diff --git a/base-hw/mk/spec-hw_rpi.mk b/base-hw/mk/spec-hw_rpi.mk
index 7c3550baf..6185fd0ca 100644
--- a/base-hw/mk/spec-hw_rpi.mk
+++ b/base-hw/mk/spec-hw_rpi.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 SPECS += hw platform_rpi
 
 # set address where to link the text segment at
-LD_TEXT_ADDR ?= 0x400000
+LD_TEXT_ADDR ?= 0x800000
 
 # include implied specs
 include $(call select_from_repositories,mk/spec-hw.mk)