2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 717a3bc1352e..6403275553ea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -310,8 +310,11 @@ $(obj)/dtbImage.%: vmlinux $(wrapperbits) $(obj)/%.dtb
 $(obj)/vmlinux.strip: vmlinux
         $(STRIP) -s -R .comment $< -o $@
 
+# The iseries hypervisor won't take an ET_DYN executable, so this
+# changes the type (byte 17) in the file to ET_EXEC (2).
 $(obj)/zImage.iseries: vmlinux
         $(STRIP) -s -R .comment $< -o $@
+        printf "\x02" | dd of=$@ conv=notrunc bs=1 seek=17
 
 $(obj)/uImage: vmlinux $(wrapperbits)
         $(call if_changed,wrap,uboot)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
index 7454aa4cc20c..1567a0c0f05c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/elf_util.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ int parse_elf64(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info)
               elf64->e_ident[EI_MAG3]  == ELFMAG3       &&
               elf64->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS64    &&
               elf64->e_ident[EI_DATA]  == ELFDATA2MSB   &&
-              elf64->e_type            == ET_EXEC       &&
+              (elf64->e_type            == ET_EXEC ||
+               elf64->e_type            == ET_DYN)      &&
               elf64->e_machine         == EM_PPC64))
                 return 0;
 
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ int parse_elf32(void *hdr, struct elf_info *info)
               elf32->e_ident[EI_MAG3]  == ELFMAG3       &&
               elf32->e_ident[EI_CLASS] == ELFCLASS32    &&
               elf32->e_ident[EI_DATA]  == ELFDATA2MSB   &&
-              elf32->e_type            == ET_EXEC       &&
+              (elf32->e_type            == ET_EXEC ||
+               elf32->e_type            == ET_DYN)      &&
               elf32->e_machine         == EM_PPC))
                 return 0;