diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 168a6f475a1..0d884b691b3 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config 64BIT
 	  soc/**/Kconfig, or boards/**/Kconfig and the user should generally
 	  avoid modifying it.
 
-if ARC || ARM || NIOS2 || X86
+if ARC || ARM || NIOS2 || X86 || X86_64
 
 config SRAM_SIZE
 	int "SRAM Size in kB"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ config FLASH_BASE_ADDRESS
 	  normally set by the board's defconfig file and the user should generally
 	  avoid modifying it via the menu configuration.
 
-endif # ARM || ARC || NIOS2 || X86
+endif # ARM || ARC || NIOS2 || X86 || X86_64
 
 if ARCH_HAS_TRUSTED_EXECUTION
 
diff --git a/boards/x86_64/qemu_x86_64/qemu_x86_64_defconfig b/boards/x86_64/qemu_x86_64/qemu_x86_64_defconfig
index 19bf7d7ffb9..d1e5ffc770b 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/qemu_x86_64/qemu_x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/boards/x86_64/qemu_x86_64/qemu_x86_64_defconfig
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC=1000000000
 CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=1024
 CONFIG_IDLE_STACK_SIZE=1024
 CONFIG_TEST_EXTRA_STACKSIZE=2048
+CONFIG_SRAM_BASE_ADDRESS=0x100000
+CONFIG_SRAM_SIZE=8192
diff --git a/soc/x86_64/x86_64/linker.ld b/soc/x86_64/x86_64/linker.ld
index 1d472b5d403..8d8cbd64f07 100644
--- a/soc/x86_64/x86_64/linker.ld
+++ b/soc/x86_64/x86_64/linker.ld
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ SECTIONS {
 		*(.noinit*)
 	} :ram
 
+	_end = .;
 
 	/* We enable orphan section warnings, so these standard sections all
 	 * have to be called out explicitly