diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c01afc9..19ac8f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ endif
 
 OBJS  = $(CPUDIR)/start.o
 ifeq ($(CPU),x86)
-OBJS += $(CPUDIR)/start16.o
-OBJS += $(CPUDIR)/resetvec.o
+RESET_OBJS-$(CONFIG_X86_NO_RESET_VECTOR) += $(CPUDIR)/start16.o
+RESET_OBJS-$(CONFIG_X86_NO_RESET_VECTOR) += $(CPUDIR)/resetvec.o
 endif
 ifeq ($(CPU),ppc4xx)
 OBJS += $(CPUDIR)/resetvec.o
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ ifeq ($(CPU),mpc85xx)
 OBJS += $(CPUDIR)/resetvec.o
 endif
 
-OBJS := $(addprefix $(obj),$(OBJS))
+OBJS := $(addprefix $(obj),$(OBJS) $(RESET_OBJS-))
 
 HAVE_VENDOR_COMMON_LIB = $(if $(wildcard board/$(VENDOR)/common/Makefile),y,n)
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 67ff03a..b9a3685 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3664,6 +3664,10 @@ Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
 		be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
 		conditions but may increase the binary size.
 
+- CONFIG_X86_NO_RESET_VECTOR
+		If defined, the x86 reset vector code is excluded. You will need
+		to do this when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
+
 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
index 7f1fc18..be27dd9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/Makefile
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/config.mk
 
 LIB	= $(obj)lib$(CPU).o
 
-START	= start.o start16.o resetvec.o
+START-y	= start.o
+RESET_OBJS-$(CONFIG_X86_NO_RESET_VECTOR) += resetvec.o start16.o
 COBJS	= interrupts.o cpu.o
 
 SRCS	:= $(START:.o=.S) $(SOBJS:.o=.S) $(COBJS:.o=.c)
 OBJS	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(SOBJS) $(COBJS))
-START	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(START))
+START	:= $(addprefix $(obj),$(START-y) $(RESET_OBJS-))
 
 all:	$(obj).depend $(START) $(LIB)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds
index a1ecefa..0c6f0e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	__bios_start = LOADADDR(.bios);
 	__bios_size = SIZEOF(.bios);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_X86_NO_RESET_VECTOR
+
 	/*
 	 * The following expressions place the 16-bit Real-Mode code and
 	 * Reset Vector at the end of the Flash ROM
@@ -95,4 +97,5 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = RESET_VEC_LOC;
 	.resetvec : AT (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE + (CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN - RESET_SEG_SIZE + RESET_VEC_LOC)) { KEEP(*(.resetvec)); }
+#endif
 }