diff --git a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
index 4c989e808ae..c0eeb18acbf 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/extensions.cmake
@@ -5309,17 +5309,15 @@ function(add_llext_target target_name)
   )
 
   # Compile the source file using current Zephyr settings but a different
-  # set of flags.
-  # This is currently arch-specific since the ARM loader for .llext files
-  # expects object file format, while the Xtensa one uses shared libraries.
+  # set of flags to obtain the desired llext object type.
   set(llext_lib_target ${target_name}_llext_lib)
-  if(CONFIG_ARM)
+  if(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_OBJECT)
 
     # Create an object library to compile the source file
     add_library(${llext_lib_target} OBJECT ${source_file})
     set(llext_lib_output $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${llext_lib_target}>)
 
-  elseif(CONFIG_XTENSA)
+  elseif(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_SHAREDLIB)
 
     # Create a shared library
     add_library(${llext_lib_target} SHARED ${source_file})
@@ -5371,8 +5369,8 @@ function(add_llext_target target_name)
     COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
   )
 
-  # Arch-specific packaging of the built binary file into an .llext file
-  if(CONFIG_ARM)
+  # Type-specific packaging of the built binary file into an .llext file
+  if(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_OBJECT)
 
     # No packaging required, simply copy the object file
     add_custom_command(
@@ -5381,7 +5379,7 @@ function(add_llext_target target_name)
       DEPENDS ${llext_proc_target} ${llext_pkg_input}
     )
 
-  elseif(CONFIG_XTENSA)
+  elseif(CONFIG_LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_SHAREDLIB)
 
     # Need to strip the shared library of some sections
     add_custom_command(
@@ -5395,8 +5393,6 @@ function(add_llext_target target_name)
       DEPENDS ${llext_proc_target} ${llext_pkg_input}
     )
 
-  else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "add_llext_target: unsupported architecture")
   endif()
 
   # Add user-visible target and dependency, and fill in properties
diff --git a/subsys/llext/Kconfig b/subsys/llext/Kconfig
index 59a4129a1ad..4bc5e5b6136 100644
--- a/subsys/llext/Kconfig
+++ b/subsys/llext/Kconfig
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ menuconfig LLEXT
 
 if LLEXT
 
+choice LLEXT_BINARY_TYPE
+	prompt "Binary object type for llext"
+	default LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_OBJECT if ARM
+	default LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_SHAREDLIB if XTENSA
+	help
+	  Object type for llext
+
+config LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_OBJECT
+	bool "Single object ELF file"
+	help
+	  Build and expect object files as binary object type for the
+	  llext subsystem. A single compiler invocation is used to
+	  generate the object file.
+
+config LLEXT_TYPE_ELF_SHAREDLIB
+	bool "Shared library ELF file"
+	help
+	  Build and expect shared libraries as binary object type for
+	  the llext subsystem. The usual linking process is used to
+	  generate the shared library from multiple object files.
+
+endchoice
+
 config LLEXT_HEAP_SIZE
 	int "llext heap memory size in kilobytes"
 	default 8