diff --git a/linker/arch/x86/begin.S b/linker/arch/x86/begin.S
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+.text
+.align 4
+.type _start, @function
+.globl _start
+
+_start:
+        /* save the elfdata ptr to %eax, AND push it onto the stack */
+        mov    %esp, %eax
+        pushl  %esp
+
+        pushl  %eax
+        call   __linker_init
+
+        /* linker init returns (%eax) the _entry address in the main image */
+        /* entry point expects sp to point to elfdata */
+        popl   %esp
+        jmp    *%eax
+
+.section .ctors, "wa"
+.globl __CTOR_LIST__
+
+__CTOR_LIST__:
+        .long -1