diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b28b2d3..eff2a80 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *~
 *.o
 src/upiwin
+src/splash.bin
 buildutils/mksplash
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 30a6305..381f052 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ upiwin: $(OBJS)
 	gcc -c $(CFLAGS) $<
 
 splash.o: splash.bin
-	ld -r -b binary --rename-section .data=.rodata,alloc,load,readonly,data,contents -o splash.o splash.bin
+	objcopy -I binary -O elf32-littlearm -B arm --rename-section .data=.rodata,alloc,load,readonly,data,contents splash.bin splash.o
 
 splash.bin: splash.png ../buildutils/mksplash
 	../buildutils/mksplash splash.png splash.bin
 
 clean:
-	rm -f upiwin *.o *~
+	rm -f upiwin *.o splash.bin *~
diff --git a/src/fbinit.c b/src/fbinit.c
index 79a2cde..c77706d 100644
--- a/src/fbinit.c
+++ b/src/fbinit.c
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 #include "scode.h"
 
 /* references to splash screen data in splash.o/splash.bin */
-extern uint8_t _binary_splash_start[];
-extern uint8_t _binary_splash_end;
-extern uint8_t _binary_splash_size;
+extern uint8_t _binary_splash_bin_start[];
+extern uint8_t _binary_splash_bin_end;
+extern uint8_t _binary_splash_bin_size;
 
 static int fb_fd = -1;