diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 292b5bc6e3a3..aef6604b5292 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ else
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
 	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
 endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE), y)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z notext
+endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
 
 hostprogs-y	:= mkpiggy