diff --git a/cpu/mpc83xx/config.mk b/cpu/mpc83xx/config.mk
index ecf8a60bbe..2ec395d4ca 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc83xx/config.mk
+++ b/cpu/mpc83xx/config.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 
-PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fPIC -ffixed-r14 -meabi
+PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -fPIC -ffixed-r14 -meabi -mrelocatable
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_MPC83XX -DCONFIG_E300 \
 			-ffixed-r2 -ffixed-r29 -msoft-float
diff --git a/cpu/mpc83xx/u-boot.lds b/cpu/mpc83xx/u-boot.lds
index 937c87a27c..ca663bc87b 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc83xx/u-boot.lds
+++ b/cpu/mpc83xx/u-boot.lds
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     cpu/mpc83xx/start.o	(.text)
     *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
     *(.got1)
     . = ALIGN(16);
     *(.rodata)
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index b224e06976..d89617ae2c 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ typedef volatile unsigned char	vu_char;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPC83XX
 #include <mpc83xx.h>
 #include <asm/immap_83xx.h>
+#define CONFIG_RELOC_FIXUP_WORKS
 #endif
 #ifdef	CONFIG_4xx
 #include <ppc4xx.h>