diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry.asm b/arch/x86/kernel/entry.asm
index a2ef9e7b0..0182d5294 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry.asm
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry.asm
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ start64:
     mov rdi, rax
     shr rdi, 9                ; (edi >> 12) * 8 (index for boot_pgt)
     add rdi, boot_pgt
-    or rax, 0x103             ; set present, global and writable bits
+    or rax, 0x23              ; set present, accessed and writable bits
     mov QWORD [rdi], rax
 Lno_mbinfo:
     ; remap kernel
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Lno_mbinfo:
     shr rdi, 18       ; (edi >> 21) * 8 (index for boot_pgd)
     add rdi, boot_pgd
     mov rax, [base]
-    or rax, 0x83      ; PG_GLOBAL isn't required because HermitCore is a single-address space OS
+    or rax, 0xA3      ; PG_GLOBAL isn't required because HermitCore is a single-address space OS
     xor rcx, rcx
     mov rsi, 510*0x200000
     sub rsi, kernel_start
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/page.c b/arch/x86/mm/page.c
index 632fe32c1..af4b7c791 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/page.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/page.c
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ int __page_map(size_t viraddr, size_t phyaddr, size_t npages, size_t bits, uint8
 
 					/* Reference the new table within its parent */
 #if 0
-					self[lvl][vpn] = paddr | bits | PG_PRESENT | PG_USER | PG_RW | PG_ACCESSED;
+					self[lvl][vpn] = paddr | bits | PG_PRESENT | PG_USER | PG_RW | PG_ACCESSED | PG_DIRTY;
 #else
-					self[lvl][vpn] = (paddr | bits | PG_PRESENT | PG_USER | PG_RW | PG_ACCESSED) & ~PG_XD;
+					self[lvl][vpn] = (paddr | bits | PG_PRESENT | PG_USER | PG_RW | PG_ACCESSED | PG_DIRTY) & ~PG_XD;
 #endif
 
 					/* Fill new table with zeros */
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int __page_map(size_t viraddr, size_t phyaddr, size_t npages, size_t bits, uint8
 					send_ipi = flush = 1;
 				}
 
-				self[lvl][vpn] = phyaddr | bits | PG_PRESENT | PG_ACCESSED;
+				self[lvl][vpn] = phyaddr | bits | PG_PRESENT | PG_ACCESSED | PG_DIRTY;
 
 				if (flush)
 					/* There's already a page mapped at this address.