diff --git a/arch/arch.mk b/arch/arch.mk
index 96f11eba42..2e737b92ac 100644
--- a/arch/arch.mk
+++ b/arch/arch.mk
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ GCC_TARGET_MODE := $(call qstrip,$(BR2_GCC_TARGET_MODE))
 
 # Explicitly set LD's "max-page-size" instead of relying on some defaults
 ifeq ($(BR2_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_4K)$(BR2_ARM64_PAGE_SIZE_4K),y)
-ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096
+ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=4096
 else ifeq ($(BR2_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_8K),y)
-ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=8192
+ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=8192 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=8192
 else ifeq ($(BR2_ARC_PAGE_SIZE_16K),y)
-ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384
+ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=16384 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=16384
 else ifeq ($(BR2_ARM64_PAGE_SIZE_64K),y)
-ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=65536
+ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=65536 -Wl,-z,common-page-size=65536
 endif
 
 # Include any architecture specific makefiles.
diff --git a/arch/arch.mk.arc b/arch/arch.mk.arc
index a6b56a869f..42037626a6 100644
--- a/arch/arch.mk.arc
+++ b/arch/arch.mk.arc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_arc),y)
 
 # -matomic is always required when the ARC core has the atomic extensions
 ifeq ($(BR2_ARC_ATOMIC_EXT),y)
-ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS = -matomic
+ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_OPTS += -matomic
 endif
 
 endif