diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
index 9c018ea48a..8aef152262 100644
--- a/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
+++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ $(call set-vpath, $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom)
 
 .PHONY : all clean build-all
 
+# Compiling with no optimization creates ROMs that are too large
+ifeq ($(filter -O%, $(CFLAGS)),)
+override CFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+ifeq ($(filter -O%, $(CFLAGS)),-O0)
+override CFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+
 # Drop -fstack-protector and the like
 QEMU_CFLAGS := $(filter -W%, $(QEMU_CFLAGS)) $(CFLAGS_NOPIE) -ffreestanding
 QEMU_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, $(QEMU_CFLAGS), -fno-stack-protector)
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ endif
 endif
 
 %.img: %.o
-	$(call quiet-command,$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_NOPIE) -m $(LD_EMULATION) -Ttext 0 -e _start -s -o $@ $<,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+	$(call quiet-command,$(LD) $(LDFLAGS_NOPIE) -m $(LD_EMULATION) -T $(SRC_PATH)/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds -s -o $@ $<,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
 
 %.raw: %.img
 	$(call quiet-command,$(OBJCOPY) -O binary -j .text $< $@,"  Building $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
diff --git a/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds b/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cee2eda195
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pc-bios/optionrom/flat.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+SECTIONS
+{
+  . = 0;
+  .text : { *(.text) *(.text.$) }
+}
+ENTRY(_start)