diff --git a/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c b/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
index 8a1e7520aacb..308a870fe188 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/arm64/machdep.c
@@ -1241,6 +1241,8 @@ initarm(struct arm64_bootparams *abp)
 #ifdef FDT
 	struct mem_region mem_regions[FDT_MEM_REGIONS];
 	int mem_regions_sz;
+	phandle_t root;
+	char dts_version[255];
 #endif
 	vm_offset_t lastaddr;
 	caddr_t kmdp;
@@ -1353,6 +1355,20 @@ initarm(struct arm64_bootparams *abp)
 	if (env != NULL)
 		strlcpy(kernelname, env, sizeof(kernelname));
 
+#ifdef FDT
+	root = OF_finddevice("/");
+	if (OF_getprop(root, "freebsd,dts-version", dts_version, sizeof(dts_version)) > 0) {
+		if (strcmp(LINUX_DTS_VERSION, dts_version) != 0)
+			printf("WARNING: DTB version is %s while kernel expects %s, "
+			    "please update the DTB in the ESP\n",
+			    dts_version,
+			    LINUX_DTS_VERSION);
+	} else {
+		printf("WARNING: Cannot find freebsd,dts-version property, "
+		    "cannot check DTB compliance\n");
+	}
+#endif
+
 	if (boothowto & RB_VERBOSE) {
 		if (efihdr != NULL)
 			print_efi_map_entries(efihdr);
diff --git a/sys/conf/Makefile.arm64 b/sys/conf/Makefile.arm64
index c7951872ca2d..2e404664708c 100644
--- a/sys/conf/Makefile.arm64
+++ b/sys/conf/Makefile.arm64
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ S=	../../..
 
 INCLUDES+= -I$S/contrib/libfdt -I$S/contrib/device-tree/include
 
+LINUX_DTS_VERSION!=	awk '/freebsd,dts-version/ { sub(/;$$/,"", $$NF); print $$NF }' $S/dts/freebsd-compatible.dts
+CFLAGS += -DLINUX_DTS_VERSION=\"${LINUX_DTS_VERSION}\"
+
 # Use a custom SYSTEM_LD command to generate the elf kernel, so we can
 # set the text segment start address, and also strip the "arm mapping
 # symbols" which have names like $a.0 and $d.2; see the document