diff --git a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/relocation_generic.h b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/relocation_generic.h
index 4ba6a707bf..f19cd4e840 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/relocation_generic.h
+++ b/repos/base/src/lib/ldso/include/relocation_generic.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 #include <linker.h>
 
+/* the R_<arch>_NONE relocation is 0 for all supported architectures */
+static constexpr int R_NONE = 0;
+
 constexpr bool verbose_relocation = false;
 
 static inline bool verbose_reloc(Linker::Dependency const &d)
@@ -66,7 +69,9 @@ struct Linker::Reloc_plt_generic
 	                  Elf::Rel const *start, unsigned long size)
 	{
 		if (type != TYPE) {
-			error("LD: Unsupported PLT relocation type: ", (int)type);
+			error("LD: Unsupported translation table address format.",
+			      " Expected ", TYPE, " got ", unsigned(type), ".",
+			      " Type can only be DT_REL or DT_RELA not both.");
 			throw Incompatible();
 		}
 
@@ -74,6 +79,9 @@ struct Linker::Reloc_plt_generic
 		REL const *end = rel + (size / sizeof(REL));
 		for (; rel < end; rel++) {
 
+			/* do nothing */
+			if (rel->type() == R_NONE) continue;
+
 			if (rel->type() != JMPSLOT) {
 				error("LD: Unsupported PLT relocation ", (int)rel->type());
 				throw Incompatible();