diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 63d711001dab..061a72156208 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1746,8 +1746,9 @@ config ARM64_DEBUG_PRIORITY_MASKING
 endif
 
 config RELOCATABLE
-	bool
+	bool "Build a relocatable kernel image" if EXPERT
 	select ARCH_HAS_RELR
+	default y
 	help
 	  This builds the kernel as a Position Independent Executable (PIE),
 	  which retains all relocation metadata required to relocate the
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 3fd2c11c09fc..93b3844cf442 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	xen_early_init();
 	efi_init();
+
+	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_BOOT) && ((u64)_text % MIN_KIMG_ALIGN) != 0)
+	     pr_warn(FW_BUG "Kernel image misaligned at boot, please fix your bootloader!");
+
 	arm64_memblock_init();
 
 	paging_init();