diff --git a/include/cdefs.h b/include/cdefs.h
index 99658c3a..07c0a0a1 100644
--- a/include/cdefs.h
+++ b/include/cdefs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
  * scalar variable if you want it to be accessed with PC-relative addressing.
  * This saves 4 cycles / 2 bytes of instruction memory / 1 relocation. */
 #define __code __attribute__((section(".text")))
+/* Annotate initialized variable to be put into memory section. */
+#define __data __attribute__((section(".data")))
 /* Annotate initialized variable to be put into memory accessible
  * by custom chipset. */
 #define __data_chip __attribute__((section(".datachip")))
diff --git a/lib/libpt/ptplayer.asm b/lib/libpt/ptplayer.asm
index 7444f5c2..ffec6b1e 100644
--- a/lib/libpt/ptplayer.asm
+++ b/lib/libpt/ptplayer.asm
@@ -3139,7 +3139,7 @@ MasterVolTab64:
 
 *****************************************************************************
 
-	section	__MERGED,bss
+	section	'.bss',bss
 
 	rsreset
 ; Antiriad - put this at the start of mt_data to avoid alignment issues with the rs.b near the end
diff --git a/tools/png2c.py b/tools/png2c.py
index d7aa83ee..17358038 100755
--- a/tools/png2c.py
+++ b/tools/png2c.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def do_bitmap(im, desc):
     if onlydata:
         return
 
-    print('%sconst BitmapT %s = {' % ('' if shared else 'static ', name))
+    print('%sconst __data BitmapT %s = {' % ('' if shared else 'static ', name))
     print(f'  .width = {width},')
     print(f'  .height = {height},')
     print(f'  .depth = {depth},')
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def do_sprite(im, desc):
         sprites.append((sprite, attached_str))
 
     if n > 1:
-        print(f'static SpriteT {name}[{n}] = {{')
+        print(f'static __data SpriteT {name}[{n}] = {{')
         for sprite, attached_str in sprites:
             print('  {')
             print(f'    .sprdat = &{sprite}_sprdat,')
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ def do_sprite(im, desc):
             print('  },')
         print('};')
     else:
-        print(f'static SpriteT {name} = {{')
+        print(f'static __data SpriteT {name} = {{')
         print(f'  .sprdat = &{name}_sprdat,')
         print(f'  .height = {height},')
         print(f'  .attached = false,')
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def do_pixmap(im, desc):
     print('')
 
     if not onlydata:
-        print('static const PixmapT %s = {' % name)
+        print('static const __data PixmapT %s = {' % name)
         print('  .type = %s,' % pixeltype)
         print('  .width = %d,' % width)
         print('  .height = %d,' % height)
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def do_palette(im, desc):
 
     print("#define %s_count %d\n" % (name, len(cmap)))
 
-    print('%sconst PaletteT %s = {' % ('' if shared else 'static ', name))
+    print('%sconst __data PaletteT %s = {' % ('' if shared else 'static ', name))
     print('  .count = %d,' % len(cmap))
     print('  .colors = {')
     for r, g, b in cmap: