diff --git a/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld b/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld
index 61af60f..222edae 100644
--- a/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld
+++ b/libs/libvmbase/sections.ld
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@
 	/* Everything beyond this point will not be included in the binary. */
 	bin_end = data_lma + SIZEOF(.data);
 
+	/* Data may be appended at load time to our binary. */
+	.image_footer (NOLOAD) : ALIGN(4096) {
+		image_footer_begin = .;
+		. = ALIGN(LENGTH(image));
+		image_footer_end = .;
+	} >image
+
 	/* The entry point code assumes that .bss is 16-byte aligned. */
 	.bss : ALIGN(16)  {
 		bss_begin = .;
diff --git a/libs/libvmbase/src/layout.rs b/libs/libvmbase/src/layout.rs
index 2f710ef..a8f7827 100644
--- a/libs/libvmbase/src/layout.rs
+++ b/libs/libvmbase/src/layout.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
     linker_region!(rodata_begin, rodata_end)
 }
 
+/// Region which may contain a footer appended to the binary at load time.
+pub fn image_footer_range() -> Range<VirtualAddress> {
+    linker_region!(image_footer_begin, image_footer_end)
+}
+
 /// Initialised writable data.
 pub fn data_range() -> Range<VirtualAddress> {
     linker_region!(data_begin, data_end)
diff --git a/libs/libvmbase/src/linker.rs b/libs/libvmbase/src/linker.rs
index 40afce5..8654cf9 100644
--- a/libs/libvmbase/src/linker.rs
+++ b/libs/libvmbase/src/linker.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     pub static dtb_end: u8;
     /// First byte of the region available for the exception handler stack.
     pub static eh_stack_limit: u8;
+    /// First byte of the `.image_footer` section.
+    pub static image_footer_begin: u8;
+    /// First byte beyond the `.image_footer` section.
+    pub static image_footer_end: u8;
     /// First byte past the region available for the exception handler stack.
     pub static init_eh_stack_pointer: u8;
     /// First byte past the region available for the stack.