diff --git a/arch/aarch64/linker.lds.S b/arch/aarch64/linker.lds.S
index 6c9b2f4..79e29bf 100644
--- a/arch/aarch64/linker.lds.S
+++ b/arch/aarch64/linker.lds.S
@@ -85,4 +85,7 @@ SECTIONS
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSITION_INDEPENDENT
 	_reloc_size = _reloc_end - _reloc_start;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_KRNL_HEADER_IMG
+	_kernel_size = _stack_end - _start;
+#endif
 }
diff --git a/arch/aarch64/linux-kernel-image-header.h b/arch/aarch64/linux-kernel-image-header.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..079b71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/aarch64/linux-kernel-image-header.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Derived info from arch/arm64/kernel/head.S in the Linux kernel.
+ */
+#ifndef _AARCH64_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_HEADER_H
+#define _AARCH64_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_HEADER_H
+
+/*
+ * Image header flags (Documentation/arm64/booting.rst):
+ * Bit 0 Kernel endianness.
+	1 if BE, 0 if LE.
+ * Bit 1-2 Kernel Page size.
+	0 - Unspecified.
+	1 - 4K
+	2 - 16K
+	3 - 64K
+ * Bit 3 Kernel physical placement
+	0
+	  2MB aligned base should be as close as possible
+	  to the base of DRAM, since memory below it is not
+	  accessible via the linear mapping
+	1
+	  2MB aligned base such that all image_size bytes
+	  counted from the start of the image are within
+	  the 48-bit addressable range of physical memory
+ */
+#define LINUX_IMAGE_FLAGS	((1 << 1) | (1 << 3))
+
+	.macro linux_image_header entry
+	/*
+	 * DO NOT MODIFY. Image header expected by Linux boot-loaders.
+	 */
+	b	\entry
+	.long	0				/* reserved */
+	.quad	0				/* text_offset */
+	.quad	_kernel_size			/* image_size, see linker script */
+	.quad	LINUX_IMAGE_FLAGS		/* flags */
+	.quad	0				/* reserved */
+	.quad	0				/* reserved */
+	.quad	0				/* reserved */
+	.ascii	"ARM\x64"			/* magic number */
+	.long	0				/* reserved */
+	.endm
+
+#endif /* _AARCH64_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_HEADER_H */
diff --git a/arch/aarch64/reloc.S b/arch/aarch64/reloc.S
index 0da0751..b6fb485 100644
--- a/arch/aarch64/reloc.S
+++ b/arch/aarch64/reloc.S
@@ -4,26 +4,27 @@
  */
 #include "asmdefs.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_KRNL_HEADER_IMG
+#include "linux-kernel-image-header.h"
+#endif
+
 .extern _reloc_size
 .extern _start
 
 ENTRY_ALIAS(_head)
+#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_KRNL_HEADER_IMG
+	linux_image_header _reloc_entry
+#else
 	adr	x1, _relocated_uni
 	b	 _reloc_entry
+#endif
 
 ENTRY_ALIAS(_rel_stack_base)
 	.quad _start
 
 ENTRY_ALIAS(_rel_stack_size)
 	.quad _reloc_size
-#ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_KRNL_HEADER_IMG
-	.quad 0
-	.quad 0
-	.quad 0
-	.quad 0
-	.ascii "ARM\x64"
-	.long 0
-#endif
+
 ENTRY_ALIAS( _reloc_entry)
 	adr	x4, _start
 	ldr	x5, _rel_stack_base
diff --git a/arch/aarch64/start.S b/arch/aarch64/start.S
index 75415b1..de454f9 100644
--- a/arch/aarch64/start.S
+++ b/arch/aarch64/start.S
@@ -4,23 +4,21 @@
  */
 #include "asmdefs.h"
 
-.section .text
 #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_KRNL_HEADER_IMG
+#include "linux-kernel-image-header.h"
+#endif
+
+.section .text
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_LINUX_KRNL_HEADER_IMG) && !defined(CONFIG_POSITION_INDEPENDENT)
 _head:
-	ldr x1, =_start
-	b      _start
+	linux_image_header _start
 
 _stack_base:
 	.quad 0x0
 
 _stack_size:
 	.quad _stack_end
-	.quad 0
-	.quad 0
-	.quad 0
-	.quad 0
-	.ascii "ARM\x64"
-	.long 0
 
 .align 4
 #endif