diff --git a/arch/arc/lib/sections.c b/arch/arc/lib/sections.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+/*
+ * For some reason linker sets linker-generated symbols to zero in PIE mode.
+ * A work-around is substitution of linker-generated symbols with
+ * compiler-generated symbols which are properly handled by linker in PAE mode.
+ */
+
+char __bss_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__bss_start")));
+char __bss_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__bss_end")));
+char __image_copy_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__image_copy_start")));
+char __image_copy_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__image_copy_end")));
+char __rel_dyn_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__rel_dyn_start")));
+char __rel_dyn_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__rel_dyn_end")));
+char __text_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__text_start")));
+char __text_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__text_end")));
+char __init_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__init_end")));