diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds
index 40ecf78..793e51b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/u-boot.lds
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 	.data : {
+		/*
+		 * Sadly objcopy seems to ignore --section-alignment.
+		 * Put any embedded device tree first so it is aligned.
+		 */
+		*(.dts.data)
 		*(.data)
 	}
 
diff --git a/dts/Makefile b/dts/Makefile
index 5792afd..83547d4 100644
--- a/dts/Makefile
+++ b/dts/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ $(obj)dt.o: $(DT_BIN)
 	\
 	cd $(dir ${DT_BIN}) && \
 	$(OBJCOPY) -I binary -O $${oformat} -B $${oarch} \
-		$(notdir ${DT_BIN}) $@
+		--prefix-sections=.dts $(notdir ${DT_BIN}) $@
 	rm $(DT_BIN)
 
 OBJS-$(CONFIG_OF_EMBED)	:= dt.o