diff --git a/s390x/Makefile b/s390x/Makefile
index 52a9d821..97a61611 100644
--- a/s390x/Makefile
+++ b/s390x/Makefile
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.o: $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.c $(asm-offsets)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -nostdlib -o $@ $<
 
 $(SNIPPET_DIR)/asm/%.gbin: $(SNIPPET_DIR)/asm/%.o
-	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j ".rodata" -j ".text" -j ".data" -j ".bss" --set-section-flags .bss=alloc,load,contents $(patsubst %.gbin,%.o,$@) $@
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -T $(SRCDIR)/s390x/snippets/asm/flat.lds $<
+	$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j ".rodata" -j ".lowcore" -j ".text" -j ".data" -j ".bss" --set-section-flags .bss=alloc,load,contents $@ $@
 	truncate -s '%4096' $@
 
 $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.gbin: $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.o $(snippet_lib) $(FLATLIBS)
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.gbin: $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.o $(snippet_lib) $(FLATLIBS)
 	truncate -s '%4096' $@
 
 $(SNIPPET_DIR)/asm/%.hdr: $(SNIPPET_DIR)/asm/%.gbin $(HOST_KEY_DOCUMENT)
-	$(GEN_SE_HEADER) -k $(HOST_KEY_DOCUMENT) -c $<,0x4000,0x00000000000000420000000000000000 --psw-addr 0x4000 -o $@
+	$(GEN_SE_HEADER) -k $(HOST_KEY_DOCUMENT) -c $<,0x0,0x00000000000000420000000000000000 --psw-addr 0x4000 -o $@
 
 $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.hdr: $(SNIPPET_DIR)/c/%.gbin $(HOST_KEY_DOCUMENT)
 	$(GEN_SE_HEADER) -k $(HOST_KEY_DOCUMENT) -c $<,0x0,0x00000000000000420000000000000000 --psw-addr 0x4000 -o $@
diff --git a/lib/s390x/snippet.h b/lib/s390x/snippet.h
index b17b2a4c..57045994 100644
--- a/lib/s390x/snippet.h
+++ b/lib/s390x/snippet.h
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 
 #define SNIPPET_PV_TWEAK0	0x42UL
 #define SNIPPET_PV_TWEAK1	0UL
-#define SNIPPET_OFF_C		0
-#define SNIPPET_OFF_ASM		0x4000
+#define SNIPPET_UNPACK_OFF	0
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/s390x/snippets/asm/flat.lds b/s390x/snippets/asm/flat.lds
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab0031ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/s390x/snippets/asm/flat.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+SECTIONS
+{
+	.lowcore : {
+		/*
+		 * Initial short psw for disk boot, with 31 bit addressing for
+		 * non z/Arch environment compatibility and the instruction
+		 * address 0x4000.
+		 */
+		. = 0;
+		 LONG(0x00080000)
+		 LONG(0x80004000)
+		 /* Restart new PSW for booting via PSW restart. */
+		 . = 0x1a0;
+		 QUAD(0x0000000180000000)
+		 QUAD(0x0000000000004000)
+		 /*
+		  * Invalid PGM new PSW so we hopefully get a code 8
+		  * intercept on a PGM
+		  */
+		 . = 0x1d0;
+		 QUAD(0x0008000000000000)
+		 QUAD(0x0000000000000001)
+	}
+	. = 0x4000;
+	/* Start text 0x4000 */
+	.text : {
+		*(.text)
+		*(.text.*)
+	}
+	. = ALIGN(16);
+	etext = .;
+	/* End text */
+	/* Start data */
+	.data : {
+		*(.data)
+		*(.data.rel*)
+	}
+	. = ALIGN(16);
+	.rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*) }
+	/* End data */
+}
diff --git a/s390x/mvpg-sie.c b/s390x/mvpg-sie.c
index 46a2edb6..99f4859b 100644
--- a/s390x/mvpg-sie.c
+++ b/s390x/mvpg-sie.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void setup_guest(void)
 
 	snippet_setup_guest(&vm, false);
 	snippet_init(&vm, SNIPPET_NAME_START(c, mvpg_snippet),
-		     SNIPPET_LEN(c, mvpg_snippet), SNIPPET_OFF_C);
+		     SNIPPET_LEN(c, mvpg_snippet), SNIPPET_UNPACK_OFF);
 
 	/* Enable MVPG interpretation as we want to test KVM and not ourselves */
 	vm.sblk->eca = ECA_MVPGI;
diff --git a/s390x/pv-diags.c b/s390x/pv-diags.c
index 9ced68c7..5165937a 100644
--- a/s390x/pv-diags.c
+++ b/s390x/pv-diags.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static void test_diag_500(void)
 
 	snippet_pv_init(&vm, SNIPPET_NAME_START(asm, snippet_pv_diag_500),
 			SNIPPET_HDR_START(asm, snippet_pv_diag_500),
-			size_gbin, size_hdr, SNIPPET_OFF_ASM);
+			size_gbin, size_hdr, SNIPPET_UNPACK_OFF);
 
 	sie(&vm);
 	report(vm.sblk->icptcode == ICPT_PV_INSTR && vm.sblk->ipa == 0x8302 &&
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void test_diag_288(void)
 
 	snippet_pv_init(&vm, SNIPPET_NAME_START(asm, snippet_pv_diag_288),
 			SNIPPET_HDR_START(asm, snippet_pv_diag_288),
-			size_gbin, size_hdr, SNIPPET_OFF_ASM);
+			size_gbin, size_hdr, SNIPPET_UNPACK_OFF);
 
 	sie(&vm);
 	report(vm.sblk->icptcode == ICPT_PV_INSTR && vm.sblk->ipa == 0x8302 &&
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void test_diag_yield(void)
 
 	snippet_pv_init(&vm, SNIPPET_NAME_START(asm, snippet_pv_diag_yield),
 			SNIPPET_HDR_START(asm, snippet_pv_diag_yield),
-			size_gbin, size_hdr, SNIPPET_OFF_ASM);
+			size_gbin, size_hdr, SNIPPET_UNPACK_OFF);
 
 	/* 0x44 */
 	report_prefix_push("0x44");
