diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index a853d87..56c02cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -369,6 +369,17 @@
 	   Additional support for intel specific MCE features such as
 	   the thermal monitor.
 
+config PHYSICAL_START
+	hex "Physical address where the kernel is loaded" if EMBEDDED
+	default "0x100000"
+	help
+	  This gives the physical address where the kernel is loaded.
+	  Primarily used in the case of kexec on panic where the
+	  fail safe kernel needs to run at a different address than
+	  the panic-ed kernel.
+
+	  Don't change this unless you know what you are doing.
+
 config SECCOMP
 	bool "Enable seccomp to safely compute untrusted bytecode"
 	depends on PROC_FS
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
index 27264db..b0df2ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <asm/segment.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 	.code32
 	.globl startup_32
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@
 	jnz  3f
 	addl $8,%esp
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx
-	ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS), $0x100000
+	ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS), $__PHYSICAL_START
 
 /*
  * We come here, if we were loaded high.
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@
 	popl %ecx	# lcount
 	popl %edx	# high_buffer_start
 	popl %eax	# hcount
-	movl $0x100000,%edi
+	movl $__PHYSICAL_START,%edi
 	cli		# make sure we don't get interrupted
 	ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS), $0x1000 # and jump to the move routine
 
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@
 	movsl
 	movl %ebx,%esi	# Restore setup pointer
 	xorl %ebx,%ebx
-	ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS), $0x100000
+	ljmp $(__KERNEL_CS), $__PHYSICAL_START
 move_routine_end:
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
index c8b9216..c43cedb 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "miscsetup.h"
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <asm/page.h>
 
 /*
  * gzip declarations
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@
 #else
 	if ((ALT_MEM_K > EXT_MEM_K ? ALT_MEM_K : EXT_MEM_K) < 1024) error("Less than 2MB of memory");
 #endif
-	output_data = (char *)0x100000; /* Points to 1M */
+	output_data = (char *)__PHYSICAL_START; /* Normally Points to 1M */
 	free_mem_end_ptr = (long)real_mode;
 }
 
@@ -307,8 +308,8 @@
 	low_buffer_size = low_buffer_end - LOW_BUFFER_START;
 	high_loaded = 1;
 	free_mem_end_ptr = (long)high_buffer_start;
-	if ( (0x100000 + low_buffer_size) > ((ulg)high_buffer_start)) {
-		high_buffer_start = (uch *)(0x100000 + low_buffer_size);
+	if ( (__PHYSICAL_START + low_buffer_size) > ((ulg)high_buffer_start)) {
+		high_buffer_start = (uch *)(__PHYSICAL_START + low_buffer_size);
 		mv->hcount = 0; /* say: we need not to move high_buffer */
 	}
 	else mv->hcount = -1;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
index 9bd2e7a..8d765aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
@@ -248,23 +248,23 @@
 	 */
 .org 0x1000
 ENTRY(init_level4_pgt)
-	.quad	0x0000000000102007		/* -> level3_ident_pgt */
+	.quad	0x0000000000002007 + __PHYSICAL_START	/* -> level3_ident_pgt */
 	.fill	255,8,0
-	.quad	0x000000000010a007
+	.quad	0x000000000000a007 + __PHYSICAL_START
 	.fill	254,8,0
 	/* (2^48-(2*1024*1024*1024))/(2^39) = 511 */
-	.quad	0x0000000000103007		/* -> level3_kernel_pgt */
+	.quad	0x0000000000003007 + __PHYSICAL_START	/* -> level3_kernel_pgt */
 
 .org 0x2000
 ENTRY(level3_ident_pgt)
-	.quad	0x0000000000104007
+	.quad	0x0000000000004007 + __PHYSICAL_START
 	.fill	511,8,0
 
 .org 0x3000
 ENTRY(level3_kernel_pgt)
 	.fill	510,8,0
 	/* (2^48-(2*1024*1024*1024)-((2^39)*511))/(2^30) = 510 */
-	.quad	0x0000000000105007		/* -> level2_kernel_pgt */
+	.quad	0x0000000000005007 + __PHYSICAL_START	/* -> level2_kernel_pgt */
 	.fill	1,8,0
 
 .org 0x4000
@@ -337,17 +337,17 @@
 
 .org 0xa000
 ENTRY(level3_physmem_pgt)
-	.quad	0x0000000000105007		/* -> level2_kernel_pgt (so that __va works even before pagetable_init) */
+	.quad	0x0000000000005007 + __PHYSICAL_START	/* -> level2_kernel_pgt (so that __va works even before pagetable_init) */
 
 	.org 0xb000
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SLEEP
 ENTRY(wakeup_level4_pgt)
-	.quad	0x0000000000102007		/* -> level3_ident_pgt */
+	.quad	0x0000000000002007 + __PHYSICAL_START	/* -> level3_ident_pgt */
 	.fill	255,8,0
-	.quad	0x000000000010a007
+	.quad	0x000000000000a007 + __PHYSICAL_START
 	.fill	254,8,0
 	/* (2^48-(2*1024*1024*1024))/(2^39) = 511 */
-	.quad	0x0000000000103007		/* -> level3_kernel_pgt */
+	.quad	0x0000000000003007 + __PHYSICAL_START	/* -> level3_kernel_pgt */
 #endif
 
 	.data
diff --git a/include/asm-x86_64/page.h b/include/asm-x86_64/page.h
index 60130f4..4313187 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86_64/page.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86_64/page.h
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@
 #define __pgd(x) ((pgd_t) { (x) } )
 #define __pgprot(x)	((pgprot_t) { (x) } )
 
-#define __START_KERNEL		0xffffffff80100000UL
+#define __PHYSICAL_START	((unsigned long)CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START)
+#define __START_KERNEL		(__START_KERNEL_map + __PHYSICAL_START)
 #define __START_KERNEL_map	0xffffffff80000000UL
 #define __PAGE_OFFSET           0xffff810000000000UL
 
 #else
-#define __START_KERNEL		0xffffffff80100000
+#define __PHYSICAL_START	CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START
+#define __START_KERNEL		(__START_KERNEL_map + __PHYSICAL_START)
 #define __START_KERNEL_map	0xffffffff80000000
 #define __PAGE_OFFSET           0xffff810000000000
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */