diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 9f584cc..ae0166e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@
 		*(.kprobes.text)					\
 		VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__kprobes_text_end) = .;
 
+/* init and exit section handling */
+#define INIT_TEXT *(.init.text)
+#define INIT_DATA *(.init.data)
+#define EXIT_TEXT *(.exit.text)
+#define EXIT_DATA *(.exit.data)
+
+
 		/* DWARF debug sections.
 		Symbols in the DWARF debugging sections are relative to
 		the beginning of the section so we begin them at 0.  */