diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d9a3832dbdeff..3f6455a35ce13 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ if(NOT CONFIG_ARCH_SIM)
 
   # TODO: nostart/nodefault not applicable to nuttx toolchain
   target_link_libraries(
-    nuttx PRIVATE -Wl,--script=${ldscript} -Wl,--start-group ${nuttx_libs}
+    nuttx PRIVATE -T${ldscript} -Wl,--start-group ${nuttx_libs}
                   ${nuttx_extra_libs} -Wl,--end-group)
 
   # generate binary outputs in different formats (.bin, .hex, etc)
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ if(CONFIG_BUILD_PROTECTED)
   get_property(nuttx_apps_libs GLOBAL PROPERTY NUTTX_APPS_LIBRARIES)
 
   get_property(user_ldscript GLOBAL PROPERTY LD_SCRIPT_USER)
-  list(TRANSFORM user_ldscript PREPEND "-Wl,--script=")
+  list(TRANSFORM user_ldscript PREPEND "-T")
 
   execute_process(
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${NUTTX_EXTRA_FLAGS}