diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 8a756870c238435af684215c653f54a739f4f1a5..45c8823c37503d3bfdc2beee80304c556db8bf53 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ start:
 		.word	_magic_start	@ absolute load/run zImage address
 		.word	_magic_end	@ zImage end address
 		.word	0x04030201	@ endianness flag
+		.word	0x45454545	@ another magic number to indicate
+		.word	_magic_table	@ additional data table
 
 		__EFI_HEADER
 1:
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7a4c59154361d00ee88c2d03cb6af5aa8cace7e7..b38dcef907560beff1bfe77b31fba470cef13511 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -44,12 +44,22 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.glue_7t)
     *(.glue_7)
   }
+  .table : ALIGN(4) {
+    _table_start = .;
+    LONG(ZIMAGE_MAGIC(2))
+    LONG(ZIMAGE_MAGIC(0x5a534c4b))
+    LONG(ZIMAGE_MAGIC(__piggy_size_addr - _start))
+    LONG(ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_kernel_bss_size))
+    LONG(0)
+    _table_end = .;
+  }
   .rodata : {
     *(.rodata)
     *(.rodata.*)
   }
   .piggydata : {
     *(.piggydata)
+    __piggy_size_addr = . - 4;
   }
 
   . = ALIGN(4);
@@ -88,6 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
   _magic_sig = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(0x016f2818);
   _magic_start = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_start);
   _magic_end = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_edata);
+  _magic_table = ZIMAGE_MAGIC(_table_start - _start);
 
   . = BSS_START;
   __bss_start = .;