diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index a8f7ef070d..6fea174a45 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -496,7 +496,11 @@ BUILDFLAGS := -buildmode=pie -mod=vendor ${BUILDTAGS}
 
 # whether stipping the binary
 ifeq ($(STRIP),yes)
-       KATA_LDFLAGS := -ldflags "-w -s"
+       KATA_LDFLAGS = -w -s
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(ARCH),s390x)
+    KATA_LDFLAGS += -extldflags=-Wl,--s390-pgste
 endif
 
 # Return non-empty string if specified directory exists
@@ -528,7 +532,7 @@ monitor: $(MONITOR_OUTPUT)
 netmon: $(NETMON_RUNTIME_OUTPUT)
 
 $(NETMON_RUNTIME_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) VERSION
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(NETMON_DIR) && go build $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ -ldflags "-X main.version=$(VERSION)" $(KATA_LDFLAGS))
+	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(NETMON_DIR) && go build $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ -ldflags "-X main.version=$(VERSION)" -ldflags "$(KATA_LDFLAGS)")
 
 runtime: $(RUNTIME_OUTPUT) $(CONFIGS)
 .DEFAULT: default
@@ -564,10 +568,10 @@ endef
 GENERATED_FILES += pkg/katautils/config-settings.go
 
 $(RUNTIME_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) $(GENERATED_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | show-summary
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(RUNTIME_DIR) && go build $(KATA_LDFLAGS) $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ .)
+	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(RUNTIME_DIR) && go build -ldflags "$(KATA_LDFLAGS)" $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ .)
 
 $(SHIMV2_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) $(GENERATED_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
-	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(SHIMV2_DIR)/ && go build $(KATA_LDFLAGS) $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ .)
+	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(SHIMV2_DIR)/ && go build -ldflags "$(KATA_LDFLAGS)" $(BUILDFLAGS) -o $@ .)
 
 $(MONITOR_OUTPUT): $(SOURCES) $(GENERATED_FILES) $(MAKEFILE_LIST) .git-commit
 	$(QUIET_BUILD)(cd $(MONITOR_DIR)/ && CGO_ENABLED=0 go build \