diff --git a/include/linker/sections.h b/include/linker/sections.h
index 6452874e006..a093f13916d 100644
--- a/include/linker/sections.h
+++ b/include/linker/sections.h
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 #define _BSS_SECTION_NAME bss
 #define _NOINIT_SECTION_NAME noinit
 
+#define _APP_DATA_SECTION_NAME		app_datas
+#define _APP_BSS_SECTION_NAME		app_bss
+#define _APP_NOINIT_SECTION_NAME	app_noinit
+
 #define _UNDEFINED_SECTION_NAME undefined
 
 /* Various text section names */
diff --git a/scripts/sanitycheck b/scripts/sanitycheck
index 9c0095b6765..4277935153f 100755
--- a/scripts/sanitycheck
+++ b/scripts/sanitycheck
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ class QEMUHandler(Handler):
 
 class SizeCalculator:
 
-    alloc_sections = ["bss", "noinit"]
+    alloc_sections = ["bss", "noinit", "app_bss", "app_noinit"]
     rw_sections = ["datas", "initlevel", "_k_task_list", "_k_event_list",
                    "_k_memory_pool", "exceptions", "initshell",
 		   "_static_thread_area", "_k_timer_area",
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class SizeCalculator:
 		   "_k_fifo_area", "_k_lifo_area", "_k_stack_area",
 		   "_k_msgq_area", "_k_mbox_area", "_k_pipe_area",
                    "net_if", "net_if_event", "net_stack", "net_l2_data",
-                   "_k_queue_area", "_net_buf_pool_area" ]
+                   "_k_queue_area", "_net_buf_pool_area", "app_datas" ]
     # These get copied into RAM only on non-XIP
     ro_sections = ["text", "ctors", "init_array", "reset",
                    "rodata", "devconfig", "net_l2", "vector"]