diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6da42157b5d6da8d9d0378d8f7a3ac4e1982eed4..0538821b5cfe31696193efac42061b2f68ecd0bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -281,6 +281,11 @@ os_x_before	= $(shell if [ $(DARWIN_MAJOR_VERSION) -le $(1) -a \
 HOSTCC       = $(call os_x_before, 10, 5, "cc", "gcc")
 HOSTCFLAGS  += $(call os_x_before, 10, 4, "-traditional-cpp")
 HOSTLDFLAGS += $(call os_x_before, 10, 5, "-multiply_defined suppress")
+
+# since Lion (10.7) ASLR is on by default, but we use linker generated lists
+# in some host tools which is a problem then ... so disable ASLR for these
+# tools
+HOSTLDFLAGS += $(call os_x_before, 10, 7, "", "-Xlinker -no_pie")
 endif
 
 # Decide whether to build built-in, modular, or both.
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index e4b23eb5b814c12a3cca4ecb5da978d682ebd77b..88770b0611f6bd8b94b358d6256abb8b8a0b788b 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ HOSTLOADLIBES_dumpimage := $(HOSTLOADLIBES_mkimage)
 HOSTLOADLIBES_fit_info := $(HOSTLOADLIBES_mkimage)
 HOSTLOADLIBES_fit_check_sign := $(HOSTLOADLIBES_mkimage)
 
-HOSTLDFLAGS += -T $(srctree)/tools/imagetool.lds
-
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS5250) += mkexynosspl
 hostprogs-$(CONFIG_EXYNOS5420) += mkexynosspl
 HOSTCFLAGS_mkexynosspl.o := -pedantic
diff --git a/tools/imagetool.c b/tools/imagetool.c
index 148e4662b7b366e2b2400639aa733b59e747865f..4b0b73db5277a07629bc306156b37f12ae440d82 100644
--- a/tools/imagetool.c
+++ b/tools/imagetool.c
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@
 
 struct image_type_params *imagetool_get_type(int type)
 {
-	struct image_type_params *curr;
-	struct image_type_params *start = ll_entry_start(
-			struct image_type_params, image_type);
-	struct image_type_params *end = ll_entry_end(
-			struct image_type_params, image_type);
+	struct image_type_params **curr;
+	INIT_SECTION(image_type);
+
+	struct image_type_params **start = __start_image_type;
+	struct image_type_params **end = __stop_image_type;
 
 	for (curr = start; curr != end; curr++) {
-		if (curr->check_image_type) {
-			if (!curr->check_image_type(type))
-				return curr;
+		if ((*curr)->check_image_type) {
+			if (!(*curr)->check_image_type(type))
+				return *curr;
 		}
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -34,16 +34,15 @@ int imagetool_verify_print_header(
 	struct image_tool_params *params)
 {
 	int retval = -1;
-	struct image_type_params *curr;
+	struct image_type_params **curr;
+	INIT_SECTION(image_type);
 
-	struct image_type_params *start = ll_entry_start(
-			struct image_type_params, image_type);
-	struct image_type_params *end = ll_entry_end(
-			struct image_type_params, image_type);
+	struct image_type_params **start = __start_image_type;
+	struct image_type_params **end = __stop_image_type;
 
 	for (curr = start; curr != end; curr++) {
-		if (curr->verify_header) {
-			retval = curr->verify_header((unsigned char *)ptr,
+		if ((*curr)->verify_header) {
+			retval = (*curr)->verify_header((unsigned char *)ptr,
 						     sbuf->st_size, params);
 
 			if (retval == 0) {
@@ -51,12 +50,12 @@ int imagetool_verify_print_header(
 				 * Print the image information  if verify is
 				 * successful
 				 */
-				if (curr->print_header) {
-					curr->print_header(ptr);
+				if ((*curr)->print_header) {
+					(*curr)->print_header(ptr);
 				} else {
 					fprintf(stderr,
 						"%s: print_header undefined for %s\n",
-						params->cmdname, curr->name);
+						params->cmdname, (*curr)->name);
 				}
 				break;
 			}
diff --git a/tools/imagetool.h b/tools/imagetool.h
index f35dec71c7190a4b82e817315e998c561f5e064a..3e15b4e22b9a0086c57d3bb6c61a2abe35838a31 100644
--- a/tools/imagetool.h
+++ b/tools/imagetool.h
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <u-boot/sha1.h>
 
-/* define __KERNEL__ in order to get the definitions
- * required by the linker list. This is probably not
- * the best way to do this */
-#ifndef __KERNEL__
-#define __KERNEL__
-#include <linker_lists.h>
-#undef __KERNEL__
-#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
-
 #include "fdt_host.h"
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x)		(sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
@@ -194,6 +185,46 @@ int imagetool_save_subimage(
 
 void pbl_load_uboot(int fd, struct image_tool_params *mparams);
 
+#define ___cat(a, b) a ## b
+#define __cat(a, b) ___cat(a, b)
+
+/* we need some special handling for this host tool running eventually on
+ * Darwin. The Mach-O section handling is a bit different than ELF section
+ * handling. The differnces in detail are:
+ *  a) we have segments which have sections
+ *  b) we need a API call to get the respective section symbols */
+#if defined(__MACH__)
+#include <mach-o/getsect.h>
+
+#define INIT_SECTION(name)  do {					\
+		unsigned long name ## _len;				\
+		char *__cat(pstart_, name) = getsectdata("__TEXT",	\
+			#name, &__cat(name, _len));			\
+		char *__cat(pstop_, name) = __cat(pstart_, name) +	\
+			__cat(name, _len);				\
+		__cat(__start_, name) = (void *)__cat(pstart_, name);	\
+		__cat(__stop_, name) = (void *)__cat(pstop_, name);	\
+	} while (0)
+#define SECTION(name)   __attribute__((section("__TEXT, " #name)))
+
+struct image_type_params **__start_image_type, **__stop_image_type;
+#else
+#define INIT_SECTION(name) /* no-op for ELF */
+#define SECTION(name)   __attribute__((section(#name)))
+
+/* We construct a table of pointers in an ELF section (pointers generally
+ * go unpadded by gcc).  ld creates boundary syms for us. */
+extern struct image_type_params *__start_image_type[], *__stop_image_type[];
+#endif /* __MACH__ */
+
+#if !defined(__used)
+# if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 3
+#  define __used			__attribute__((__unused__))
+# else
+#  define __used			__attribute__((__used__))
+# endif
+#endif
+
 #define U_BOOT_IMAGE_TYPE( \
 		_id, \
 		_name, \
@@ -208,7 +239,8 @@ void pbl_load_uboot(int fd, struct image_tool_params *mparams);
 		_fflag_handle, \
 		_vrec_header \
 	) \
-	ll_entry_declare(struct image_type_params, _id, image_type) = { \
+	static struct image_type_params __cat(image_type_, _id) = \
+	{ \
 		.name = _name, \
 		.header_size = _header_size, \
 		.hdr = _header, \
@@ -220,6 +252,8 @@ void pbl_load_uboot(int fd, struct image_tool_params *mparams);
 		.check_image_type = _check_image_type, \
 		.fflag_handle = _fflag_handle, \
 		.vrec_header = _vrec_header \
-	}
+	}; \
+	static struct image_type_params *SECTION(image_type) __used \
+		__cat(image_type_ptr_, _id) = &__cat(image_type_, _id)
 
 #endif /* _IMAGETOOL_H_ */
diff --git a/tools/imagetool.lds b/tools/imagetool.lds
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e92b4ac66c811866148540b6c424026ef7abbbc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/tools/imagetool.lds
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
- * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
- */
-
-SECTIONS
-{
-
-	. = ALIGN(4);
-	.u_boot_list : {
-		KEEP(*(SORT(.u_boot_list*)));
-	}
-
-	__u_boot_sandbox_option_start = .;
-	_u_boot_sandbox_getopt : { *(.u_boot_sandbox_getopt) }
-	__u_boot_sandbox_option_end = .;
-
-	__bss_start = .;
-}
-
-INSERT BEFORE .data;