diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
index 0714e0334e33c9790b221d03859574b2f4e774ad..6a26e7bcb714d18ce51ae80e94fb59b3bbb98b75 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ piggy.xzkern
 piggy.lz4
 vmlinux
 vmlinux.lds
+vmlinux.lds.S
 
 # borrowed libfdt files
 fdt.c
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 68c918362b79a7dba1baf799697019be2fb70912..8a8090694d89ccc529fe1b7214cf0c1c6f809db8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ targets       := vmlinux vmlinux.lds \
 # Make sure files are removed during clean
 extra-y       += piggy.gzip piggy.lzo piggy.lzma piggy.xzkern piggy.lz4 \
 		 lib1funcs.S ashldi3.S bswapsdi2.S $(libfdt) $(libfdt_hdrs) \
-		 hyp-stub.S
+		 hyp-stub.S vmlinux.lds.S
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER),y)
 ORIG_CFLAGS := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ CFLAGS_font.o := -Dstatic=
 $(obj)/font.c: $(FONTC)
 	$(call cmd,shipped)
 
-$(obj)/vmlinux.lds: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds.in arch/arm/boot/Makefile $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
+$(obj)/vmlinux.lds.S: $(obj)/vmlinux.lds.in arch/arm/boot/Makefile $(KCONFIG_CONFIG)
 	@sed "$(SEDFLAGS)" < $< > $@
 
 $(obj)/hyp-stub.S: $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/hyp-stub.S
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 3a8b32df6b31e0eafc8f31ffa83eab07559f6d72..c95feab6ce7f0bacb9bbe165dc01b68ee46da285 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -125,9 +125,10 @@ start:
  THUMB(		adr	r12, BSYM(1f)	)
  THUMB(		bx	r12		)
 
-		.word	0x016f2818		@ Magic numbers to help the loader
-		.word	start			@ absolute load/run zImage address
-		.word	_edata			@ zImage end address
+		.word	_magic_sig	@ Magic numbers to help the loader
+		.word	_magic_start	@ absolute load/run zImage address
+		.word	_magic_end	@ zImage end address
+
  THUMB(		.thumb			)
 1:
  ARM_BE8(	setend	be )			@ go BE8 if compiled for BE8
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index 4919f2ac8b89709a6cd3929603b1f3fc401293c5..60162231c7eafe5c61e9dad2469b3d366ebe9b54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
+#define ZIMAGE_MAGIC(x) ( (((x) >> 24) & 0x000000ff) | \
+			  (((x) >>  8) & 0x0000ff00) | \
+			  (((x) <<  8) & 0x00ff0000) | \
+			  (((x) << 24) & 0xff000000) )
+#else
+#define ZIMAGE_MAGIC(x) (x)
+#endif
+
 OUTPUT_ARCH(arm)
 ENTRY(_start)
 SECTIONS
@@ -57,6 +67,10 @@ SECTIONS
   .pad			: { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); }
   _edata = .;
 
+  _magic_sig = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(0x016f2818);
+  _magic_start = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_start);
+  _magic_end = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_edata);
+
   . = BSS_START;
   __bss_start = .;
   .bss			: { *(.bss) }