diff --git a/kexec-tools-2.0.3-ppc-exec-stack-fix.patch b/kexec-tools-2.0.3-ppc-exec-stack-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d578fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kexec-tools-2.0.3-ppc-exec-stack-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+Subject: [PATCH] ppc: exec stack fix
+
+execstack shows ppc kexec has an executable stack,
+this leaves it vulnerable to buffer overflows.
+
+Fix it by adding ASFLAGS --noexecstack
+
+Tested on PowerMac G4 Macmini:
+Without the patch:
+dave@darkstar:~/kexec-tools$ execstack build/sbin/kexec
+X build/sbin/kexec
+
+With the patch:
+dave@darkstar:~/kexec-tools$ execstack build/sbin/kexec
+- build/sbin/kexec
+
+Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
+Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
+---
+ kexec/arch/ppc/Makefile |    2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+Index: kexec-tools-2.0.3/kexec/arch/ppc/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- kexec-tools-2.0.3.orig/kexec/arch/ppc/Makefile
++++ kexec-tools-2.0.3/kexec/arch/ppc/Makefile
+@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ CPPFLAGS+=-I$(srcdir)/kexec/arch/$(ARCH)
+ 
+ ppc_KEXEC_SRCS += $(libfdt_SRCS)
+ 
++ASFLAGS	+= -Wa,--noexecstack
++
+ dist += kexec/arch/ppc/Makefile $(ppc_KEXEC_SRCS)			\
+ 	kexec/arch/ppc/crashdump-powerpc.h kexec/arch/ppc/fixup_dtb.h	\
+ 	kexec/arch/ppc/kexec-ppc.h kexec/arch/ppc/ops.h			\
diff --git a/kexec-tools.spec b/kexec-tools.spec
index 60a5289..4bb64fd 100644
--- a/kexec-tools.spec
+++ b/kexec-tools.spec
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Patch301: kexec-tools-2.0.3-ppc-ppc64-compile-purgatory-code-with-gcc-option-mso
 #
 # Patches 501 through 600 are meant for ppc kexec-tools enablement
 #
+Patch501: kexec-tools-2.0.3-ppc-exec-stack-fix.patch
 
 #
 # Patches 601 onward are generic patches
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ tar -z -x -v -f %{SOURCE9}
 %patch001 -p1
 %patch002 -p1
 %patch301 -p1
+%patch501 -p1
 %patch601 -p1
 %patch602 -p1
 %patch603 -p1