diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ccff722a319..a282b51163b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ endif()
 
 if(NOT CONFIG_NATIVE_APPLICATION)
 zephyr_ld_options(
-  -nostartfiles
-  -nodefaultlibs
   -nostdlib
   -static
   -no-pie
@@ -748,7 +746,7 @@ function(construct_add_custom_command_for_linker_pass linker_output_name output_
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
     -x assembler-with-cpp
     ${NOSTDINC_F}
-    -undef
+    ${NOSYSDEF_CFLAG}
     -MD -MF ${linker_cmd_file_name}.dep -MT ${BASE_NAME}/${linker_cmd_file_name}
     ${ZEPHYR_INCLUDES}
     ${LINKER_SCRIPT_DEFINES}
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc.cmake
index a8b58088873..79f7a7b7ce0 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc.cmake
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ find_program(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${cplusplus_compiler} PATH ${TOOLCHAIN_HOME} NO_
 
 set(NOSTDINC "")
 
+# Note that NOSYSDEF_CFLAG may be an empty string, and
+# set_ifndef() does not work with empty string.
+if(NOT DEFINED NOSYSDEF_CFLAG)
+  set(NOSYSDEF_CFLAG -undef)
+endif()
+
 foreach(file_name include include-fixed)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --print-file-name=${file_name}
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/llvm.cmake b/cmake/compiler/llvm.cmake
index 5548353f9bc..d43dbdfa1b7 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/llvm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/llvm.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 set(NOSTDINC "")
 
+# Note that NOSYSDEF_CFLAG may be an empty string, and
+# set_ifndef() does not work with empty string.
+if(NOT DEFINED NOSYSDEF_CFLAG)
+  set(NOSYSDEF_CFLAG -undef)
+endif()
+
 foreach(file_name include include-fixed)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --print-file-name=${file_name}
@@ -19,4 +25,3 @@ endforeach()
 
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS -nostartfiles -nostdlib ${isystem_include_flags} -Wl,--unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files)
 string(REPLACE ";" " " CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
-
diff --git a/cmake/dts.cmake b/cmake/dts.cmake
index 2ae55dfe59a..429ea91377a 100644
--- a/cmake/dts.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dts.cmake
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ if(CONFIG_HAS_DTS)
     -include ${AUTOCONF_H}
     ${DTC_INCLUDE_FLAG_FOR_DTS}  # include the DTS source and overlays
     -I${ZEPHYR_BASE}/dts/common
-    -undef -D__DTS__
+    ${NOSYSDEF_CFLAG}
+    -D__DTS__
     -P
     -E ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/misc/empty_file.c
     -o ${BOARD}.dts.pre.tmp