diff --git a/README b/README
index 983d55ecea2c6a297bbccc38164b1e098d293a96..88274ed02103b89d4ac5fbbc0f4395067836c051 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4088,6 +4088,11 @@ Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
 		that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
 		compiling a NAND SPL.
 
+- CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
+		Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
+		.resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
+		previous 4k of the .text section.
+
 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
 		Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
 		effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds
index cf6fa7c936dcc54f2f7776bce9bfb5090e11e8eb..4591760e2d50e43276879c17f62845ced611e484 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@
 #include "config.h"	/* CONFIG_BOARDDIR */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(powerpc)
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
+PHDRS
+{
+	text PT_LOAD;
+	bss PT_LOAD;
+}
+#endif
 SECTIONS
 {
 	. = CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE;
@@ -68,9 +75,16 @@ SECTIONS
 #else
 #error unknown NAND controller
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
+	.bootpg ADDR(.text) - 0x1000 :
+	{
+		KEEP(*(.bootpg))
+	} :text = 0xffff
+#else
 	.resetvec ADDR(.text) + RESET_VECTOR_OFFSET : {
 		KEEP(*(.resetvec))
 	} = 0xffff
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure that the bss segment isn't linked at 0x0, otherwise its
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot.lds b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot.lds
index 0503dce5ae4345edf6221b8d169720c05c5231e3..2643563d4dadcce2f5b9f08f4a7864ba10896ea4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ SECTIONS
   . = ALIGN(256);
   __init_end = .;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
+  .bootpg ADDR(.text) - 0x1000 :
+  {
+    KEEP(arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.o (.bootpg))
+  } :text = 0xffff
+  . = ADDR(.text) + 0x80000;
+#else
   .bootpg RESET_VECTOR_ADDRESS - 0xffc :
   {
     arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.o	(.bootpg)
@@ -116,6 +123,7 @@ SECTIONS
    */
 #if (RESET_VECTOR_ADDRESS == 0xfffffffc)
   . |= 0x10;
+#endif
 #endif
 
   __bss_start = .;