diff --git a/bootstrap/src/i586.ld b/bootstrap/src/i586.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bfb676b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap/src/i586.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+ENTRY(_start)
+OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-i386)
+
+SECTIONS {
+  . = 4096 + 4096; /* Reserved for the null page and the initfs header prepended by redox-initfs-ar */
+  __initfs_header = . - 4096;
+  . += SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+  . = ALIGN(4096);
+
+  .text : {
+    __text_start = .;
+    *(.text*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+    __text_end = .;
+  }
+  .rodata : {
+    __rodata_start = .;
+    *(.rodata*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+    __rodata_end = .;
+  }
+  .data : {
+    __data_start = .;
+    *(.data*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+    __data_end = .;
+
+    *(.tbss*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+    *(.tdata*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+
+    __bss_start = .;
+    *(.bss*)
+    . = ALIGN(4096);
+    __bss_end = .;
+  }
+
+  /DISCARD/ : {
+      *(.comment*)
+      *(.eh_frame*)
+      *(.gcc_except_table*)
+      *(.note*)
+      *(.rel.eh_frame*)
+  }
+}