diff --git a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
index f7de6f72..f1a7b78f 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
@@ -3842,8 +3842,15 @@ int PackLinuxElf32::pack2(OutputFile *fo, Filter &ft)
                 if (ft.id < 0x40) {
                     // FIXME: ??     ft.addvalue += asl_delta;
                 }
-                x.offset += delta;
-                x.size   -= delta;
+                if (delta == x.size) { // PT_LOAD[0] with ElfXX.Ehdr only
+                    // QBE backend - http://c9x.me/compile/
+                    hdr_u_len = 0;  // no fiddling necessary!
+                    // &ft arg to packExtent will be zero becaue (k != nk_f)
+                }
+                else {
+                    x.offset += delta;
+                    x.size   -= delta;
+                }
             }
             // compressWithFilters() always assumes a "loader", so would
             // throw NotCompressible for small .data Extents, which PowerPC
@@ -3966,8 +3973,15 @@ int PackLinuxElf64::pack2(OutputFile *fo, Filter &ft)
                 if (ft.id < 0x40) {
                     // FIXME: ??     ft.addvalue += asl_delta;
                 }
-                x.offset += delta;
-                x.size   -= delta;
+                if (delta == x.size) { // PT_LOAD[0] with ElfXX.Ehdr only
+                    // QBE backend - http://c9x.me/compile/
+                    hdr_u_len = 0;  // no fiddling necessary!
+                    // &ft arg to packExtent will be zero becaue (k != nk_f)
+                }
+                else {
+                    x.offset += delta;
+                    x.size   -= delta;
+                }
             }
             // compressWithFilters() always assumes a "loader", so would
             // throw NotCompressible for small .data Extents, which PowerPC