diff --git a/lib/crc32.c b/lib/crc32.c
index e9be3bf386..f2acc107fe 100644
--- a/lib/crc32.c
+++ b/lib/crc32.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #ifdef USE_HOSTCC
 #define __efi_runtime
 #define __efi_runtime_data
+#define __efi_runtime_rodata
 #endif
 
 #define tole(x) cpu_to_le32(x)
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ static void __efi_runtime make_crc_table(void)
  * Table of CRC-32's of all single-byte values (made by make_crc_table)
  */
 
-static const uint32_t __efi_runtime_data crc_table[256] = {
+static const uint32_t __efi_runtime_rodata crc_table[256] = {
 tole(0x00000000L), tole(0x77073096L), tole(0xee0e612cL), tole(0x990951baL),
 tole(0x076dc419L), tole(0x706af48fL), tole(0xe963a535L), tole(0x9e6495a3L),
 tole(0x0edb8832L), tole(0x79dcb8a4L), tole(0xe0d5e91eL), tole(0x97d2d988L),