diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6b258f649..885132fd9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Build
           command: |
             make -j 2
+            make -C src/mips/hello -j 2
             make -C src/mips/shell -j 2
             make -C src/mips/openbios -j 2
 
diff --git a/src/mips/common.mk b/src/mips/common.mk
index 9c10b824f..f66f13b0d 100644
--- a/src/mips/common.mk
+++ b/src/mips/common.mk
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ PREFIX = mipsel-linux-gnu
 
 CC = $(PREFIX)-gcc
 
+TARGETBASE = $(basename $(TARGET))
+
 ARCHFLAGS = -march=mips1 -mabi=32 -EL -msoft-float -Wa,-msoft-float -fno-pic -mno-shared -mno-abicalls
 CPPFLAGS = -mno-gpopt -fomit-frame-pointer
 CPPFLAGS += -fno-builtin
 CPPFLAGS += $(ARCHFLAGS)
 CPPFLAGS += -I..
 
-LDFLAGS = -Wl,-Map=$(TARGET).map -nostdlib -T$(LDSCRIPT) -static -Wl,--gc-sections
+LDFLAGS += -Wl,-Map=$(TARGETBASE).map -nostdlib -T$(LDSCRIPT) -static -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-v
 LDFLAGS += $(ARCHFLAGS)
 
 LDFLAGS += -g -O3 -flto
@@ -16,16 +18,22 @@ CPPFLAGS += -g -O3 -flto
 
 OBJS += $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(SRCS)))
 
-all: $(TARGET).bin
+all: $(TARGET)
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGET).elf $(TARGET).map $(TARGET).bin
+	rm -f $(OBJS) $(TARGETBASE).psx $(TARGETBASE).elf $(TARGET).map $(TARGETBASE).bin $(TARGET)
+
+$(TARGETBASE).bin: $(TARGETBASE).elf
+	$(PREFIX)-objcopy -O binary $< $@
 
-$(TARGET).bin: $(TARGET).elf
+$(TARGETBASE).psx: $(TARGETBASE).elf
 	$(PREFIX)-objcopy -O binary $< $@
 
-$(TARGET).elf: $(OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -g -o $(TARGET).elf $(OBJS)
+$(TARGETBASE).elf: $(OBJS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -g -o $(TARGETBASE).elf $(OBJS)
+
+%.o: %.S
+	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -I.. -g -c -o $@ $<
 
 %.o: %.s
 	$(CC) $(ARCHFLAGS) -I.. -g -c -o $@ $<
diff --git a/src/mips/common/include/mipsregs.h b/src/mips/common/include/mipsregs.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..100164508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mips/common/include/mipsregs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+#ifndef _MIPSREGS_H
+#define	_MIPSREGS_H
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/* general registers */
+
+#define r0      $0
+#define r1      $1
+#define r2      $2
+#define r3      $3
+#define r4      $4
+#define r5      $5
+#define r6      $6
+#define r7      $7
+#define r8      $8
+#define r9      $9
+#define r10     $10
+#define r11     $11
+#define r12     $12
+#define r13     $13
+#define r14     $14
+#define r15     $15
+#define r16     $16
+#define r17     $17
+#define r18     $18
+#define r19     $19
+#define r20     $20
+#define r21     $21
+#define r22     $22
+#define r23     $23
+#define r24     $24
+#define r25     $25
+#define r26     $26
+#define r27     $27
+#define r28     $28
+#define r29     $29
+#define r30     $30
+#define r31     $31
+
+#define zero    $0
+//#define at      $1
+#define v0      $2
+#define v1      $3
+#define a0      $4
+#define a1      $5
+#define a2      $6
+#define a3      $7
+#define t0      $8
+#define t1      $9
+#define t2      $10
+#define t3      $11
+#define t4      $12
+#define t5      $13
+#define t6      $14
+#define t7      $15
+#define s0      $16
+#define s1      $17
+#define s2      $18
+#define s3      $19
+#define s4      $20
+#define s5      $21
+#define s6      $22
+#define s7      $23
+#define t8      $24
+#define t9      $25
+#define k0      $26
+#define k1      $27
+#define gp      $28
+#define sp      $29
+#define s8      $30
+#define fp      $30
+#define ra      $31
+
+/* COP0 Registers */
+
+/* BreakPoint Control */
+#define C0_BPC $3
+/* BreakPoint on Data Access */
+#define C0_BDA $5
+/* BreakPoint on Data Access */
+#define C0_DCIC $7
+#define C0_BADVADDR $8
+#define C0_BDAM $9
+#define C0_BPCM $11
+
+/* Status Register */
+#define C0_STATUS   $12
+
+/* Cause Register */
+#define C0_CAUSE    $13
+
+/* Error PC Register */
+#define C0_EPC      $14
+
+/* Processor ID */
+#define C0_PRID     $15
+
+// Interrupt Enable(current)
+#define SR_IEC  (1 <<  0)
+// Kernel/User mode(current)
+#define SR_KUC  (1 <<  1)
+// Interrupt Enable(previous)
+#define SR_IEP  (1 <<  2)
+// Kernel/User mode(previous)
+#define SR_KUP  (1 <<  3)
+// Interrupt Enable(old)
+#define SR_IEO  (1 <<  4)
+// Kernel/User mode(old)
+#define SR_KUO  (1 <<  5)
+
+/* Interrupt Mask 0 */
+#define SR_IMO  (1 <<  8)
+/* Interrupt Mask 1 */
+#define SR_IM1  (1 <<  9)
+/* Interrupt Mask 2 */
+#define SR_IM2  (1 << 10)
+/* Interrupt Mask 3 */
+#define SR_IM3  (1 << 11)
+/* Interrupt Mask 4 */
+#define SR_IM4  (1 << 12)
+/* Interrupt Mask 5 */
+#define SR_IM5  (1 << 13)
+/* Interrupt Mask 6 */
+#define SR_IM6  (1 << 14)
+/* Interrupt Mask 7 */
+#define SR_IM7  (1 << 15)
+
+/* Isolate Cache */
+#define SR_ISC  (1 << 16)
+/* Swap Caches */
+#define SR_SWC  (1 << 17)
+/* Parity Zero */
+#define SR_PZ   (1 << 18)
+/* Cache Miss */
+#define SR_CM   (1 << 19)
+/* Parity Error */
+#define SR_PE   (1 << 20)
+/* TLB Shutdown */
+#define SR_TS   (1 << 21)
+/* Boot-time Exception Vector */
+#define SR_BEV  (1 << 22)
+
+/* Reverse Endian enable */
+#define SR_RE   (1 << 25)
+
+/* Coprocessor 0 Usable */
+#define SR_CU0  (1 << 28)
+/* Coprocessor 1 Usable */
+#define SR_CU1  (1 << 29)
+/* Coprocessor 2 Usable */
+#define SR_CU2  (1 << 30)
+/* Coprocessor 3 Usable */
+#define SR_CU3  (1 << 31)
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* _MIPSREGS_H */
+
diff --git a/src/mips/hello/Makefile b/src/mips/hello/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e87f34e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mips/hello/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+TARGET = hello.psx
+TLOAD_ADDR = 0x80010000
+SRCS = \
+../common/hardware/cop0.s \
+crt0/crt0.s \
+main/main.c \
+
+LDSCRIPT = psx-exe.ld
+
+## If "TLOAD_ADDR" was specified in the Makefile, pass it to the linker.
+ifneq ($(strip $(TLOAD_ADDR)),)
+LDFLAGS := -Wl,--defsym,TLOAD_ADDR=$(TLOAD_ADDR)
+else
+LDFLAGS =
+endif
+
+include ../common.mk
diff --git a/src/mips/hello/crt0/crt0.S b/src/mips/hello/crt0/crt0.S
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1d246126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mips/hello/crt0/crt0.S
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2019 PCSX-Redux authors                                 *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.           *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include <common/include/mipsregs.h>
+
+.set push
+.set noreorder
+.set noat
+
+    .section .start, "ax", @progbits
+    .align 2
+    .global main
+    .global _start
+    .type _start, @function
+_start:
+                la      t0, __bss_start
+                la      t1, __bss_end
+                addiu   t1, t1, 3
+                srl     t1, t1, 2
+                sll     t1, t1, 2
+                beq     t0, t1, _zero_bss_done
+                nop
+
+_zero_bss:
+				sw      zero, 0(t0)
+                addiu   t0, t0, 4
+                bne     t0, t1, _zero_bss
+                nop
+
+_zero_bss_done:
+/*                la      gp, _gp*/
+                li      a0, 0
+                j       main
+                li      a1, 0
+
+/*
+.end _start
+.data
+
+.bss
+*/
+                .extern __bss_start
+                .extern __bss_end
+                .extern _gp
+/* int _main(int argc, const char **argv, const char **envp) */
+                .extern main
+                
+.set pop
diff --git a/src/mips/hello/main/main.c b/src/mips/hello/main/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7e3c2b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mips/hello/main/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2019 PCSX-Redux authors                                 *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.           *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "common/hardware/cop0.h"
+
+int main() {
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/mips/hello/psx-exe.ld b/src/mips/hello/psx-exe.ld
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78923d777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mips/hello/psx-exe.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (C) 2019 PCSX-Redux authors                                 *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.                          *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     *
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the                         *
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,                                       *
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.           *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-tradlittlemips")
+/*OUTPUT_ARCH("mips:3000")*/
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("binary")
+
+EXTERN(_start)
+ENTRY(_start)
+
+TLOAD_ADDR = DEFINED(_TLOAD_ADDR) ? TLOAD_ADDR : 0x80010000;
+
+MEMORY {
+    loader      : ORIGIN = 0x8000f800, LENGTH = 2048
+    ram (rwx)   : ORIGIN = 0x80010000, LENGTH = 2M - 0x10000
+    dcache      : ORIGIN = 0x1f800000, LENGTH = 0x400
+}
+
+__ram_top       = ORIGIN(ram) + LENGTH(ram);
+__sp            = __ram_top - 0x100;
+
+__dcache        = ORIGIN(dcache);
+__dcache_top    = ORIGIN(dcache) + LENGTH(dcache);
+
+__bss_len       = (__bss_end - __bss_start);
+__ftext_len     = (__ftext_end - __ftext_start);
+__fdata_len     = (__fdata_end - __fdata_start);
+
+SECTIONS {
+    .PSX_EXE_Header : {
+        /*
+            0x0000 - 0x0007 : "PS-X EXE"
+        */
+        BYTE(80); BYTE(83); BYTE(45); BYTE(88); BYTE(32); BYTE(69); BYTE(88); BYTE(69);
+
+        /* 0x0008 - 0x000F : skip text_off and data_off since they're not supported by the PS1 BIOS */
+        LONG(0); LONG(0);
+
+        /* 0x0010 - 0x0013 : entry point */
+        LONG(ABSOLUTE(_start));
+
+        /* 0x0014 - 0x0017 : initial value of $gp */
+        LONG(0);
+
+        /* 0x0018 - 0x001B : Memory address to load "text" section to. */
+        /*
+            NOTE: The "text" section is actually all of the "load"
+            sections of the file including .text, .rodata, .data.
+            etc.
+        */
+        LONG(TLOAD_ADDR);
+
+        /* 0x001C - 0x001F :  size, in bytes, of the "text" section. */
+        LONG(__ftext_len + __fdata_len);
+
+        /* 0x0020 - 0x002F :
+            Skip "data_addr", "data_size", "bss_addr" and "bss_size".
+            None of these are supported by retail PS1 BIOS.
+        */
+        LONG(0); LONG(0);
+        LONG(0); LONG(0);
+
+        /* 0x0030 - 0x0033 :  Initial stack address. */
+        LONG(DEFINED(_sp) ? ABSOLUTE(_sp) : 0x801FFF00);
+
+        /* 0x0034 - 0x0037 : Initial stack size, set it to 0. */
+        LONG(0);
+
+        /* Skip the remaining fields as they're not supported by the BIOS */
+        . = . + 1992;
+        /*
+        . = ADDR(.text);
+        */
+    } > loader
+
+    __ftext_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
+    .text TLOAD_ADDR : {
+        *(.start)
+        *(.init)
+        KEEP (*(SORT_NONE(.fini)))
+        *(.text.unlikely .text.*_unlikely .text.unlikely.*)
+        *(.text.exit .text.exit.*)
+        *(.text.startup .text.startup.*)
+        *(.text.hot .text.hot.*)
+        *(.text .stub .text.* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
+        . = ALIGN(16);
+    } > ram
+
+    .fini : {
+        . = ALIGN(16);
+    } > ram
+
+    . = ALIGN(16);
+    __text_end = .;
+    __ftext_end = ABSOLUTE(.);
+
+    __fdata_start = ABSOLUTE(.);
+
+    .rodata : {
+        *(.rodata .rodata.* .rdata .rdata.* .gnu.linkonce.r.*)
+    } > ram
+
+    .rodata1 : {
+        *(.rodata1)
+    } > ram
+
+    __data_start = .;
+    .data : {
+        *(.a0table)
+        *(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.*)
+        *(.data1)
+        *(.got.plt)
+        *(.got)
+    } > ram
+
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __data_end = .;
+    __fdata_end = .;
+    __bss_start = .;
+    .sbss : {
+        *(.dynsbss)
+        *(.sbss .sbss.* .gnu.linkonce.sb.*)
+        *(.scommon)
+        *(.dynbss)
+        *(.bss .bss.* .gnu.linkonce.b.*)
+        *(COMMON)
+    } > ram
+
+    . = ALIGN(4);
+    __bss_end = .;
+
+    __end = .;
+
+    /* pad file to be a multiple of 2048 bytes.  Needed for loading from CD-ROM. */
+   /* .__pad : { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(2048); }*/
+    . = ADDR(.text) - 0x800;
+
+
+    /DISCARD/ : { *(.MIPS.abiflags) }
+
+    /* Everything is statically linked, so discard PLTs. */
+    /DISCARD/ : { *(.rel.iplt) *(.rela.iplt) *(.rel.plt) *(.rela.plt) *(.plt) *(.iplt) }
+
+    /* We don't make use of debugging information, so drop that, too. */
+    /DISCARD/ : { *(.debug) *(.debug_srcinfo) *(.debug_sfnames) *(.debug_aranges) *(.debug_pubnames) *(.debug_info .gnu.linkonce.wi.*) *(.debug_abbrev) *(.debug_line .debug_line.* .debug_line_end ) *(.debug_frame) *(.debug_str) *(.debug_loc) *(.debug_macinfo) *(.debug_weaknames) *(.debug_funcnames) *(.debug_typenames) *(.debug_varnames) *(.debug_pubtypes) *(.debug_ranges) *(.debug_macro) *(.mdebug.abi32) *(.mdebug.abiN32) *(.mdebug.abi64) *(.mdebug.abiO64) *(.mdebug.eabi32) *(.mdebug.eabi64) }
+
+    /* Discard things that the standard link script drops, too. */
+    /DISCARD/ : { *(.note.GNU-stack) *(.gnu_debuglink) *(.gnu.lto_*) }
+
+    /DISCARD/ : { *(.note.gnu.build-id) }
+}
diff --git a/src/mips/openbios/Makefile b/src/mips/openbios/Makefile
index a204a959d..0a576f95a 100644
--- a/src/mips/openbios/Makefile
+++ b/src/mips/openbios/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGET = openbios
+TARGET = openbios.bin
 
 SRCS = \
 ../common/hardware/cop0.s \
diff --git a/src/mips/shell/Makefile b/src/mips/shell/Makefile
index e5de4fbcc..f408d6914 100644
--- a/src/mips/shell/Makefile
+++ b/src/mips/shell/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-TARGET = shell
+TARGET = shell.bin
+LOAD_ADDR = 0x80030000
 
 SRCS = \
 ../common/hardware/cop0.s \