diff --git a/core/cortex-m/ec.lds.S b/core/cortex-m/ec.lds.S
index dc9e829fa1..d0b90e5ada 100644
--- a/core/cortex-m/ec.lds.S
+++ b/core/cortex-m/ec.lds.S
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ SECTIONS
     } > SHARED_LIB
 #endif
     .text : {
+#if defined(CONFIG_RO_HEAD_ROOM)
+	. = . +  CONFIG_RO_HEAD_ROOM;
+#endif
         OUTDIR/core/CORE/init.o (.text.vecttable)
         . = ALIGN(4);
         __version_struct_offset = .;
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index a527c67fed..b718941a12 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -1820,6 +1820,12 @@
  */
 #undef CONFIG_WP_ALWAYS
 
+/*
+ * If needed to allocate some free space in the base of the RO section of the
+ * image, define this to be equal the required size of the free space.
+ */
+#undef CONFIG_RO_HEAD_ROOM
+
 /*****************************************************************************/
 /*
  * Include board and core configs, since those hold the CONFIG_ constants for a