diff --git a/arch/x86/config.mk b/arch/x86/config.mk
index 5f77f98..586e11a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/config.mk
+++ b/arch/x86/config.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 ifeq ($(IS_32BIT),y)
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -march=i386 -m32
+# TODO: These break on x86_64; need to debug further
+PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fdata-sections
 else
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += $(if $(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD),,-fpic) -fno-common -m64
 endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
index e4e997e..e1f634f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <generated/generic-asm-offsets.h>
 #include <generated/asm-offsets.h>
 
-.section .text
+.section .text.start
 .code32
 .globl _start
 .type _start, @function
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start64.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start64.S
index 234482b..a473fd1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start64.S
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
-.section .text
+.section .text.start
 .code64
 .globl _start
 .type _start, @function
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot-64.lds b/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot-64.lds
index 3f38681..9a9d39c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot-64.lds
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot-64.lds
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 	. = CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE;	/* Location of bootcode in flash */
 	__text_start = .;
+
+	.text.start : { *(.text.start); }
+
 	.text  : { *(.text*); }
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds
index f071936..a1cc19c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@
 
 	. = CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE;	/* Location of bootcode in flash */
 	__text_start = .;
+
+	.text.start : { *(.text.start); }
+
+	.__efi_runtime_start : {
+		*(.__efi_runtime_start)
+	}
+
+	.efi_runtime : {
+		*(.text.efi_runtime*)
+		*(.rodata.efi_runtime*)
+		*(.data.efi_runtime*)
+	}
+
+	.__efi_runtime_stop : {
+		*(.__efi_runtime_stop)
+	}
+
 	.text  : { *(.text*); }
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
@@ -43,27 +60,14 @@
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 
-	.__efi_runtime_start : {
-		*(.__efi_runtime_start)
-	}
-
-	.efi_runtime : {
-		*(efi_runtime_text)
-		*(efi_runtime_data)
-	}
-
-	.__efi_runtime_stop : {
-		*(.__efi_runtime_stop)
-	}
-
 	.efi_runtime_rel_start :
 	{
 		*(.__efi_runtime_rel_start)
 	}
 
 	.efi_runtime_rel : {
-		*(.relefi_runtime_text)
-		*(.relefi_runtime_data)
+		*(.rel*.efi_runtime)
+		*(.rel*.efi_runtime.*)
 	}
 
 	.efi_runtime_rel_stop :