diff --git a/import/Make.defs b/import/Make.defs
index b8377f79a..b86a39640 100644
--- a/import/Make.defs
+++ b/import/Make.defs
@@ -90,5 +90,8 @@ endif
 
 # ELF module definitions
 
-LDELFFLAGS += -r -e _start -Bstatic
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_RELOCATABLE),y)
+  LDELFFLAGS += -r
+endif
+LDELFFLAGS += -e _start -Bstatic
 LDELFFLAGS += $(addprefix -T,$(call CONVERT_PATH,$(TOPDIR)/scripts/gnu-elf.ld))