diff --git a/src/target/image.c b/src/target/image.c
index eafa73eaa..130ea6c1f 100644
--- a/src/target/image.c
+++ b/src/target/image.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static int image_elf64_read_headers(struct image *image)
 				image->sections[j].base_address = field64(elf,
 						elf->segments64[i].p_paddr);
 			image->sections[j].private = &elf->segments64[i];
-			image->sections[j].flags = field32(elf, elf->segments64[i].p_flags);
+			image->sections[j].flags = field64(elf, elf->segments64[i].p_flags);
 			j++;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1168,7 +1168,7 @@ int image_read_section(struct image *image,
 	return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
-int image_add_section(struct image *image, target_addr_t base, uint32_t size, int flags, uint8_t const *data)
+int image_add_section(struct image *image, target_addr_t base, uint32_t size, uint64_t flags, uint8_t const *data)
 {
 	struct imagesection *section;
 
diff --git a/src/target/image.h b/src/target/image.h
index 5b5d11f6b..bf06064ac 100644
--- a/src/target/image.h
+++ b/src/target/image.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ enum image_type {
 struct imagesection {
 	target_addr_t base_address;
 	uint32_t size;
-	int flags;
+	uint64_t flags;
 	void *private;		/* private data */
 };
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ int image_read_section(struct image *image, int section, target_addr_t offset,
 void image_close(struct image *image);
 
 int image_add_section(struct image *image, target_addr_t base, uint32_t size,
-		int flags, uint8_t const *data);
+		uint64_t flags, uint8_t const *data);
 
 int image_calculate_checksum(const uint8_t *buffer, uint32_t nbytes,
 		uint32_t *checksum);