diff --git a/data/jessie/s390x/d390.ins b/data/jessie/s390x/d390.ins
index 78c5f117..a02a1e2d 100644
--- a/data/jessie/s390x/d390.ins
+++ b/data/jessie/s390x/d390.ins
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ linux_vm 0x00000000
 root.off 0x0001040c
 root.siz 0x00010414
 parmfile 0x00010480
-root.bin 0x00800000
+root.bin 0x01000000
diff --git a/data/stretch/s390x/d390.ins b/data/stretch/s390x/d390.ins
index 78c5f117..a02a1e2d 100644
--- a/data/stretch/s390x/d390.ins
+++ b/data/stretch/s390x/d390.ins
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ linux_vm 0x00000000
 root.off 0x0001040c
 root.siz 0x00010414
 parmfile 0x00010480
-root.bin 0x00800000
+root.bin 0x01000000
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d2f92209..8af16efd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ debian-cd (3.1.18) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Make stretch the default suite in the easy-build.sh script.
 
   [ Philipp Kern ]
+  * Load the s390x initrd at 0x01000000 to allow kernels larger than
+    8 MiB (and smaller than 16 MiB) to be loaded via the ins loader.
   * Drop the remaining s390 bits from stretch and jessie. (s390x remains.)
   * Drop the d390oco loader from stretch and jessie.
 
diff --git a/tools/boot/jessie/boot-s390x b/tools/boot/jessie/boot-s390x
index 1f5f7508..c9f73ad3 100644
--- a/tools/boot/jessie/boot-s390x
+++ b/tools/boot/jessie/boot-s390x
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ cp $BASEDIR/data/$CODENAME/$ARCH/d390* "$imagedir/"
 sed -e 's,^[^*],boot/&,g' < $BASEDIR/data/$CODENAME/$ARCH/d390.ins > "boot$N/d390.ins"
 
 # Create the files specifying offset and size of the initrd
-perl -e "print pack('N', 0x800000)" >"$imagedir/root.off"
+perl -e "print pack('N', 0x1000000)" >"$imagedir/root.off"
 perl -e "print pack('N', -s '$imagedir/root.bin')" >"$imagedir/root.siz"
 
 # Copy the README file
diff --git a/tools/boot/stretch/boot-s390x b/tools/boot/stretch/boot-s390x
index 92dc73bf..30eab52b 100644
--- a/tools/boot/stretch/boot-s390x
+++ b/tools/boot/stretch/boot-s390x
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ cp $BASEDIR/data/$CODENAME/$ARCH/d390* "$imagedir/"
 sed -e 's,^[^*],boot/&,g' < $BASEDIR/data/$CODENAME/$ARCH/d390.ins > "boot$N/d390.ins"
 
 # Create the files specifying offset and size of the initrd
-perl -e "print pack('N', 0x800000)" >"$imagedir/root.off"
+perl -e "print pack('N', 0x1000000)" >"$imagedir/root.off"
 perl -e "print pack('N', -s '$imagedir/root.bin')" >"$imagedir/root.siz"
 
 # Copy the README file