diff --git a/doc/BOOT-SEQUENCE.md b/doc/BOOT-SEQUENCE.md
index 0874e2b..3478e73 100644
--- a/doc/BOOT-SEQUENCE.md
+++ b/doc/BOOT-SEQUENCE.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ At start, **FBU** is loaded by the hardware.  **FBU** will look for a special *F
 
 ## Boot Flags
 
-A series of *Boot Fags* determine how **FBU** and **FBM** hand over execution to the subsequent program.
+A series of *Boot Flags* determines how **FBU** and **FBM** hand over execution to the subsequent program.
 
 *Boot Flags* are indicated by the magic number `0xb469075a`, followed by a
 32-bit field, in the first 128 bytes of the binary.
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct {
 }
 ```
 
+These can be provided when making the program (when using a Makefile as in `examples/riscv-blink`), e.g. `make LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG=0x00000020`.
+
 | Bit Flag | Short Name   | Description                                      |
 | -------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
 | 00000001 | QPI_EN       | Enable QPI mode on the SPI flash                 |
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ If the DFU bootloader encounters the magic number `0x17ab0f23` within the first
 
 Note that the value following the magic number indicates the offset where the program will be loaded to.  This should be somewhere in RAM.  `0x10001000` is a good value, and is guaranteed to not interfere with Foboot itself.
 
+When using a Makefile as in `examples/riscv-blink` you can provide the offset as in `make LOAD_RAM_ADDR=0x10001000`. This makes sure that the linker links the binary as one block.
+
 ## Magic Numbers
 
 | Value        | Description                                                    |
diff --git a/examples/riscv-blink/Makefile b/examples/riscv-blink/Makefile
index af44183..f4e5dda 100644
--- a/examples/riscv-blink/Makefile
+++ b/examples/riscv-blink/Makefile
@@ -26,19 +26,33 @@ LD_DIR     := $(BASE_DIR)/ld
 LDSCRIPT   := $(BASE_DIR)/ld/linker.ld
 ADD_CFLAGS := -I$(BASE_DIR)/include -D__vexriscv__ -march=rv32i  -mabi=ilp32
 ADD_LFLAGS := 
-PACKAGE    := example
+PACKAGE    := riscv-blink
 
 ifdef AUTOBOOT_TIMEOUT
 ADD_CFLAGS += -DAUTOBOOT_TIMEOUT=$(AUTOBOOT_TIMEOUT)
 endif
 
-LDSCRIPTS  := $(LDSCRIPT) $(LD_DIR)/output_format.ld $(LD_DIR)/regions.ld
+ifdef LOAD_RAM_ADDR
+LDREGIONS  := $(LD_DIR)/regions_ram.ld
+ADD_CFLAGS += -DLOAD_RAM_ADDR=$(LOAD_RAM_ADDR)
+ADD_LFLAGS += -Wl,--defsym=LOAD_RAM_ADDR=$(LOAD_RAM_ADDR)
+else
+LDREGIONS  := $(LD_DIR)/regions.ld
+endif
+
+ifdef LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG
+ADD_CFLAGS += -DLOAD_BOOT_CONFIG=$(LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG)
+endif
+
+LDSCRIPTS  := $(LDSCRIPT) $(LDREGIONS) $(LD_DIR)/output_format.ld
 SRC_DIR    := $(BASE_DIR)/src
 THIRD_PARTY := $(BASE_DIR)/third_party
 DBG_CFLAGS := -ggdb -g -DDEBUG -Wall
 DBG_LFLAGS := -ggdb -g -Wall
 CFLAGS     := $(ADD_CFLAGS) \
+			  -D__vexriscv__ -march=rv32i  -mabi=ilp32 \
 			  -Wall -Wextra \
+			  -flto \
 			  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fno-common \
 			  -fomit-frame-pointer -Os \
 			  -march=rv32i \
@@ -46,8 +60,10 @@ CFLAGS     := $(ADD_CFLAGS) \
 CXXFLAGS   := $(CFLAGS) -std=c++11 -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
 LFLAGS     := $(CFLAGS) $(ADD_LFLAGS) -L$(LD_DIR) \
 			  -nostartfiles \
+			  -nostdlib \
 			  -Wl,--gc-sections \
 			  -Wl,--no-warn-mismatch \
+			  -Wl,--script=$(LDREGIONS) \
 			  -Wl,--script=$(LDSCRIPT) \
 			  -Wl,--build-id=none
 
@@ -68,7 +84,7 @@ ALL        := all
 TARGET     := $(PACKAGE).elf
 CLEAN      := clean
 
-$(ALL): $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).ihex
+$(ALL): $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).ihex $(PACKAGE).dfu
 
 $(OBJECTS): | $(OBJ_DIR)
 
@@ -80,7 +96,7 @@ $(PACKAGE).bin: $(TARGET)
 	$(QUIET) echo "  OBJCOPY  $@"
 	$(QUIET) $(OBJCOPY) -O binary $(TARGET) $@
 
-$(PACKAGE).dfu: $(TARGET)
+$(PACKAGE).dfu: $(PACKAGE).bin
 	$(QUIET) echo "  DFU      $@"
 	$(QUIET) $(COPY) $(PACKAGE).bin $@
 	$(QUIET) dfu-suffix -v 1209 -p 70b1 -a $@
@@ -110,7 +126,7 @@ $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: %.S
 	$(QUIET) echo "  AS       $<	$(notdir $@)"
 	$(QUIET) $(CC) -x assembler-with-cpp -c $< $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -MMD
 
-.PHONY: clean
+.PHONY: clean load
 
 clean:
 	$(QUIET) echo "  RM      $(subst /,$(PATH_SEP),$(wildcard $(OBJ_DIR)/*.d))"
@@ -120,4 +136,8 @@ clean:
 	$(QUIET) echo "  RM      $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).symbol $(PACKAGE).ihex $(PACKAGE).dfu"
 	-$(QUIET) $(RM) $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).symbol $(PACKAGE).ihex $(PACKAGE).dfu
 
+load: $(PACKAGE).dfu
+	$(QUIET) dfu-util -D $<
+
 include $(wildcard $(OBJ_DIR)/*.d)
+
diff --git a/examples/riscv-blink/ld/linker.ld b/examples/riscv-blink/ld/linker.ld
index 5796f16..aa2c483 100644
--- a/examples/riscv-blink/ld/linker.ld
+++ b/examples/riscv-blink/ld/linker.ld
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 
 __DYNAMIC = 0;
 
-INCLUDE regions.ld
-
 SECTIONS
 {
 	.text :
diff --git a/examples/riscv-blink/ld/regions_ram.ld b/examples/riscv-blink/ld/regions_ram.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c7c9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/riscv-blink/ld/regions_ram.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MEMORY {
+	ram : ORIGIN = LOAD_RAM_ADDR, LENGTH = 0x00010000
+}
+REGION_ALIAS("rom", ram)
+REGION_ALIAS("sram", ram)
diff --git a/examples/riscv-blink/src/crt0-vexriscv.S b/examples/riscv-blink/src/crt0-vexriscv.S
index 87c6d51..fa459d4 100644
--- a/examples/riscv-blink/src/crt0-vexriscv.S
+++ b/examples/riscv-blink/src/crt0-vexriscv.S
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ _start:
   .word 0x4a6de3ac
   .word AUTOBOOT_TIMEOUT
 #endif
+#ifdef LOAD_RAM_ADDR
+  .word 0x17ab0f23
+  .word LOAD_RAM_ADDR
+#endif
+#ifdef LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG
   .word 0xb469075a
-  .word 0x00000020
+  .word LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG
+#endif
 
 .section .text
 .global  trap_entry
diff --git a/sw/Makefile b/sw/Makefile
index 7983f6d..2c9a840 100644
--- a/sw/Makefile
+++ b/sw/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,19 @@ ADD_LFLAGS :=
 PACKAGE    := foboot
 endif
 
-LDSCRIPTS  := $(LDSCRIPT) $(LD_DIR)/output_format.ld $(LD_DIR)/regions.ld
+ifdef LOAD_RAM_ADDR
+LDREGIONS  := $(LD_DIR)/regions_ram.ld
+ADD_CFLAGS += -DLOAD_RAM_ADDR=$(LOAD_RAM_ADDR)
+ADD_LFLAGS += -Wl,--defsym=LOAD_RAM_ADDR=$(LOAD_RAM_ADDR)
+else
+LDREGIONS  := $(LD_DIR)/regions.ld
+endif
+
+ifdef LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG
+ADD_CFLAGS += -DLOAD_BOOT_CONFIG=$(LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG)
+endif
+
+LDSCRIPTS  := $(LDSCRIPT) $(LDREGIONS) $(LD_DIR)/output_format.ld
 SRC_DIR    := $(BASE_DIR)/src
 THIRD_PARTY := $(BASE_DIR)/third_party
 DBG_CFLAGS := -ggdb3 -DDEBUG -Wall
@@ -56,6 +68,7 @@ LFLAGS     := $(CFLAGS) $(ADD_LFLAGS) -L$(LD_DIR) \
 			  -nostdlib \
 			  -Wl,--gc-sections \
 			  -Wl,--no-warn-mismatch \
+			  -Wl,--script=$(LDREGIONS) \
 			  -Wl,--script=$(LDSCRIPT) \
 			  -Wl,--build-id=none
 
@@ -76,7 +89,7 @@ ALL        := all
 TARGET     := $(PACKAGE).elf
 CLEAN      := clean
 
-$(ALL): $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).ihex
+$(ALL): $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).ihex $(PACKAGE).dfu
 
 $(OBJECTS): | $(OBJ_DIR)
 
@@ -88,7 +101,7 @@ $(PACKAGE).bin: $(TARGET)
 	$(QUIET) echo "  OBJCOPY  $@"
 	$(QUIET) $(OBJCOPY) -O binary $(TARGET) $@
 
-$(PACKAGE).dfu: $(TARGET)
+$(PACKAGE).dfu: $(PACKAGE).bin
 	$(QUIET) echo "  DFU      $@"
 	$(QUIET) $(COPY) $(PACKAGE).bin $@
 	$(QUIET) dfu-suffix -v 1209 -p 70b1 -a $@
@@ -118,7 +131,7 @@ $(OBJ_DIR)/%.o: %.S
 	$(QUIET) echo "  AS       $<	$(notdir $@)"
 	$(QUIET) $(CC) -x assembler-with-cpp -c $< $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -MMD
 
-.PHONY: clean
+.PHONY: clean load
 
 clean:
 	$(QUIET) echo "  RM      $(subst /,$(PATH_SEP),$(wildcard $(OBJ_DIR)/*.d))"
@@ -128,4 +141,8 @@ clean:
 	$(QUIET) echo "  RM      $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).symbol $(PACKAGE).ihex $(PACKAGE).dfu"
 	-$(QUIET) $(RM) $(TARGET) $(PACKAGE).bin $(PACKAGE).symbol $(PACKAGE).ihex $(PACKAGE).dfu
 
+load: $(PACKAGE).dfu
+	$(QUIET) dfu-util -D $<
+
 include $(wildcard $(OBJ_DIR)/*.d)
+
diff --git a/sw/ld/linker.ld b/sw/ld/linker.ld
index 5796f16..aa2c483 100644
--- a/sw/ld/linker.ld
+++ b/sw/ld/linker.ld
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 
 __DYNAMIC = 0;
 
-INCLUDE regions.ld
-
 SECTIONS
 {
 	.text :
diff --git a/sw/ld/regions_ram.ld b/sw/ld/regions_ram.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c7c9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sw/ld/regions_ram.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MEMORY {
+	ram : ORIGIN = LOAD_RAM_ADDR, LENGTH = 0x00010000
+}
+REGION_ALIAS("rom", ram)
+REGION_ALIAS("sram", ram)
diff --git a/sw/third_party/libbase/crt0-vexriscv.S b/sw/third_party/libbase/crt0-vexriscv.S
index 931d50a..6b48f5d 100644
--- a/sw/third_party/libbase/crt0-vexriscv.S
+++ b/sw/third_party/libbase/crt0-vexriscv.S
@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@
 _start:
   j crt_init
   nop
+#ifdef LOAD_RAM_ADDR
+  .word 0x17ab0f23
+  .word LOAD_RAM_ADDR
+#else
   nop
   nop
+#endif
+#ifdef LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG
+  .word 0xb469075a
+  .word LOAD_BOOT_CONFIG
+#else
   nop
   nop
+#endif
   nop
   nop