diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/ChangeLog
index f469cc87ee..69dc3d6607 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-12-12	Gedare Bloom <gedare@rtems.org>
+
+	PR bsps/1988
+	* shared/startup/linkcmds: Relocate .init and .fini sections closer to
+	.text.
+
 2011-11-06	Gedare Bloom <gedare@rtems.org>
 
 	* shared/console/conscfg.c: Whitespace and style fixes.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/shared/startup/linkcmds b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/shared/startup/linkcmds
index 0cf83ff30f..0a05be1e2e 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/shared/startup/linkcmds
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc64/shared/startup/linkcmds
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ SECTIONS
     *(BOOTSTRAP);
     *(.text*)
 
+    KEEP (*(.init))
+    KEEP (*(.fini))
+
     /*
      * Special FreeBSD sysctl sections.
      */
@@ -142,17 +145,12 @@ SECTIONS
     *(.gnu.linkonce.r*)
     _erodata = ALIGN( 0x10 ) ;
 
-    etext = ALIGN(2);
-    _etext = . ;
-
-    *(.init)
-    PROVIDE (_fini = .);
-    KEEP (*(.fini))
     *(.lit)
     *(.shdata)
 
      . = ALIGN (16);
     _endtext = . ;
+    _etext = . ;
   } > ram 
   
   .data	  : AT (ADDR (.text) + SIZEOF (.text))