fixup_x.dat" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/fixup_x.dat
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/start.elf" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/start.elf
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/start_cd.elf" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/start_cd.elf
+    wget -q -O "${BOOTDIR}/start_x.elf" https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/raw/master/boot/start_x.elf
+  fi
 
 else # BUILD_KERNEL=false
   # Kernel installation
diff --git a/rpi2-gen-image.sh b/rpi2-gen-image.sh
index a04c8e3..e921e25 100755
--- a/rpi2-gen-image.sh
+++ b/rpi2-gen-image.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ ETCDIR="${R}/etc"
 BOOTDIR="${R}/boot/firmware"
 KERNELDIR="${R}/usr/src/linux"
 
+# Firmware directory: Blank if download from github
+FIRMWAREDIR=${FIRMWAREDIR:=""}
+
 # General settings
 HOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME:=rpi2-${RELEASE}}
 PASSWORD=${PASSWORD:=raspberry}