diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index ace6b6579961..b1a250560198 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
+#define STRICT_ALIGN_SIZE	(1 << 24)
+#else
+#define STRICT_ALIGN_SIZE	PAGE_SIZE
+#endif
+
 ENTRY(_stext)
 
 PHDRS {
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	PROVIDE32 (etext = .);
 
 	/* Read-only data */
-	RODATA
+	RO_DATA(PAGE_SIZE)
 
 	EXCEPTION_TABLE(0)
 
@@ -140,7 +146,7 @@ SECTIONS
 /*
  * Init sections discarded at runtime
  */
-	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+	. = ALIGN(STRICT_ALIGN_SIZE);
 	__init_begin = .;
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE) :kernel