diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
index 14a01823ba53f6a190f546b2cbf1a5562c936d99..d6c96d9ab29177513788e06ead0dddc45e8f3501 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
@@ -230,10 +230,13 @@ if [ -n "$version" ]; then
     uboot_version="-n Linux-$version"
 fi
 
+# physical offset of kernel image
+membase=`${CROSS}objdump -p "$kernel" | grep -m 1 LOAD | awk '{print $7}'`
+
 case "$platform" in
 uboot)
     rm -f "$ofile"
-    mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 00000000 -e 00000000 \
+    mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a $membase -e $membase \
 	$uboot_version -d "$vmz" "$ofile"
     if [ -z "$cacheit" ]; then
 	rm -f "$vmz"