diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
index 2c1edf7ab0ecd..27955fd6bc22c 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.Unix.targets
@@ -181,6 +181,15 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
     <Error Condition="'$(_WhereLinker)' != '0' and '$(CppCompilerAndLinkerAlternative)' == '' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true'"
       Text="Requested linker ('$(CppLinker)') not found in PATH." />
 
+    <Exec Command="&quot;$(CppLinker)&quot; -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
+      <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_LinkerVersionStringExitCode" />
+      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_LinkerVersionString" />
+    </Exec>
+
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(_LinkerVersionStringExitCode)' == '0' and '$(_LinkerVersionString)' != ''">
+      <_LinkerVersion>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($(_LinkerVersionString), '[1-9]\d*'))</_LinkerVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
     <Exec Command="command -v &quot;$(ObjCopyName)&quot;" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true' and '$(StripSymbols)' == 'true'">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_WhereSymbolStripper" />
     </Exec>
diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
index 5b62b6f8906f0..a0c5cbae672eb 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/BuildIntegration/Microsoft.NETCore.Native.targets
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
     <ItemGroup Condition="'$(_targetOS)' != 'win' and '$(_IsApplePlatform)' != 'true'">
       <CustomLinkerArg Include="-Wl,--discard-all" />
       <CustomLinkerArg Include="-Wl,--gc-sections" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == '' or '$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'bfd' or '$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld'" />
-      <CustomLinkerArg Include="-Wl,-T,&quot;$(NativeIntermediateOutputPath)sections.ld&quot;" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld'" />
+      <CustomLinkerArg Include="-Wl,-T,&quot;$(NativeIntermediateOutputPath)sections.ld&quot;" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld' and '$(_LinkerVersion)' &gt; '12'" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <CustomLibArg Include="-crs &quot;$(NativeBinary)&quot;" Condition="'$(_targetOS)' != 'win'" />
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
       <StripFlag Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true' and '$(NativeLib)' == 'Shared'">-x</StripFlag> <!-- keep global symbols in dylib -->
     </PropertyGroup>
 
-    <!-- write linker script for lld to retain the __modules section -->
-    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(NativeIntermediateOutputPath)sections.ld" Lines="OVERWRITE_SECTIONS { __modules : { KEEP(*(__modules)) } }" Overwrite="true" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld'" />
+    <!-- write linker script for lld (13+) to retain the __modules section -->
+    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(NativeIntermediateOutputPath)sections.ld" Lines="OVERWRITE_SECTIONS { __modules : { KEEP(*(__modules)) } }" Overwrite="true" Condition="'$(LinkerFlavor)' == 'lld' and '$(_LinkerVersion)' &gt; '12'" />
 
     <Exec Command="&quot;$(CppLinker)&quot; @(CustomLinkerArg, ' ')" Condition="'$(_targetOS)' != 'win' and '$(NativeLib)' != 'Static'" IgnoreStandardErrorWarningFormat="$(_IgnoreLinkerWarnings)" />
     <Exec Command="&quot;$(CppLibCreator)&quot; @(CustomLibArg, ' ')" Condition="'$(_targetOS)' != 'win' and '$(NativeLib)' == 'Static'" />