diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/crt0_aarch64_efi.S b/arch/arm/lib/crt0_aarch64_efi.S
index 7f38465359..b4fc263adf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/crt0_aarch64_efi.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/crt0_aarch64_efi.S
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ coff_header:
 	.short	(IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE | \
 		 IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED | \
 		 IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED | \
+		 IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE | \
 		 IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED)
 optional_header:
 	.short	IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR64_MAGIC	/* PE32+ format */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/lib/crt0_riscv_efi.S b/arch/riscv/lib/crt0_riscv_efi.S
index a01e08a3c6..793eefdd88 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/lib/crt0_riscv_efi.S
+++ b/arch/riscv/lib/crt0_riscv_efi.S
@@ -16,12 +16,23 @@
 #define LOAD_LONG(reg, idx)	ld	reg, (idx*SIZE_LONG)(sp)
 #define PE_MACHINE	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_RISCV64
 #define PE_MAGIC    IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR64_MAGIC
+#define IMG_CHARACTERISTICS \
+	(IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED)
 #else
 #define SIZE_LONG	4
 #define SAVE_LONG(reg, idx)	sw	reg, (idx*SIZE_LONG)(sp)
 #define LOAD_LONG(reg, idx)	lw	reg, (idx*SIZE_LONG)(sp)
 #define PE_MACHINE	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_RISCV32
 #define PE_MAGIC    IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR32_MAGIC
+#define IMG_CHARACTERISTICS \
+	(IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED | \
+	 IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED)
 #endif
 
 
@@ -47,11 +58,7 @@ coff_header:
 	.long	0				/* PointerToSymbolTable */
 	.long	0				/* NumberOfSymbols */
 	.short	section_table - optional_header	/* SizeOfOptionalHeader */
-	/* Characteristics */
-	.short	(IMAGE_FILE_EXECUTABLE_IMAGE | \
-		 IMAGE_FILE_LINE_NUMS_STRIPPED | \
-		 IMAGE_FILE_LOCAL_SYMS_STRIPPED | \
-		 IMAGE_FILE_DEBUG_STRIPPED)
+	.short	IMG_CHARACTERISTICS		/* Characteristics */
 optional_header:
 	.short	PE_MAGIC			/* PE32(+) format */
 	.byte	0x02				/* MajorLinkerVersion */