diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 39e937309fc2..2dc722fb31b4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -583,14 +583,23 @@ config RELOCATABLE
 	help
 	  This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
 	  so it can be loaded at an arbitrary address.
-	  The kernel is linked as a position-independent executable (PIE)
-	  and contains dynamic relocations which are processed early in the
-	  bootup process.
 	  The relocations make the kernel image about 15% larger (compressed
 	  10%), but are discarded at runtime.
 	  Note: this option exists only for documentation purposes, please do
 	  not remove it.
 
+config PIE_BUILD
+	def_bool CC_IS_CLANG && !$(cc-option,-munaligned-symbols)
+	help
+	  If the compiler is unable to generate code that can manage unaligned
+	  symbols, the kernel is linked as a position-independent executable
+	  (PIE) and includes dynamic relocations that are processed early
+	  during bootup.
+
+	  For kpatch functionality, it is recommended to build the kernel
+	  without the PIE_BUILD option. PIE_BUILD is only enabled when the
+	  compiler lacks proper support for handling unaligned symbols.
+
 config RANDOMIZE_BASE
 	bool "Randomize the address of the kernel image (KASLR)"
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index 994f9b3d575f..2a58e1864931 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
 KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= -m64
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -m64
+ifdef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fPIE
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:= -pie -z notext
+else
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-munaligned-symbols,)
+LDFLAGS_vmlinux	:= --emit-relocs --discard-none
+extra_tools	:= relocs
+endif
 aflags_dwarf	:= -Wa,-gdwarf-2
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR := $(CLANG_FLAGS) -m64 -D__ASSEMBLY__
 ifndef CONFIG_AS_IS_LLVM
@@ -143,7 +149,7 @@ archheaders:
 
 archprepare:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(syscalls) kapi
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(tools) kapi
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(tools) kapi $(extra_tools)
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 # We need to generate vdso-offsets.h before compiling certain files in kernel/.
 # In order to do that, we should use the archprepare target, but we can't since
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/.gitignore b/arch/s390/boot/.gitignore
index f56591bc0897..f5ef099e2fd3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/.gitignore
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 image
 bzImage
+relocs.S
 section_cmp.*
 vmlinux
 vmlinux.lds
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
index d40135efdec4..aecafabc2054 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ CFLAGS_sclp_early_core.o += -I$(srctree)/drivers/s390/char
 
 obj-y	:= head.o als.o startup.o physmem_info.o ipl_parm.o ipl_report.o vmem.o
 obj-y	+= string.o ebcdic.o sclp_early_core.o mem.o ipl_vmparm.o cmdline.o
-obj-y	+= version.o pgm_check_info.o ctype.o ipl_data.o machine_kexec_reloc.o
+obj-y	+= version.o pgm_check_info.o ctype.o ipl_data.o
+obj-y	+= $(if $(CONFIG_PIE_BUILD),machine_kexec_reloc.o,relocs.o)
 obj-$(findstring y, $(CONFIG_PROTECTED_VIRTUALIZATION_GUEST) $(CONFIG_PGSTE))	+= uv.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE)	+= kaslr.o
 obj-y	+= $(if $(CONFIG_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED),,decompressor.o) info.o
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ targets	:= bzImage section_cmp.boot.data section_cmp.boot.preserved.data $(obj-y
 targets	+= vmlinux.lds vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2
 targets += vmlinux.bin.xz vmlinux.bin.lzma vmlinux.bin.lzo vmlinux.bin.lz4
 targets += vmlinux.bin.zst info.bin syms.bin vmlinux.syms $(obj-all)
+ifndef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
+targets += relocs.S
+endif
 
 OBJECTS := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-y))
 OBJECTS_ALL := $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(obj-all))
@@ -106,6 +110,14 @@ OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmlinux.bin := -O binary --remove-section=.comment --remove-section
 $(obj)/vmlinux.bin: vmlinux FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
+ifndef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
+CMD_RELOCS=arch/s390/tools/relocs
+quiet_cmd_relocs = RELOCS $@
+	cmd_relocs = $(CMD_RELOCS) $< > $@
+$(obj)/relocs.S: vmlinux FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,relocs)
+endif
+
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP)  := .gz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2) := .bz2
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4)  := .lz4
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/boot.h b/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
index 222c6886acf6..8943d5be7ca2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
@@ -25,9 +25,14 @@ struct vmlinux_info {
 	unsigned long bootdata_size;
 	unsigned long bootdata_preserved_off;
 	unsigned long bootdata_preserved_size;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
 	unsigned long dynsym_start;
 	unsigned long rela_dyn_start;
 	unsigned long rela_dyn_end;
+#else
+	unsigned long got_off;
+	unsigned long got_size;
+#endif
 	unsigned long amode31_size;
 	unsigned long init_mm_off;
 	unsigned long swapper_pg_dir_off;
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ extern unsigned long vmalloc_size;
 extern int vmalloc_size_set;
 extern char __boot_data_start[], __boot_data_end[];
 extern char __boot_data_preserved_start[], __boot_data_preserved_end[];
+extern int __vmlinux_relocs_64_start[], __vmlinux_relocs_64_end[];
 extern char _decompressor_syms_start[], _decompressor_syms_end[];
 extern char _stack_start[], _stack_end[];
 extern char _end[], _decompressor_end[];
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/startup.c b/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
index 9cc76e631759..cb0d89801c43 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ static void copy_bootdata(void)
 	memcpy((void *)vmlinux.bootdata_preserved_off, __boot_data_preserved_start, vmlinux.bootdata_preserved_size);
 }
 
-static void handle_relocs(unsigned long offset)
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
+static void kaslr_adjust_relocs(unsigned long min_addr, unsigned long offset)
 {
 	Elf64_Rela *rela_start, *rela_end, *rela;
 	int r_type, r_sym, rc;
@@ -172,6 +173,62 @@ static void handle_relocs(unsigned long offset)
 	}
 }
 
+static void kaslr_adjust_got(unsigned long offset) {}
+static void rescue_relocs(void) {}
+static void free_relocs(void) {}
+#else
+int *vmlinux_relocs_64_start;
+int *vmlinux_relocs_64_end;
+
+static void rescue_relocs(void)
+{
+	unsigned long size, nrelocs;
+
+	nrelocs = __vmlinux_relocs_64_end - __vmlinux_relocs_64_start;
+	size = nrelocs * sizeof(uint32_t);
+	vmlinux_relocs_64_start = (void *)physmem_alloc_top_down(RR_RELOC, size, 0);
+	memmove(vmlinux_relocs_64_start, (void *)__vmlinux_relocs_64_start, size);
+	vmlinux_relocs_64_end = vmlinux_relocs_64_start + nrelocs;
+}
+
+static void free_relocs(void)
+{
+	physmem_free(RR_RELOC);
+}
+
+static void kaslr_adjust_relocs(unsigned long min_addr, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	int *reloc;
+	unsigned long max_addr = min_addr + vmlinux.image_size;
+	long loc;
+
+	/* Adjust R_390_64 relocations */
+	for (reloc = vmlinux_relocs_64_start;
+		reloc < vmlinux_relocs_64_end && *reloc;
+		reloc++) {
+		loc = (long)*reloc + offset;
+		if (loc < min_addr || loc > max_addr)
+			error("64-bit relocation outside of kernel!\n");
+		*(u64 *)loc += offset;
+	}
+}
+
+static void kaslr_adjust_got(unsigned long offset)
+{
+	u64 *entry;
+
+	/*
+	 * Even without -fPIE, Clang still uses a global offset table for some
+	 * reason.  Adjust the GOT entries.
+	 */
+	for (entry = (u64 *)vmlinux.got_off;
+	     entry < (u64 *)(vmlinux.got_off + vmlinux.got_size);
+	     entry++) {
+		*entry += offset;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Merge information from several sources into a single ident_map_size value.
  * "ident_map_size" represents the upper limit of physical memory we may ever
@@ -299,14 +356,18 @@ static void setup_vmalloc_size(void)
 	vmalloc_size = max(size, vmalloc_size);
 }
 
-static void offset_vmlinux_info(unsigned long offset)
+static void kaslr_adjust_vmlinux_info(unsigned long offset)
 {
 	*(unsigned long *)(&vmlinux.entry) += offset;
 	vmlinux.bootdata_off += offset;
 	vmlinux.bootdata_preserved_off += offset;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
 	vmlinux.rela_dyn_start += offset;
 	vmlinux.rela_dyn_end += offset;
 	vmlinux.dynsym_start += offset;
+#else
+	vmlinux.got_off += offset;
+#endif
 	vmlinux.init_mm_off += offset;
 	vmlinux.swapper_pg_dir_off += offset;
 	vmlinux.invalid_pg_dir_off += offset;
@@ -361,6 +422,7 @@ void startup_kernel(void)
 	detect_physmem_online_ranges(max_physmem_end);
 	save_ipl_cert_comp_list();
 	rescue_initrd(safe_addr, ident_map_size);
+	rescue_relocs();
 
 	if (kaslr_enabled()) {
 		vmlinux_lma = randomize_within_range(vmlinux.image_size + vmlinux.bss_size,
@@ -368,7 +430,7 @@ void startup_kernel(void)
 						     ident_map_size);
 		if (vmlinux_lma) {
 			__kaslr_offset = vmlinux_lma - vmlinux.default_lma;
-			offset_vmlinux_info(__kaslr_offset);
+			kaslr_adjust_vmlinux_info(__kaslr_offset);
 		}
 	}
 	vmlinux_lma = vmlinux_lma ?: vmlinux.default_lma;
@@ -393,18 +455,20 @@ void startup_kernel(void)
 	/*
 	 * The order of the following operations is important:
 	 *
-	 * - handle_relocs() must follow clear_bss_section() to establish static
+	 * - kaslr_adjust_relocs() must follow clear_bss_section() to establish static
 	 *   memory references to data in .bss to be used by setup_vmem()
 	 *   (i.e init_mm.pgd)
 	 *
-	 * - setup_vmem() must follow handle_relocs() to be able using
+	 * - setup_vmem() must follow kaslr_adjust_relocs() to be able using
 	 *   static memory references to data in .bss (i.e init_mm.pgd)
 	 *
-	 * - copy_bootdata() must follow setup_vmem() to propagate changes to
-	 *   bootdata made by setup_vmem()
+	 * - copy_bootdata() must follow setup_vmem() to propagate changes
+	 *   to bootdata made by setup_vmem()
 	 */
 	clear_bss_section(vmlinux_lma);
-	handle_relocs(__kaslr_offset);
+	kaslr_adjust_relocs(vmlinux_lma, __kaslr_offset);
+	kaslr_adjust_got(__kaslr_offset);
+	free_relocs();
 	setup_vmem(asce_limit);
 	copy_bootdata();
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/boot/vmlinux.lds.S
index 4e3fb2b7abb6..e3208893ba6b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -110,6 +110,24 @@ SECTIONS
 		_compressed_end = .;
 	}
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
+	/*
+	 * When the kernel is built with CONFIG_KERNEL_UNCOMPRESSED, the entire
+	 * uncompressed vmlinux.bin is positioned in the bzImage decompressor
+	 * image at the default kernel LMA of 0x100000, enabling it to be
+	 * executed in-place. However, the size of .vmlinux.relocs could be
+	 * large enough to cause an overlap with the uncompressed kernel at the
+	 * address 0x100000. To address this issue, .vmlinux.relocs is
+	 * positioned after the .rodata.compressed.
+	 */
+	. = ALIGN(4);
+	.vmlinux.relocs : {
+		__vmlinux_relocs_64_start = .;
+		*(.vmlinux.relocs_64)
+		__vmlinux_relocs_64_end = .;
+	}
+#endif
+
 #define SB_TRAILER_SIZE 32
 	/* Trailer needed for Secure Boot */
 	. += SB_TRAILER_SIZE; /* make sure .sb.trailer does not overwrite the previous section */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h
index 9e41a74fce9a..e747b067f8db 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/physmem_info.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ enum reserved_range_type {
 	RR_DECOMPRESSOR,
 	RR_INITRD,
 	RR_VMLINUX,
+	RR_RELOC,
 	RR_AMODE31,
 	RR_IPLREPORT,
 	RR_CERT_COMP_LIST,
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 63cb403b3344..404883b1b023 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.data.rel.ro .data.rel.ro.*)
 	}
 	.got : {
+		__got_start = .;
 		*(.got)
+		__got_end = .;
 	}
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
@@ -190,6 +192,7 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	PERCPU_SECTION(0x100)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
 	.dynsym ALIGN(8) : {
 		__dynsym_start = .;
 		*(.dynsym)
@@ -206,6 +209,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.dynstr ALIGN(8) : {
 		*(.dynstr)
 	}
+#endif
 	.hash ALIGN(8) : {
 		*(.hash)
 	}
@@ -235,9 +239,14 @@ SECTIONS
 		QUAD(__boot_data_preserved_start)		/* bootdata_preserved_off */
 		QUAD(__boot_data_preserved_end -
 		     __boot_data_preserved_start)		/* bootdata_preserved_size */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
 		QUAD(__dynsym_start)				/* dynsym_start */
 		QUAD(__rela_dyn_start)				/* rela_dyn_start */
 		QUAD(__rela_dyn_end)				/* rela_dyn_end */
+#else
+		QUAD(__got_start)				/* got_off */
+		QUAD(__got_end - __got_start)			/* got_size */
+#endif
 		QUAD(_eamode31 - _samode31)			/* amode31_size */
 		QUAD(init_mm)
 		QUAD(swapper_pg_dir)
@@ -268,6 +277,12 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.plt) *(.plt.*) *(.iplt) *(.igot .igot.plt)
 	}
 	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.plt) == 0, "Unexpected run-time procedure linkages detected!")
+#ifndef CONFIG_PIE_BUILD
+	.rela.dyn : {
+		*(.rela.*) *(.rela_*)
+	}
+	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.rela.dyn) == 0, "Unexpected run-time relocations (.rela) detected!")
+#endif
 
 	/* Sections to be discarded */
 	DISCARDS