diff --git a/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BinFormat.cs b/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BinFormat.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fa59f03a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BinFormat.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+namespace Cosmos.Build.Common
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Format for the images produced.
+    /// </summary>
+    public enum BinFormat
+    {
+        Elf,
+        Bin,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BuildProperties.cs b/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BuildProperties.cs
index dafc98181..ee83d2556 100644
--- a/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BuildProperties.cs
+++ b/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/BuildProperties.cs
@@ -221,5 +221,19 @@ namespace Cosmos.Build.Common {
         get { return GetProperty(EnableBochsDebugString, false); }
         set { SetProperty(EnableBochsDebugString, value); }
     }
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Name of the configuration property in the project file.
+      /// </summary>
+      public const string BinFormatString = "BinFormat";
+
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Gets or sets binary format which is used for producing kernel image.
+      /// </summary>
+      public BinFormat BinFormat
+      {
+          get { return GetProperty(BinFormatString, BinFormat.Bin); }
+          set { SetProperty(BinFormatString, value); }
+      }
   }
 }
diff --git a/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/Cosmos.Build.Common.csproj b/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/Cosmos.Build.Common.csproj
index 5c6683bf4..80391dbb7 100644
--- a/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/Cosmos.Build.Common.csproj
+++ b/source/Cosmos.Build.Common/Cosmos.Build.Common.csproj
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="BinFormat.cs" />
     <Compile Include="BuildProperties.cs" />
     <Compile Include="CosmosPaths.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Enums.cs" />