diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 57b8ce6..8fd2d6d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ GOARCH := 386
 LD_FLAGS := -n -melf_i386 -T arch/$(ARCH)/script/linker.ld -static --no-ld-generated-unwind-info
 AS_FLAGS := -g -f elf32 -F dwarf -I arch/$(ARCH)/asm/
 
+MIN_OBJCOPY_VERSION := 2.26.0
+HAVE_VALID_OBJCOPY := $(shell objcopy -V | head -1 | awk -F ' ' '{print "$(MIN_OBJCOPY_VERSION)\n" $$NF}' | sort -ct. -k1,1n -k2,2n && echo "y")
+
 asm_src_files := $(wildcard arch/$(ARCH)/asm/*.s)
 asm_obj_files := $(patsubst arch/$(ARCH)/asm/%.s, $(BUILD_DIR)/arch/$(ARCH)/asm/%.o, $(asm_src_files))
 
-.PHONY: kernel iso clean
+.PHONY: kernel iso clean binutils_version_check
 
-kernel: $(kernel_target)
+kernel: binutils_version_check $(kernel_target)
 
 $(kernel_target): $(asm_obj_files) go.o
 	@echo "[$(LD)] linking kernel-$(ARCH).bin"
@@ -45,9 +48,16 @@ go.o:
 
 	@# build/go.o is a elf32 object file but all go symbols are unexported. Our
 	@# asm entrypoint code needs to know the address to 'main.main' so we use
-	@# objcopy to make that symbol exportable
-	@echo "[objcopy] export 'main.main' symbol in go.o"
-	@objcopy --globalize-symbol='main.main' $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o
+	@# objcopy to make that symbol exportable. Since nasm does not support externs
+	@# with slashes we create a global symbol alias for kernel.Kmain
+	@echo "[objcopy] creating global symbol alias 'kernel.Kmain' for 'github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel.Kmain' in go.o"
+	@objcopy \
+		--add-symbol kernel.Kmain=.text:0x`nm $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o | grep "kernel.Kmain" | cut -d' ' -f1` \
+		 $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o
+
+binutils_version_check:
+	@echo "[binutils] checking that installed objcopy version is >= $(MIN_OBJCOPY_VERSION)"
+	@if [ "$(HAVE_VALID_OBJCOPY)" != "y" ]; then echo "[binutils] error: a more up to date binutils installation is required" ; exit 1 ; fi
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/arch/$(ARCH)/asm/%.o: arch/$(ARCH)/asm/%.s
 	@mkdir -p $(shell dirname $@)
diff --git a/arch/x86/asm/rt0.s b/arch/x86/asm/rt0.s
index 95ea421..8519c49 100644
--- a/arch/x86/asm/rt0.s
+++ b/arch/x86/asm/rt0.s
@@ -24,17 +24,29 @@ section .text
 bits 32
 align 4
 
+MULTIBOOT_MAGIC equ 0x36d76289
+
+err_unsupported_bootloader db '[rt0] kernel not loaded by multiboot-compliant bootloader', 0
+err_kmain_returned db '[rt0] kMain returned; halting system', 0
+
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Kernel arch-specific entry point
 ;
 ; The boot loader will jump to this symbol after setting up the CPU according
 ; to the multiboot standard. At this point:
+; - A20 is enabled
 ; - The CPU is using 32-bit protected mode
 ; - Interrupts are disabled
 ; - Paging is disabled
+; - EAX contains the magic value ‘0x36d76289’; the presence of this value indicates
+;   to the operating system that it was loaded by a Multiboot-compliant boot loader
+; - EBX contains the 32-bit physical address of the Multiboot information structure
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 global _rt0_entry
 _rt0_entry:
+	cmp eax, MULTIBOOT_MAGIC
+	jne unsupported_bootloader
+
 	; Initalize our stack by pointing ESP to the BSS-allocated stack. In x86,
 	; stack grows downwards so we need to point ESP to stack_top
 	mov esp, stack_top
@@ -48,19 +60,60 @@ _rt0_entry:
 	mov dword [g0_stack_lo], stack_bottom
 	mov dword [g0_stackguard0], stack_bottom
 
-	extern main.main
-	call main.main
+	; push multiboot info ptr to the stack and call the kernel entrypoint
+	push ebx
+	extern kernel.Kmain
+	call kernel.Kmain
+
+	; kmain should never return
+	mov edi, err_kmain_returned
+	call write_string
 
 	; Main should never return; halt the CPU
+halt:
 	cli
 	hlt
+
+unsupported_bootloader:
+	mov edi, err_unsupported_bootloader
+	call write_string
+	jmp halt
 .end:
 
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+; Write the NULL-terminated string contained in edi to the screen using white
+; text on red background.  Assumes that text-mode is enabled and that its
+; physical address is 0xb8000.
+;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+write_string:
+	push eax
+	push ebx
+
+	mov ebx,0xb8000
+	mov ah, 0x4F
+next_char:
+	mov al, byte[edi]
+	test al, al
+	jz done
+
+	mov word [ebx], ax
+	add ebx, 2
+	inc edi
+	jmp next_char
+
+done:
+	pop ebx
+	pop eax
+	ret
+
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ; Load GDT and flush CPU caches
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 _rt0_load_gdt:
+	push eax
+	push ebx
+
 	; Go code uses the GS register to access the TLS. Set the base address
 	; for the GS descriptor to point to our tls0 table
 	mov eax, tls0
@@ -84,6 +137,8 @@ update_descriptors:
 	mov ax, GS_SEG
 	mov gs, ax
 
+	pop ebx
+	pop eax
 	ret
 
 ;------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/boot.go b/boot.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fb85268..0000000
--- a/boot.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import "github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel"
-
-// main is the only Go symbol that is visible (exported) from the rt0 initialization
-// code. This function works as a trampoline for calling the actual kernel entrypoint
-// (kernel.Kmain) and its intentionally defined to prevent the Go compiler from
-// optimizing away the actual kernel code as its not aware of the presence of the
-// rt0 code.
-//
-// The main function is invoked by the rt0 assembly code after setting up the GDT
-// and setting up a a minimal g0 struct that allows Go code using the 4K stack
-// allocated by the assembly code.
-//
-// main is not expected to return. If it does, the rt0 code will halt the CPU.
-func main() {
-	kernel.Kmain()
-}
diff --git a/kernel/kmain.go b/kernel/kmain.go
index 85c1df0..1943eff 100644
--- a/kernel/kmain.go
+++ b/kernel/kmain.go
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 package kernel
 
-// Kmain is invoked by the boot.go and implements the actual kernel entrypoint.
-func Kmain() {
+import (
+	_ "unsafe" // required for go:linkname
+
+	"github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel/multiboot"
+)
+
+// Kmain is the only Go symbol that is visible (exported) from the rt0 initialization
+// code. This function is invoked by the rt0 assembly code after setting up the GDT
+// and setting up a a minimal g0 struct that allows Go code using the 4K stack
+// allocated by the assembly code.
+//
+// The rt0 code passes the address of the multiboot info payload provided by the
+// bootloader.
+//
+// Kmain is not expected to return. If it does, the rt0 code will halt the CPU.
+//
+//go:noinline
+func Kmain(multibootInfoPtr uint32) {
+	multiboot.SetInfoPtr(uintptr(multibootInfoPtr))
 }
diff --git a/kernel/multiboot/multiboot.go b/kernel/multiboot/multiboot.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7336fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/multiboot/multiboot.go
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+package multiboot
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+type tagType uint32
+
+const (
+	tagMbSectionEnd tagType = iota
+	tagBootCmdLine
+	tagBootLoaderName
+	tagModules
+	tagBasicMemoryInfo
+	tagBiosBootDevice
+	tagMemoryMap
+	tagVbeInfo
+	tagFramebufferInfo
+	tagElfSymbols
+	tagApmTable
+)
+
+// info describes the multiboot info section header.
+type info struct {
+	// Total size of multiboot info section.
+	totalSize uint32
+
+	// Always set to zero; reserved for future use
+	reserved uint32
+}
+
+// tagHeader describes the header the preceedes each tag.
+type tagHeader struct {
+	// The type of the tag
+	tagType tagType
+
+	// The size of the tag including the header but *not* including any
+	// padding. According to the spec, each tag starts at a 8-byte aligned
+	// address.
+	size uint32
+}
+
+// mmapHeader describes the header for a memory map specification.
+type mmapHeader struct {
+	// The size of each entry.
+	entrySize uint32
+
+	// The version of the entries that follow.
+	entryVersion uint32
+}
+
+// FramebufferType defines the type of the initialized framebuffer.
+type FramebufferType uint8
+
+const (
+	// FrameBufferTypeIndexed specifies a 256-color palette.
+	FrameBufferTypeIndexed FramebufferType = iota
+
+	// FramebufferTypeRGB specifies direct RGB mode.
+	FramebufferTypeRGB
+
+	// FramebufferTypeEGA specifies EGA text mode.
+	FramebufferTypeEGA
+)
+
+// FramebufferInfo provides information about the initialized framebuffer.
+type FramebufferInfo struct {
+	// The framebuffer physical address.
+	PhysAddr uint64
+
+	// Row pitch in bytes.
+	Pitch uint32
+
+	// Width and height in pixels (or characters if Type = FramebufferTypeEGA)
+	Width, Height uint32
+
+	// Bits per pixel (non EGA modes only).
+	Bpp uint8
+
+	// Framebuffer type.
+	Type FramebufferType
+}
+
+// MemoryEntryType defines the type of a MemoryMapEntry.
+type MemoryEntryType uint32
+
+const (
+	// MemAvailable indicates that the memory region is available for use.
+	MemAvailable MemoryEntryType = iota + 1
+
+	// MemReserved indicates that the memory region is not available for use.
+	MemReserved
+
+	// MemAcpiReclaimable indicates a memory region that holds ACPI info that
+	// can be reused by the OS.
+	MemAcpiReclaimable
+
+	// MemNvs indicates memory that must be preserved when hibernating.
+	MemNvs
+
+	// Any value >= memUnknown will be mapped to MemReserved.
+	memUnknown
+)
+
+/// MemoryMapEntry describes a memory region entry, namely its physical address,
+// its length and its type.
+type MemoryMapEntry struct {
+	// The physical address for this memory region.
+	PhysAddress uint64
+
+	// The length of the memory region.
+	Length uint64
+
+	// The type of this entry.
+	Type MemoryEntryType
+}
+
+var (
+	infoData uintptr
+)
+
+// MemRegionVisitor defies a visitor function that gets invoked by VisitMemRegions
+// for each memory region provided by the boot loader.
+type MemRegionVisitor func(entry *MemoryMapEntry)
+
+// SetInfoPtr updates the internal multiboot information pointer to the given
+// value. This function must be invoked before invoking any other function
+// exported by this package.
+func SetInfoPtr(ptr uintptr) {
+	infoData = ptr
+}
+
+// VisitMemRegions will invoke the supplied visitor for each memory region that
+// is defined by the multiboot info data that we received from the bootloader.
+func VisitMemRegions(visitor MemRegionVisitor) {
+	curPtr, size := findTagByType(tagMemoryMap)
+	if size == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// curPtr points to the memory map header (2 dwords long)
+	ptrMapHeader := (*mmapHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(curPtr))
+	endPtr := curPtr + uintptr(size)
+	curPtr += 8
+
+	var entry *MemoryMapEntry
+	for curPtr != endPtr {
+		entry = (*MemoryMapEntry)(unsafe.Pointer(curPtr))
+
+		// Mark unknown entry types as reserved
+		if entry.Type == 0 || entry.Type > memUnknown {
+			entry.Type = MemReserved
+		}
+
+		visitor(entry)
+
+		curPtr += uintptr(ptrMapHeader.entrySize)
+	}
+}
+
+// GetFramebufferInfo returns information about the framebuffer initialized by the
+// bootloader. This function returns nil if no framebuffer info is available.
+func GetFramebufferInfo() *FramebufferInfo {
+	var info *FramebufferInfo
+
+	curPtr, size := findTagByType(tagFramebufferInfo)
+	if size != 0 {
+		info = (*FramebufferInfo)(unsafe.Pointer(curPtr))
+	}
+
+	return info
+}
+
+// findTagByType scans the multiboot info data looking for the start of of the
+// specified type. It returns a pointer to the tag contents start offset and
+// the content length exluding the tag header.
+//
+// If the tag is not present in the multiboot info, findTagSection will return
+// back (0,0).
+func findTagByType(tagType tagType) (uintptr, uint32) {
+	var ptrTagHeader *tagHeader
+
+	curPtr := infoData + 8
+	for ptrTagHeader = (*tagHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(curPtr)); ptrTagHeader.tagType != tagMbSectionEnd; ptrTagHeader = (*tagHeader)(unsafe.Pointer(curPtr)) {
+		if ptrTagHeader.tagType == tagType {
+			return curPtr + 8, ptrTagHeader.size - 8
+		}
+
+		// Tags are aligned at 8-byte aligned addresses
+		curPtr += uintptr(int32(ptrTagHeader.size+7) & ^7)
+	}
+
+	return 0, 0
+}
diff --git a/kernel/multiboot/multiboot_test.go b/kernel/multiboot/multiboot_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62193b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/multiboot/multiboot_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+package multiboot
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+func TestFindTagByType(t *testing.T) {
+	specs := []struct {
+		tagType tagType
+		expSize uint32
+	}{
+		{tagBootCmdLine, 1},
+		{tagBootLoaderName, 27},
+		{tagBasicMemoryInfo, 8},
+		{tagBiosBootDevice, 12},
+		{tagMemoryMap, 152},
+		{tagFramebufferInfo, 24},
+		{tagElfSymbols, 972},
+		{tagApmTable, 20},
+	}
+
+	SetInfoPtr(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&multibootInfoTestData[0])))
+
+	for specIndex, spec := range specs {
+		_, size := findTagByType(spec.tagType)
+
+		if size != spec.expSize {
+			t.Errorf("[spec %d] expected tag size for tag type %d to be %d; got %d", specIndex, spec.tagType, spec.expSize, size)
+
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindTagByTypeWithMissingTag(t *testing.T) {
+	SetInfoPtr(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&multibootInfoTestData[0])))
+
+	if offset, size := findTagByType(tagModules); offset != 0 || size != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected findTagByType to return (0,0) for missing tag; got (%d, %d)", offset, size)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestVisitMemRegion(t *testing.T) {
+	specs := []struct {
+		expPhys uint64
+		expLen  uint64
+		expType MemoryEntryType
+	}{
+		// This region type is actually MemAvailable but we patch it to
+		// a bogus value to test whether it gets flagged as reserved
+		{0, 654336, MemReserved},
+		{654336, 1024, MemReserved},
+		{983040, 65536, MemReserved},
+		{1048576, 133038080, MemAvailable},
+		{134086656, 131072, MemReserved},
+		{4294705152, 262144, MemReserved},
+	}
+
+	var visitCount int
+
+	SetInfoPtr(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&emptyInfoData[0])))
+	VisitMemRegions(func(_ *MemoryMapEntry) {
+		visitCount++
+	})
+
+	if visitCount != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("expected visitor not to be invoked when no memory map tag is present")
+	}
+
+	// Set a bogus type for the first entry in the map
+	SetInfoPtr(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&multibootInfoTestData[0])))
+	multibootInfoTestData[128] = 0xFF
+
+	VisitMemRegions(func(entry *MemoryMapEntry) {
+		if entry.PhysAddress != specs[visitCount].expPhys {
+			t.Errorf("[visit %d] expected physical address to be %x; got %x", visitCount, specs[visitCount].expPhys, entry.PhysAddress)
+		}
+		if entry.Length != specs[visitCount].expLen {
+			t.Errorf("[visit %d] expected region len to be %x; got %x", visitCount, specs[visitCount].expLen, entry.Length)
+		}
+		if entry.Type != specs[visitCount].expType {
+			t.Errorf("[visit %d] expected region type to be %d; got %d", visitCount, specs[visitCount].expType, entry.Type)
+		}
+		visitCount++
+	})
+
+	if visitCount != len(specs) {
+		t.Errorf("expected the visitor func to be invoked %d times; got %d", len(specs), visitCount)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetFramebufferInfo(t *testing.T) {
+	SetInfoPtr(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&emptyInfoData[0])))
+
+	if GetFramebufferInfo() != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected GetFramebufferInfo() to return nil when no framebuffer tag is present")
+	}
+
+	SetInfoPtr(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&multibootInfoTestData[0])))
+	fbInfo := GetFramebufferInfo()
+
+	if fbInfo.Type != FramebufferTypeEGA {
+		t.Errorf("expected framebuffer type to be %d; got %d", FramebufferTypeEGA, fbInfo.Type)
+	}
+
+	if fbInfo.PhysAddr != 0xB8000 {
+		t.Errorf("expected physical address for EGA text mode to be 0xB8000; got %x", fbInfo.PhysAddr)
+	}
+
+	if fbInfo.Width != 80 || fbInfo.Height != 25 {
+		t.Errorf("expected framebuffer dimensions to be 80x25; got %dx%d", fbInfo.Width, fbInfo.Height)
+	}
+
+	if fbInfo.Pitch != 160 {
+		t.Errorf("expected pitch to be 160; got %x", fbInfo.Pitch)
+	}
+}
+
+var (
+	emptyInfoData = []byte{
+		0, 0, 0, 0, // size
+		0, 0, 0, 0, // reserved
+		0, 0, 0, 0, // tag with type zero and length zero
+		0, 0, 0, 0,
+	}
+
+	// A dump of multiboot data when running under qemu.
+	multibootInfoTestData = []byte{
+		72, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 171, 253, 7, 118, 119, 123, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 35, 0, 0, 0,
+		71, 82, 85, 66, 32, 50, 46, 48, 50, 126, 98, 101, 116, 97, 50, 45,
+		57, 117, 98, 117, 110, 116, 117, 49, 46, 54, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		10, 0, 0, 0, 28, 0, 0, 0, 2, 1, 0, 240, 4, 213, 0, 0,
+		0, 240, 0, 240, 3, 0, 240, 255, 240, 255, 240, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		6, 0, 0, 0, 160, 0, 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 252, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 252, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 238, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 254, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 252, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		9, 0, 0, 0, 212, 3, 0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0, 0,
+		21, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 27, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0,
+		24, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 38, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 16, 16, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 135, 26, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 44, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 48, 20, 0, 0, 64, 4, 0,
+		194, 167, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 52, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0,
+		224, 215, 21, 0, 224, 231, 5, 0, 176, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 62, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 144, 222, 21, 0, 144, 238, 5, 0,
+		4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 72, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0,
+		160, 222, 21, 0, 160, 238, 5, 0, 119, 23, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 83, 0, 0, 0,
+		7, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 32, 246, 23, 0, 32, 6, 8, 0,
+		56, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 100, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 24, 0, 0, 16, 8, 0, 204, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 106, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 224, 5, 24, 0, 224, 21, 8, 0,
+		178, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 117, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 3, 4, 0, 0,
+		148, 15, 24, 0, 146, 31, 8, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 123, 0, 0, 0,
+		8, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 24, 0, 146, 31, 8, 0,
+		176, 61, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 128, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0,
+		192, 77, 25, 0, 146, 31, 8, 0, 32, 56, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 138, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 224, 133, 25, 0, 146, 31, 8, 0,
+		64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 153, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		32, 134, 25, 0, 210, 31, 8, 0, 129, 26, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 169, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 161, 160, 25, 0, 83, 58, 8, 0,
+		2, 201, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 181, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		163, 105, 27, 0, 85, 3, 10, 0, 25, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 195, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 188, 106, 27, 0, 110, 4, 10, 0,
+		67, 153, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 207, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 4, 28, 0, 184, 157, 10, 0, 252, 112, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 220, 0, 0, 0,
+		1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 252, 116, 28, 0, 180, 14, 11, 0,
+		16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 231, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		12, 117, 28, 0, 196, 14, 11, 0, 239, 79, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 17, 0, 0, 0,
+		3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 251, 196, 28, 0, 179, 94, 11, 0,
+		247, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		244, 197, 28, 0, 108, 99, 11, 0, 80, 77, 0, 0, 23, 0, 0, 0,
+		210, 4, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, 0,
+		3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 68, 19, 29, 0, 188, 176, 11, 0,
+		107, 104, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 16, 0, 0, 0,
+		127, 2, 0, 0, 128, 251, 1, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 20, 0, 0, 0,
+		224, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		8, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0, 0, 0, 128, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		160, 0, 0, 0, 80, 0, 0, 0, 25, 0, 0, 0, 16, 2, 0, 0,
+		14, 0, 0, 0, 28, 0, 0, 0, 82, 83, 68, 32, 80, 84, 82, 32,
+		89, 66, 79, 67, 72, 83, 32, 0, 220, 24, 254, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0,
+	}
+)
diff --git a/stub.go b/stub.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80ae494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stub.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel"
+
+var multibootInfoPtr uint32
+
+// main makes a dummy call to the actual kernel main entrypoint function. It
+// is intentionally defined to prevent the Go compiler from optimizing away the
+// real kernel code.
+//
+// A global variable is passed as an argument to Kmain to prevent the compiler
+// from inlining the actual call and removing Kmain from the generated .o file.
+func main() {
+	kernel.Kmain(multibootInfoPtr)
+}