diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d2a93addf7..99c469de75 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ endfunction()
 #
 function(mbed_set_mbed_target_linker_script target)
     get_property(mbed_target_linker_script GLOBAL PROPERTY MBED_TARGET_LINKER_FILE)
+    mbed_generate_options_for_linker(${target} _linker_preprocess_definitions)
     if(MBED_TOOLCHAIN STREQUAL "GCC_ARM")
-        mbed_generate_options_for_linker(${target} _linker_preprocess_definitions)
         set(CMAKE_PRE_BUILD_COMMAND
             COMMAND "arm-none-eabi-cpp" ${_linker_preprocess_definitions} -x assembler-with-cpp -E -Wp,-P
                 ${mbed_target_linker_script} -o ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${target}.link_script.ld
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ function(mbed_set_mbed_target_linker_script target)
         target_link_options(mbed-core
             INTERFACE
                 "--scatter=${mbed_target_linker_script}"
+                "--predefine=${_linker_preprocess_definitions}"
         )
     endif()
     add_custom_command(