diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9a6348f8bf..2bc2f7e78d7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ include(cmake/extra_flags.cmake)
 
 zephyr_cc_option(-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables)
 
+if(CONFIG_USERSPACE)
+  zephyr_compile_options($<TARGET_PROPERTY:compiler,no_global_merge>)
+endif()
+
 if(CONFIG_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE)
 # Only support local exec TLS model at this point.
 zephyr_cc_option(-ftls-model=local-exec)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/compiler_flags.cmake b/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/compiler_flags.cmake
index 318e8c30a8d..bab3ab5c135 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/compiler_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/arcmwdt/compiler_flags.cmake
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ set_property(TARGET compiler-cpp PROPERTY no_threadsafe_statics "-fno-threadsafe
 # but it has PIE disabled by default - so no extra flags are required here.
 set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_position_independent "")
 
+set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_global_merge "")
+
 #################################
 # This section covers asm flags #
 #################################
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/clang/compiler_flags.cmake b/cmake/compiler/clang/compiler_flags.cmake
index bdf00e9aaad..6644459e3c9 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/clang/compiler_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/clang/compiler_flags.cmake
@@ -108,3 +108,5 @@ set_compiler_property(PROPERTY warning_error_coding_guideline
                       -Wconversion
                       -Woverride-init
 )
+
+set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_global_merge "-mno-global-merge")
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/compiler_flags_template.cmake b/cmake/compiler/compiler_flags_template.cmake
index 6c020c2c475..b043bffbbfe 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/compiler_flags_template.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/compiler_flags_template.cmake
@@ -115,3 +115,8 @@ set_compiler_property(PROPERTY warning_no_pointer_arithmetic)
 
 # Compiler flags for disabling position independent code / executable
 set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_position_independent)
+
+# Compiler flag to avoid combine more than one global variable into a single aggregate.
+# gen_kobject_list.py is does not understand it and end up identifying objects as if
+# they had the same address.
+set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_global_merge)
diff --git a/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake b/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake
index cfa594d4314..6d8590b7fee 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler/gcc/compiler_flags.cmake
@@ -201,3 +201,5 @@ set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_position_independent
                       -fno-pic
                       -fno-pie
 )
+
+set_compiler_property(PROPERTY no_global_merge "")