diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk
index 44d69add68..7a1d81cf2d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/config.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # Xianghua Xiao, X.Xiao@motorola.com
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -Wa,-me500 -msoft-float -mno-string
+PLATFORM_RELFLAGS += -msingle-pic-base -fno-jump-tables
 
 # -mspe=yes is needed to have -mno-spe accepted by a buggy GCC;
 # see "[PATCH,rs6000] make -mno-spe work as expected" on
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S
index 932aa08b27..dbc705388c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc85xx/start.S
@@ -1216,6 +1216,9 @@ _start_cont:
 	mr	r1,r3		/* Transfer to SP(r1) */
 
 	GET_GOT
+	/* Needed for -msingle-pic-base */
+	bl	_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_@local-4
+	mflr	r30
 
 	/* Pass our potential ePAPR device tree pointer to cpu_init_early_f */
 	mr	r3, r24