diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 703e179..39644b4 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 
 KERNEL = hos
-LOAD_ADDRESS = 0x100000
-LDTARGET = elf32-i386
-LDFLAGS = -Ttext $(LOAD_ADDRESS) --oformat $(LDTARGET)
+LDFLAGS = -T link.ld
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
-all:
+all: $(KERNEL)
+
+$(KERNEL): boot.o
+	ld $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+
+boot.o: boot.asm
 	nasm -f elf -o boot.o boot.asm
-	ld $(LDFLAGS) -o $(KERNEL) boot.o
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f *~ $(KERNEL) *.o
diff --git a/kernel/boot.asm b/kernel/boot.asm
index 71617c3..833570a 100644
--- a/kernel/boot.asm
+++ b/kernel/boot.asm
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 %define MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS 0x3
 
 [global start]
-[global _start]
 start:
-_start:
 	jmp	multiboot_entry
 	align 4
 
diff --git a/kernel/link.ld b/kernel/link.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8550ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/link.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+ENTRY(start)
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .text  0x00100000 : {
+    code = .; _code = .; __code = .;
+    *(.text)
+  }
+  .gnulinkonce : {
+    *(.gnu.linkonce*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+  }
+  .data  : {
+    data = .; _data = .; __data = .;
+    *(.data)
+    *(.rodata)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+  }
+  .bss  : {
+    bss = .; _bss = .; __bss = .;
+    *(.bss)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+  }
+  end = .; _end = .; __end = .;
+}