diff --git a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
index 1fcbea23..d47bcea3 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_elf.cpp
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ bool PackLinuxI386elf::canPack()
 
     exetype = 0;
 
-    // FIXME: add special checks for uncompresed "vmlinux" kernel
-    // FIXME: add checks for FreeBSD/... ELF executables
-
     fi->readx(buf, sizeof(buf));
     fi->seek(0, SEEK_SET);
     Elf_LE32_Ehdr const *const ehdr = (Elf_LE32_Ehdr const *)buf;
@@ -183,11 +180,21 @@ bool PackLinuxI386elf::canPack()
         if (j >= 14)
             return false;
         if (phdr->PT_LOAD == phdr->p_type) {
-            if (phdr->p_offset != 0)
-            {
+            if (phdr->p_offset != 0) {
                 throwCantPack("invalid Phdr p_offset; try `--force-execve'");
                 return false;
             }
+#if 1
+            // FIXME: what about these checks ?
+            if (phdr->p_vaddr != 0x08048000) {
+                throwCantPack("invalid Phdr p_vaddr; try `--force-execve'");
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (phdr->p_paddr != 0x08048000) {
+                throwCantPack("invalid Phdr p_paddr; try `--force-execve'");
+                return false;
+            }
+#endif
             exetype = 1;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/src/p_lx_exc.cpp b/src/p_lx_exc.cpp
index ed4962b7..6d5a63e7 100644
--- a/src/p_lx_exc.cpp
+++ b/src/p_lx_exc.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ int PackLinuxI386::checkEhdr(const Elf_LE32_Ehdr *ehdr) const
 {
     const unsigned char * const buf = ehdr->e_ident;
 
-    // info: ELF executables are now handled by p_lx_elf.cpp
     if (memcmp(buf, "\x7f\x45\x4c\x46\x01\x01\x01", 7)) // ELF 32-bit LSB
         return -1;
 
@@ -109,14 +108,25 @@ int PackLinuxI386::checkEhdr(const Elf_LE32_Ehdr *ehdr) const
         return 1;
     if (ehdr->e_type != 2)                              // executable
         return 2;
-    if (ehdr->e_machine != 3 && ehdr->e_machine != 6)   // Intel 80[34]86
+    if (ehdr->e_machine != 3)                           // Intel 80386
         return 3;
     if (ehdr->e_version != 1)                           // version
         return 4;
     if (ehdr->e_phnum < 1)
         return 5;
+    if (ehdr->e_phentsize != sizeof(Elf_LE32_Phdr))
+        return 6;
+
+    // check for Linux kernels
+    if (ehdr->e_entry == 0xC0100000)                    // uncompressed vmlinux
+        return 1000;
+    if (ehdr->e_entry == 0x00001000)                    // compressed vmlinux
+        return 1001;
+    if (ehdr->e_entry == 0x00100000)                    // compressed bvmlinux
+        return 1002;
+
+    // FIXME: add more checks for kernels
 
-    // FIXME: add special checks for uncompresed "vmlinux" kernel
     // FIXME: add special checks for other ELF i386 formats, like
     //        NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, ....