diff --git a/core/relinker/relinker/src/pipeline/RelinkerPipeline.cpp b/core/relinker/relinker/src/pipeline/RelinkerPipeline.cpp
index bd9808804..3cc4fd551 100644
--- a/core/relinker/relinker/src/pipeline/RelinkerPipeline.cpp
+++ b/core/relinker/relinker/src/pipeline/RelinkerPipeline.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ namespace Relinker {
 
 using namespace Elfpatcher;
 
+namespace {
+
+constexpr std::uint16_t kEtRel = 1;
+
+}
+
 RelinkerPipeline::RelinkerPipeline(std::shared_ptr<IElfReader> elfReader, std::shared_ptr<ISyscallScanner> syscallScanner, std::shared_ptr<ICallSiteResolver> callSiteResolver, std::shared_ptr<IValidationPolicy> validationPolicy, std::shared_ptr<ISysVDynamicSectionBuilder> dynamicSectionBuilder, std::shared_ptr<IUnusedNidFilter> unusedNidFilter, std::uint32_t unusedFilterLevel, Domain::IProgress& progress)
     : elfReader(std::move(elfReader))
     , syscallScanner(std::move(syscallScanner))
@@ -45,6 +51,9 @@ std::string RelinkerPipeline::relocationTypeName(std::uint32_t type) {
 }
 
 RelinkResult RelinkerPipeline::Relink(const std::vector<std::uint8_t>& sourceElf) {
+    if (elfReader->ReadHeader().Type == kEtRel)
+        throw RelinkerException("ET_REL relocatable inputs are not supported");
+
     auto programHeaders = elfReader->ReadProgramHeaders();
 
     std::vector<std::uint8_t> textSection;
diff --git a/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_elf_header.py b/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_elf_header.py
index 171c44e1c..9b4238244 100644
--- a/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_elf_header.py
+++ b/core/relinker/relinker/tests/test_elf_header.py
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ def main():
             result = subprocess.run([str(relinker), "--skip-sce-module", str(source), str(output)],
                                     capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=20)
             assert result.returncode == 2 and error in result.stderr and not output.exists(), (name, result)
+
+        relocatable = main_fixture()
+        struct.pack_into("<H", relocatable, 16, 1)
+        source = Path(directory) / "relocatable.elf"
+        output = Path(directory) / "relocatable.out"
+        source.write_bytes(relocatable)
+        result = subprocess.run([str(relinker), "--skip-sce-module", str(source), str(output)],
+                                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=20)
+        assert result.returncode == 2 and "ET_REL relocatable inputs are not supported" in result.stderr and not output.exists(), result
+
         identification_cases(relinker, directory)
         structural_cases(relinker, directory)
     print("ELF header tests passed")