diff --git a/native/src/boot/bootimg.cpp b/native/src/boot/bootimg.cpp
index a6f88c615..bb6076768 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/bootimg.cpp
+++ b/native/src/boot/bootimg.cpp
@@ -520,12 +520,12 @@ bool boot_img::verify(const char *cert) const {
     return rust::verify_boot_image(*this, cert);
 }
 
-int split_image_dtb(const char *filename) {
+int split_image_dtb(const char *filename, bool skip_decomp) {
     mmap_data img(filename);
 
     if (int off = find_dtb_offset(img.buf(), img.sz()); off > 0) {
         format_t fmt = check_fmt_lg(img.buf(), img.sz());
-        if (COMPRESSED(fmt)) {
+        if (!skip_decomp && COMPRESSED(fmt)) {
             int fd = creat(KERNEL_FILE, 0644);
             decompress(fmt, fd, img.buf(), off);
             close(fd);
diff --git a/native/src/boot/magiskboot.hpp b/native/src/boot/magiskboot.hpp
index fbc06c40f..8712428ed 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/magiskboot.hpp
+++ b/native/src/boot/magiskboot.hpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int unpack(const char *image, bool skip_decomp = false, bool hdr = false);
 void repack(const char *src_img, const char *out_img, bool skip_comp = false);
 int verify(const char *image, const char *cert);
 int sign(const char *image, const char *name, const char *cert, const char *key);
-int split_image_dtb(const char *filename);
+int split_image_dtb(const char *filename, bool skip_decomp = false);
 int dtb_commands(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 static inline bool check_env(const char *name) {
diff --git a/native/src/boot/main.cpp b/native/src/boot/main.cpp
index 81ffdd97b..9ac263e44 100644
--- a/native/src/boot/main.cpp
+++ b/native/src/boot/main.cpp
@@ -84,8 +84,10 @@ Supported actions:
     Do dtb related actions to <file>.
     See "dtb --help" for supported actions.
 
-  split <file>
-    Split image.*-dtb into kernel + kernel_dtb
+  split [-n] <file>
+    Split image.*-dtb into kernel + kernel_dtb.
+    If '-n' is provided, decompression operations will be skipped;
+    the kernel will remain untouched, split in its original format.
 
   sha1 <file>
     Print the SHA1 checksum for <file>
@@ -150,7 +152,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             printf("%02x", i);
         printf("\n");
     } else if (argc > 2 && action == "split") {
-        return split_image_dtb(argv[2]);
+        if (argv[2] == "-n"sv) {
+            if (argc == 3)
+                usage(argv[0]);
+            return split_image_dtb(argv[3], true);
+        } else {
+            return split_image_dtb(argv[2]);
+        }
     } else if (argc > 2 && action == "unpack") {
         int idx = 2;
         bool nodecomp = false;