diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index edfb1a718510..b5f899e8f252 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(shell $(LD) --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\-z noreloc-overflow" \
 	&& echo "-z noreloc-overflow -pie --no-dynamic-linker")
 endif
 
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z notext
+
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -z noexecstack
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option,--no-warn-rwx-segments)