diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
index 7419dbc..fe3186de 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/Makefile
@@ -4,15 +4,30 @@
 
 extra-y := head.o vmlinux.lds
 
-
 obj-y := align.o entry.o irq.o coprocessor.o process.o ptrace.o \
 	 setup.o signal.o syscall.o time.o traps.o vectors.o platform.o  \
 	 pci-dma.o init_task.o io.o
 
-## windowspill.o
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB) += xtensa-stub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PCI) += pci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES) += xtensa_ksyms.o module.o
 
+# In the Xtensa architecture, assembly generates literals which must always
+# precede the L32R instruction with a relative offset less than 256 kB.
+# Therefore, the .text and .literal section must be combined in parenthesis
+# in the linker script, such as: *(.literal .text).
+#
+# We need to post-process the generated vmlinux.lds scripts to convert
+# *(xxx.text) to  *(xxx.literal xxx.text) for the following text sections:
+#   .text .ref.text .*init.text .*exit.text .text.*
+#
+# Replicate rules in scripts/Makefile.build
 
+sed-y = -e 's/(\(\.[a-z]*it\|\.ref\|\)\.text)/(\1.literal \1.text)/g'	\
+	-e 's/(\(\.text\.[a-z]*\))/(\1.literal \1)/g'
+
+quiet_cmd__cpp_lds_S = LDS     $@
+      cmd__cpp_lds_S = $(CPP) $(cpp_flags) -D__ASSEMBLY__ $< | sed $(sed-y) >$@
+
+$(obj)/vmlinux.lds: $(src)/vmlinux.lds.S FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_dep,_cpp_lds_S)