diff --git a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Makefile b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Makefile
index bdc742f78c..548ded638f 100644
--- a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Makefile
+++ b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ STAGE0_MAINBOARD_OBJ := $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/stage1.o
 # directory and is built from what was auto.c in v2.
 #
 
-INITRAM_OBJ = $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/initram.o
+INITRAM_OBJ = $(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/initram.o \
+		$(obj)/mainboard/$(MAINBOARDDIR)/initram_printktest.o
 
 STAGE2_MAINBOARD_OBJ = vga.o
 
diff --git a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c
index 9c73bb2b49..6f32c06ad6 100644
--- a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c
+++ b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * This file is part of the LinuxBIOS project.
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Stefan Reinauer <stepan@coresystems.de>
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <console.h>
 
+int printktest(void);
+
 /* printktest1() is here to increase the likelihood of main() not ending up at
  * the beginning of the file, so we can check whether the entry point at main()
  * was honored.
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ int main(void)
 	printk(BIOS_INFO, "RAM init code started.\n");
 	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Nothing to do.\n");
 	printktest1();
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Trying absolute call from non-_MAINOBJECT XIP code.\n");
+	printktest();
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Done.\n");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram_printktest.c b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram_printktest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2d22e49e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mainboard/emulation/qemu-x86/initram_printktest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LinuxBIOS project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+#include <console.h>
+
+int printktest(void)
+{
+	/* If printk succeeds, it will print the message below. This is not a
+	 * success message after a test, but a success message used as test.
+	 * In case of compiler/linker bugs the printk call is likely to crash.
+	 */
+	printk(BIOS_INFO, "Absolute call successful.\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}