diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
index 1f8eed8..f20ce74 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/start.c
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
 		"1: bne 1b\n"				/* irq (interrupt) */
 		"1: bne 1b\n"				/* fiq (fast interrupt) */
 #endif
+		".word 0x65726162\n"			/* 'bare' */
+		".word 0x00786f62\n"			/* 'box' */
+		".word _text\n"				/* text base. If copied there,
+							 * barebox can skip relocation
+							 */
+		".word _barebox_image_size\n"		/* image size to copy */
 	);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/barebox.lds.S b/arch/arm/lib/barebox.lds.S
index 7683f73..81a9123 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/barebox.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/barebox.lds.S
@@ -93,4 +93,5 @@
 	.bss : { *(.bss*) }
 	__bss_stop = .;
 	_end = .;
+	_barebox_image_size = __bss_start - _text;
 }
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/sections.h b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
index c5d60a9..1f48fb8 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/sections.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/sections.h
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
 extern char _text[], _stext[], _etext[];
 extern char __bss_start[], __bss_stop[];
 extern char _end[];
+extern void *_barebox_image_size;
+
+#define barebox_image_size	(unsigned int)&_barebox_image_size
 
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_SECTIONS_H_ */