diff --git a/sys/conf/Makefile.alpha b/sys/conf/Makefile.alpha
index 805735c10f5c..e9c5ade76cc4 100644
--- a/sys/conf/Makefile.alpha
+++ b/sys/conf/Makefile.alpha
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ SYSTEM_SFILES= $S/$M/$M/locore.s
 SYSTEM_DEP= Makefile ${SYSTEM_OBJS}
 SYSTEM_OBJS= locore.o vnode_if.o ${OBJS} hints.o env.o config.o hack.So
 SYSTEM_LD= @${LD} ${FMT} -Bdynamic -T $S/conf/ldscript.$M \
+	-e locorestart \
 	-export-dynamic -dynamic-linker /red/herring \
 	-o ${.TARGET} -X ${SYSTEM_OBJS} vers.o
 SYSTEM_LD_TAIL= @${OBJCOPY} --strip-symbol gcc2_compiled. ${.TARGET} ; \