diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
index ce6a3f75065b..175ff6c71735 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
 
 purgatory-y := head.o purgatory.o string.o sha256.o mem.o
 
-targets += $(purgatory-y) purgatory.ro kexec-purgatory.c
+targets += $(purgatory-y) purgatory.lds purgatory purgatory.ro kexec-purgatory.c
 PURGATORY_OBJS = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(purgatory-y))
 
 $(obj)/sha256.o: $(srctree)/lib/sha256.c FORCE
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ $(obj)/mem.o: $(srctree)/arch/s390/lib/mem.S FORCE
 $(obj)/string.o: $(srctree)/arch/s390/lib/string.c FORCE
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
-LDFLAGS_purgatory.ro := -e purgatory_start -r --no-undefined -nostdlib
-LDFLAGS_purgatory.ro += -z nodefaultlib
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-sign-compare
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding
@@ -25,9 +23,17 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -c -MD -Os -m64 -msoft-float -fno-common
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS := $(filter-out -DCC_USING_EXPOLINE,$(KBUILD_AFLAGS))
 
-$(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
+LDFLAGS_purgatory := -r --no-undefined -nostdlib -z nodefaultlib -T
+$(obj)/purgatory: $(obj)/purgatory.lds $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
 		$(call if_changed,ld)
 
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_purgatory.ro := -O elf64-s390
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_purgatory.ro += --remove-section='*debug*'
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_purgatory.ro += --remove-section='.comment'
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_purgatory.ro += --remove-section='.note.*'
+$(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(obj)/purgatory FORCE
+		$(call if_changed,objcopy)
+
 quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
       cmd_bin2c = $(objtree)/scripts/bin2c kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.lds.S b/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.lds.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..482eb4fbcef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.lds.S
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
+
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-s390", "elf64-s390", "elf64-s390")
+OUTPUT_ARCH(s390:64-bit)
+
+ENTRY(purgatory_start)
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+	. = 0;
+	.head.text : {
+		_head = . ;
+		HEAD_TEXT
+		_ehead = . ;
+	}
+	.text :	{
+		_text = .;	/* Text */
+		*(.text)
+		*(.text.*)
+		_etext = . ;
+	}
+	.rodata : {
+		_rodata = . ;
+		*(.rodata)	 /* read-only data */
+		*(.rodata.*)
+		_erodata = . ;
+	}
+	.data :	{
+		_data = . ;
+		*(.data)
+		*(.data.*)
+		_edata = . ;
+	}
+
+	. = ALIGN(256);
+	.bss : {
+		_bss = . ;
+		*(.bss)
+		*(.bss.*)
+		*(COMMON)
+		. = ALIGN(8);	/* For convenience during zeroing */
+		_ebss = .;
+	}
+	_end = .;
+
+	/* Sections to be discarded */
+	/DISCARD/ : {
+		*(.eh_frame)
+		*(*__ksymtab*)
+		*(___kcrctab*)
+	}
+}