diff --git a/sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot/boot.h b/sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot/boot.h
index b68f0a1f609b..2e3b6aae9f01 100644
--- a/sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot/boot.h
+++ b/sys/arch/macppc/stand/ofwboot/boot.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 typedef void (*boot_entry_t)(int, int, int (*)(void *), void *, u_int);
 
-void main(void);
+void main(void) __section(".text");
 
 #define MAXBOOTPATHLEN	256
 extern char bootdev[MAXBOOTPATHLEN];