https://bugs.gentoo.org/912343
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ all: memtest.bin memtest
 # symbols and then link it dynamically so I have full
 # relocation information
 memtest_shared: $(OBJS) memtest_shared.lds Makefile
-	$(LD) --warn-constructors --warn-common -static -T memtest_shared.lds -m elf_i386 \
+	$(LD) --warn-constructors --warn-common -static -z notext --no-warn-rwx-segments -T memtest_shared.lds -m elf_i386 \
 	-o $@ $(OBJS) && \
-	$(LD) -shared -Bsymbolic -T memtest_shared.lds -o $@ $(OBJS)
+	$(LD) -shared -Bsymbolic -z notext --no-warn-rwx-segments -T memtest_shared.lds -o $@ $(OBJS)
 
 memtest_shared.bin: memtest_shared
 	objcopy -O binary $< memtest_shared.bin
 
 memtest: memtest_shared.bin memtest.lds
-	$(LD) -s -T memtest.lds -b binary memtest_shared.bin -o $@
+	$(LD) -s -z notext --no-warn-rwx-segments -T memtest.lds -b binary memtest_shared.bin -o $@
 
 head.s: head.S config.h defs.h test.h
 	$(CC) -E -traditional $< -o $@
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ setup.s: setup.S config.h defs.h
 	$(CC) -E -traditional $< -o $@
 
 memtest.bin: memtest_shared.bin bootsect.o setup.o memtest.bin.lds
-	$(LD) -T memtest.bin.lds bootsect.o setup.o -b binary \
+	$(LD) -z notext --no-warn-rwx-segments -T memtest.bin.lds bootsect.o setup.o -b binary \
 	memtest_shared.bin -o memtest.bin
 
 reloc.o: reloc.c
