diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
index dff597f30c..b6567c4127 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -123,8 +123,13 @@ ifneq ($(efi-y),)
 # Check if the compiler supports the MS ABI.
 export XEN_BUILD_EFI := $(shell $(CC) $(XEN_CFLAGS) -c efi/check.c -o efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && echo y)
 # Check if the linker supports PE.
-XEN_BUILD_PE := $(if $(XEN_BUILD_EFI),$(shell $(LD) -mi386pep --subsystem=10 -S -o efi/check.efi efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && echo y))
+EFI_LDFLAGS = $(patsubst -m%,-mi386pep,$(XEN_LDFLAGS)) --subsystem=10 --strip-debug
+XEN_BUILD_PE := $(if $(XEN_BUILD_EFI),$(shell $(LD) $(EFI_LDFLAGS) -o efi/check.efi efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && echo y))
 CFLAGS-$(XEN_BUILD_EFI) += -DXEN_BUILD_EFI
+# Check if the linker produces fixups in PE by default (we need to disable it doing so for now).
+XEN_NO_PE_FIXUPS := $(if $(XEN_BUILD_EFI), \
+                         $(shell $(LD) $(EFI_LDFLAGS) --disable-reloc-section -o efi/check.efi efi/check.o 2>/dev/null && \
+                                 echo --disable-reloc-section))
 endif
 
 ALL_OBJS := $(BASEDIR)/arch/x86/boot/built_in.o $(BASEDIR)/arch/x86/efi/built_in.o $(ALL_OBJS)
@@ -177,8 +182,7 @@ note.o: $(TARGET)-syms
 		--rename-section=.data=.note.gnu.build-id -S $@.bin $@
 	rm -f $@.bin
 
-EFI_LDFLAGS = $(patsubst -m%,-mi386pep,$(XEN_LDFLAGS)) --subsystem=10
-EFI_LDFLAGS += --image-base=$(1) --stack=0,0 --heap=0,0 --strip-debug
+EFI_LDFLAGS += --image-base=$(1) --stack=0,0 --heap=0,0 $(XEN_NO_PE_FIXUPS)
 EFI_LDFLAGS += --section-alignment=0x200000 --file-alignment=0x20
 EFI_LDFLAGS += --major-image-version=$(XEN_VERSION)
 EFI_LDFLAGS += --minor-image-version=$(XEN_SUBVERSION)