diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S
index ad7f966f0e..d20e5e94e4 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/xen.lds.S
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <xen/cache.h>
 #include <xen/lib.h>
+#include <xen/xen.lds.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #undef ENTRY
 #undef ALIGN
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
index 6926e88e54..1fcd8ab7c5 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/xen.lds.S
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <xen/cache.h>
 #include <xen/lib.h>
+#include <xen/xen.lds.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #undef ENTRY
 #undef ALIGN
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h b/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd292fa7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xen/include/xen/xen.lds.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef __XEN_LDS_H__
+#define __XEN_LDS_H__
+
+/*
+ * Common macros to be used in architecture specific linker scripts.
+ */
+
+#endif /* __XEN_LDS_H__ */