diff --git a/arch/sh/Makefile b/arch/sh/Makefile
index c46b3d508f224a4229221b4952d5906f7bdd36ae..2a7e73faee89f3b84f23d1b043baa2abfe92cc9f 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/Makefile
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ libs-$(CONFIG_SUPERH32)		:= arch/sh/lib/	$(libs-y)
 libs-$(CONFIG_SUPERH64)		:= arch/sh/lib64/ $(libs-y)
 
 BOOT_TARGETS = uImage uImage.bz2 uImage.gz uImage.lzma uImage.srec \
-	       zImage vmlinux.srec
+	       zImage vmlinux.srec romImage
 PHONY += maketools $(BOOT_TARGETS) FORCE
 
 maketools:  include/linux/version.h FORCE
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/Makefile
index dd2a852041e9ceb8bf39c4bf9dd0c81407186b10..a1316872be6fc67e7148476151ca1f22ba280450 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)  := gz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2) := bz2
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZMA)  := lzma
 
-targets := zImage vmlinux.srec uImage uImage.srec uImage.gz uImage.bz2 uImage.lzma
+targets := zImage vmlinux.srec romImage uImage uImage.srec uImage.gz uImage.bz2 uImage.lzma
 extra-y += vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 vmlinux.bin.lzma
-subdir- := compressed
+subdir- := compressed romimage
 
 $(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ $(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux FORCE
 $(obj)/compressed/vmlinux: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/compressed $@
 
+$(obj)/romImage: $(obj)/romimage/vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+	@echo '  Kernel: $@ is ready'
+
+$(obj)/romimage/vmlinux: $(obj)/zImage FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(obj)/romimage $@
+
 KERNEL_MEMORY := 0x00000000
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PMB_FIXED),y)
 KERNEL_MEMORY := $(shell /bin/bash -c 'printf "0x%08x" \
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5806eee84f6f93daa4f357a978bf03d945190b16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#
+# linux/arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
+#
+# create an image suitable for burning to flash from zImage
+#
+
+targets		:= vmlinux head.o
+
+OBJECTS = $(obj)/head.o
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux := --oformat $(ld-bfd) -Ttext 0 -e romstart
+
+$(obj)/vmlinux: $(OBJECTS) $(obj)/piggy.o FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,ld)
+	@:
+
+LDFLAGS_piggy.o := -r --format binary --oformat $(ld-bfd) -T
+
+$(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/vmlinux.scr arch/sh/boot/zImage FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,ld)
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/romimage/head.S b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/head.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..97a087bc9c4aae102fdf358a30b6037a68294c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/head.S
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ *  linux/arch/sh/boot/romimage/head.S
+ *
+ * Board specific setup code, executed before zImage loader
+ */
+
+.text
+	.global	romstart
+romstart:
+#include <romimage.h>
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/romimage/vmlinux.scr b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/vmlinux.scr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..287c08f8b4bb9348666f5766d00467ad2b72fcc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/romimage/vmlinux.scr
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text : {
+	*(.data)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/mach-common/romimage.h b/arch/sh/include/mach-common/romimage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..267e24112d8233585f47e02aa1f7d655f33c89b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/sh/include/mach-common/romimage.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* do nothing here by default */