diff --git a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/scripts/qemu.ld b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/scripts/qemu.ld
index 290bd86b94e1e..711b858f8cd57 100644
--- a/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/scripts/qemu.ld
+++ b/boards/x86/qemu/qemu-i486/scripts/qemu.ld
@@ -31,7 +31,15 @@ SECTIONS
         _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
     }
 
-    .text ALIGN (0x1000) : {
+   .init_section ALIGN(0x1000) :
+    {
+        _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+        KEEP(*(SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY(.init_array.*) SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY(.ctors.*)))
+        KEEP(*(.init_array EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtbegin.o *crtbegin?.o *crtend.o *crtend?.o) .ctors))
+        _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    }
+
+    .rodata ALIGN (0x1000) : {
         _srodata = ABSOLUTE(.);
         *(.rodata .rodata.*)
         *(.fixup)
diff --git a/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld b/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
index 85351ae7f720e..61181c0d5dde0 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
+++ b/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ SECTIONS
         _etext = ABSOLUTE(.);
     }
 
+    .init_section ALIGN(0x1000) :
+    {
+        _sinit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+        KEEP(*(SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY(.init_array.*) SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY(.ctors.*)))
+        KEEP(*(.init_array EXCLUDE_FILE(*crtbegin.o *crtbegin?.o *crtend.o *crtend?.o) .ctors))
+        . = ALIGN(4096);
+        _einit = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    }
 
     .rodata ALIGN(0x1000) :
     {