diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 961ab20032f5b18a51a14b5ad34922760cf83cb3..31567f4d333a47af47cbfcf4e67cb5a7b71abd5e 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -942,6 +942,17 @@ config SECCOMP
 
 source kernel/Kconfig.hz
 
+config PHYSICAL_START
+	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if EMBEDDED
+	default "0x100000"
+	help
+	  This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
+	  Primarily used in the case of kexec on panic where the
+	  fail safe kernel needs to run at a different address than
+	  the panic-ed kernel.
+
+	  Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
+
 endmenu
 
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
index c5e80b69e7d41d8ae580ae734553d2b9584b9760..b5893e4ecd376b54a3044c09e035ff82bf5e923c 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 	.globl startup_32
 	
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ startup_32:
 	popl %esi	# discard address
 	popl %esi	# real mode pointer
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx
-	ljmp $(__BOOT_CS), $0x100000
+	ljmp $(__BOOT_CS), $__PHYSICAL_START
 
 /*
  * We come here, if we were loaded high.
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ startup_32:
 	popl %ecx	# lcount
 	popl %edx	# high_buffer_start
 	popl %eax	# hcount
-	movl $0x100000,%edi
+	movl $__PHYSICAL_START,%edi
 	cli		# make sure we don't get interrupted
 	ljmp $(__BOOT_CS), $0x1000 # and jump to the move routine
 
@@ -124,5 +125,5 @@ move_routine_start:
 	movsl
 	movl %ebx,%esi	# Restore setup pointer
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx
-	ljmp $(__BOOT_CS), $0x100000
+	ljmp $(__BOOT_CS), $__PHYSICAL_START
 move_routine_end:
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
index cedc55cc47de0756df6e77afc0e94fedba2439f5..e1330766965c5c64f8e6dbcaac94181a2307ed3b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 /*
  * gzip declarations
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ static void setup_normal_output_buffer(void)
 #else
 	if ((RM_ALT_MEM_K > RM_EXT_MEM_K ? RM_ALT_MEM_K : RM_EXT_MEM_K) < 1024) error("Less than 2MB of memory");
 #endif
-	output_data = (char *)0x100000; /* Points to 1M */
+	output_data = (char *)__PHYSICAL_START; /* Normally Points to 1M */
 	free_mem_end_ptr = (long)real_mode;
 }
 
@@ -333,8 +334,8 @@ static void setup_output_buffer_if_we_run_high(struct moveparams *mv)
 	low_buffer_size = low_buffer_end - LOW_BUFFER_START;
 	high_loaded = 1;
 	free_mem_end_ptr = (long)high_buffer_start;
-	if ( (0x100000 + low_buffer_size) > ((ulg)high_buffer_start)) {
-		high_buffer_start = (uch *)(0x100000 + low_buffer_size);
+	if ( (__PHYSICAL_START + low_buffer_size) > ((ulg)high_buffer_start)) {
+		high_buffer_start = (uch *)(__PHYSICAL_START + low_buffer_size);
 		mv->hcount = 0; /* say: we need not to move high_buffer */
 	}
 	else mv->hcount = -1;
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index e17ab69c1f0563d9a8a1cfa593e0a4ac1e526abf..7e01a528a83a168f86214907103d7bbe1f2e964d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ENTRY(phys_startup_32)
 jiffies = jiffies_64;
 SECTIONS
 {
-  . = LOAD_OFFSET + 0x100000;
+  . = __KERNEL_START;
   phys_startup_32 = startup_32 - LOAD_OFFSET;
   /* read-only */
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/page.h b/include/asm-i386/page.h
index dea8f8e6d86ed60dc5bcfdafd324fd16f9c421ef..8d93f732d72d0586dc1598542ffa354893351808 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/page.h
@@ -126,9 +126,12 @@ extern int page_is_ram(unsigned long pagenr);
 
 #ifdef __ASSEMBLY__
 #define __PAGE_OFFSET		(0xC0000000)
+#define __PHYSICAL_START	CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
 #else
 #define __PAGE_OFFSET		(0xC0000000UL)
+#define __PHYSICAL_START	((unsigned long)CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START)
 #endif
+#define __KERNEL_START		(__PAGE_OFFSET + __PHYSICAL_START)
 
 
 #define PAGE_OFFSET		((unsigned long)__PAGE_OFFSET)