diff --git a/cfg/atari-asm-xex.cfg b/cfg/atari-asm-xex.cfg
index f0a6291db..fddf95dd4 100644
--- a/cfg/atari-asm-xex.cfg
+++ b/cfg/atari-asm-xex.cfg
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ SEGMENTS {
     CODE:     load = MAIN,    type = rw,                  define = yes;
     RODATA:   load = MAIN,    type = ro   optional = yes;
     DATA:     load = MAIN,    type = rw   optional = yes;
+    INIT:     load = MAIN,    type = bss, optional = yes, define = yes;
     BSS:      load = MAIN,    type = bss, optional = yes, define = yes;
 }
diff --git a/cfg/atari-asm.cfg b/cfg/atari-asm.cfg
index 6fc1c2caa..f824eb264 100644
--- a/cfg/atari-asm.cfg
+++ b/cfg/atari-asm.cfg
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ SEGMENTS {
     CODE:     load = MAIN,    type = rw,                  define = yes;
     RODATA:   load = MAIN,    type = ro   optional = yes;
     DATA:     load = MAIN,    type = rw   optional = yes;
+    INIT:     load = MAIN,    type = bss, optional = yes, define = yes;
     BSS:      load = MAIN,    type = bss, optional = yes, define = yes;
     AUTOSTRT: load = TRAILER, type = ro,  optional = yes;
 }
diff --git a/libsrc/atari/exehdr.s b/libsrc/atari/exehdr.s
index fe17aeafd..1ac9a0fbe 100644
--- a/libsrc/atari/exehdr.s
+++ b/libsrc/atari/exehdr.s
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@
 .segment        "MAINHDR"
         .word   __MAIN_START__
         .word   __INIT_LOAD__ - 1
+
+; Define the INIT segment so that __INIT_LOAD__ from above '.import' is always defined.
+; The segment is normally present when linking a C program, but not necessarily when linking an assembler program.
+.segment        "INIT"