--- binutils/bfd/elf32-mips.c~
+++ binutils/bfd/elf32-mips.c
@@ -1613,7 +1613,9 @@
 
 /* The SVR4 MIPS ABI says that this should be 0x10000, and Linux uses
    page sizes of up to that limit, so we need to respect it.  */
-#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x10000
+/*#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x10000*/
+/* Use 4K to shrink the elf header.  NOT for general use! */
+#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x1000
 #define elf32_bed			elf32_tradbed
 
 /* Include the target file again for this target.  */
--- binutils/bfd/elfn32-mips.c~
+++ binutils/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
@@ -2399,7 +2399,9 @@
 
 /* The SVR4 MIPS ABI says that this should be 0x10000, and Linux uses
    page sizes of up to that limit, so we need to respect it.  */
-#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x10000
+/*#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x10000*/
+/* Use 4K to shrink the elf header.  NOT for general use! */
+#define ELF_MAXPAGESIZE			0x1000
 #define elf32_bed			elf32_tradbed
 
 /* Include the target file again for this target.  */