diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24c26ed015d..128c2756b7f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -463,6 +463,11 @@ if(EXISTS ${NUTTX_BOARD_ABS_DIR}/cmake
   include(${NUTTX_BOARD_ABS_DIR}/cmake/Toolchain.cmake)
 endif()
 
+# Support loadable and kernel options by specific arch
+if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/arch/${CONFIG_ARCH}/src/cmake/elf.cmake)
+  include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/arch/${CONFIG_ARCH}/src/cmake/elf.cmake)
+endif()
+
 include(platform)
 
 if(CONFIG_ARCH_TOOLCHAIN_TASKING)
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cmake/elf.cmake b/arch/arm/src/cmake/elf.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2d8e58a4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cmake/elf.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# ##############################################################################
+# arch/arm/src/cmake/elf.cmake
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+# Loadable and ELF module settings
+
+nuttx_elf_compile_options(-fvisibility=hidden -mlong-calls)
+
+nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifdef(CONFIG_UNWINDER_ARM -fno-unwind-tables
+                                -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables)
+
+nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifdef(CONFIG_PIC --fixed-r10 -mpic-register=r10)
+
+nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef(
+  CONFIG_PIC --unresolved-symbols=ignore-in-object-files --emit-relocs)
+
+nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_RELOCATABLE -r)
+
+nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL -Bstatic)
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/arm/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bbbee40b44..a7758eef7ae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arch/arm/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,3 +94,8 @@ endif()
 target_sources(arch PRIVATE ${SRCS})
 
 nuttx_add_aux_library(STARTUP_OBJS crt0.c)
+
+target_compile_options(
+  STARTUP_OBJS
+  PRIVATE
+    $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_APP_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/cmake/elf.cmake b/arch/arm64/src/cmake/elf.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b879c256aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/cmake/elf.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# ##############################################################################
+# arch/arm/src/cmake/elf.cmake
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
+# additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
+# file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.  See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+#
+# ##############################################################################
+
+# Loadable and ELF module settings
+
+nuttx_elf_compile_options(-fvisibility=hidden)
+
+nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_RELOCATABLE -r)
+
+nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL -Bstatic)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/arm64/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 335cf602a48..acb82f39619 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arch/arm64/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,3 +136,10 @@ if(CONFIG_ARM64_SEMIHOSTING_HOSTFS)
 endif()
 
 target_sources(arch PRIVATE ${SRCS})
+
+nuttx_add_aux_library(STARTUP_OBJS crt0.c)
+
+target_compile_options(
+  STARTUP_OBJS
+  PRIVATE
+    $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_APP_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>)
diff --git a/cmake/nuttx_add_application.cmake b/cmake/nuttx_add_application.cmake
index 2e95a9f4fb7..4dd70a872bc 100644
--- a/cmake/nuttx_add_application.cmake
+++ b/cmake/nuttx_add_application.cmake
@@ -126,17 +126,21 @@ function(nuttx_add_application)
           COMMAND
             ${CMAKE_LD}
             $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_APP_LINK_OPTIONS>>
-            -e __start -Bstatic -T ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gnu-elf.ld
+            -e __start -T ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gnu-elf.ld
             $<TARGET_OBJECTS:STARTUP_OBJS> --start-group
-            $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_LINK_LIBRARIES>>
+            $<$<BOOL:${CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL}>:$<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_LINK_LIBRARIES>>>
+            $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_LINK_EXTRA_LIBRARIES>>
             $<TARGET_FILE:${TARGET}> --end-group -o
             ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${ELF_NAME}
+          COMMENT "Building ELF:${ELF_NAME}"
           COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
       else()
         add_executable(${TARGET} ${SRCS})
         target_link_options(
-          ${TARGET} PRIVATE
-          $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx,NUTTX_ELF_APP_LINK_OPTIONS>>)
+          ${TARGET}
+          PRIVATE
+          $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_APP_LINK_OPTIONS>>
+        )
       endif()
 
       # easy access to final ELF, regardless of how it was created
@@ -148,10 +152,11 @@ function(nuttx_add_application)
       # loadable build requires applying ELF flags to all applications
 
       if(CONFIG_MODULES)
+        add_dependencies(nuttx_apps_mksymtab ${TARGET})
         target_compile_options(
           ${TARGET}
           PRIVATE
-            $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx,NUTTX_ELF_APP_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>
+            $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_global,NUTTX_ELF_APP_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>
         )
       endif()
 
@@ -165,24 +170,6 @@ function(nuttx_add_application)
       set(TARGET "apps_${NAME}")
       add_library(${TARGET} ${SRCS})
 
-      # Set apps global compile options & definitions hold by
-      # nuttx_apps_interface
-      target_compile_options(
-        ${TARGET}
-        PRIVATE
-          $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_apps_interface,APPS_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>
-      )
-      target_compile_definitions(
-        ${TARGET}
-        PRIVATE
-          $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_apps_interface,APPS_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>>
-      )
-      target_include_directories(
-        ${TARGET}
-        PRIVATE
-          $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_apps_interface,APPS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>>
-      )
-
       nuttx_add_library_internal(${TARGET})
       # add to list of application libraries
 
@@ -247,6 +234,23 @@ function(nuttx_add_application)
       target_include_directories(${TARGET} BEFORE
                                  PRIVATE ${INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
     endif()
+
+    # Set apps global compile options & definitions hold by nuttx_apps_interface
+    target_compile_options(
+      ${TARGET}
+      PRIVATE
+        $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_apps_interface,APPS_COMPILE_OPTIONS>>
+    )
+    target_compile_definitions(
+      ${TARGET}
+      PRIVATE
+        $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_apps_interface,APPS_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>>
+    )
+    target_include_directories(
+      ${TARGET}
+      PRIVATE
+        $<GENEX_EVAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:nuttx_apps_interface,APPS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>>
+    )
   endif()
 
   # add supplied dependencies
diff --git a/cmake/nuttx_add_library.cmake b/cmake/nuttx_add_library.cmake
index 31a55455be7..c9c82b676d4 100644
--- a/cmake/nuttx_add_library.cmake
+++ b/cmake/nuttx_add_library.cmake
@@ -258,12 +258,10 @@ function(nuttx_add_extra_library)
         set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY NUTTX_USER_EXTRA_LIBRARIES
                                             ${extra_target})
       endif()
-      if(CONFIG_BUILD_KERNEL)
-        set_property(
-          TARGET nuttx_global
-          APPEND
-          PROPERTY NUTTX_ELF_LINK_LIBRARIES $<TARGET_FILE:${extra_target}>)
-      endif()
+      set_property(
+        TARGET nuttx_global
+        APPEND
+        PROPERTY NUTTX_ELF_LINK_EXTRA_LIBRARIES $<TARGET_FILE:${extra_target}>)
     endif()
   endforeach()
 endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/nuttx_extensions.cmake b/cmake/nuttx_extensions.cmake
index 4d76d779245..9b6807a56a9 100644
--- a/cmake/nuttx_extensions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/nuttx_extensions.cmake
@@ -257,6 +257,78 @@ function(nuttx_compile_options_ifndef cond)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+# Function: nuttx_elf_compile_options
+#
+# Adds compile options to elf targets
+#
+# Usage: nuttx_elf_compile_options("-O2" "-Wall")
+function(nuttx_elf_compile_options)
+  set_property(
+    TARGET nuttx_global
+    APPEND
+    PROPERTY NUTTX_ELF_APP_COMPILE_OPTIONS ${ARGN})
+endfunction()
+
+# Function: nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifdef
+#
+# Conditionally adds compile options to the elf target if the given condition is
+# true.
+#
+# Usage: nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifdef(MY_CONDITION "-O2" "-Wall")
+function(nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifdef cond)
+  if(${cond})
+    nuttx_elf_compile_options(${ARGN})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# Function: nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifndef
+#
+# Conditionally adds compile options to the elf target if the given condition is
+# false.
+#
+# Usage: nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifndef(MY_CONDITION "-O2" "-Wall")
+function(nuttx_elf_compile_options_ifndef cond)
+  if(NOT ${cond})
+    nuttx_elf_compile_options(${ARGN})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# Function: nuttx_elf_link_options
+#
+# Adds link options to elf targets
+#
+# Usage: nuttx_elf_link_options("-r")
+function(nuttx_elf_link_options)
+  set_property(
+    TARGET nuttx_global
+    APPEND
+    PROPERTY NUTTX_ELF_APP_LINK_OPTIONS ${ARGN})
+endfunction()
+
+# Function: nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef
+#
+# Conditionally adds link options to the elf target if the given condition is
+# true.
+#
+# Usage: nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef(MY_CONDITION "-r")
+function(nuttx_elf_link_options_ifdef cond)
+  if(${cond})
+    nuttx_elf_link_options(${ARGN})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# Function: nuttx_elf_link_options_ifndef
+#
+# Conditionally adds link options to the elf target if the given condition is
+# false.
+#
+# Usage: nuttx_elf_link_options_ifndef(MY_CONDITION "-r")
+function(nuttx_elf_link_options_ifndef cond)
+  if(NOT ${cond})
+    nuttx_elf_link_options(${ARGN})
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 # the visible scope is all the APPS include search path
 function(nuttx_include_directories_for_all_apps)
   set_property(
diff --git a/libs/libc/elf/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/libc/elf/CMakeLists.txt
index cb9e3dc21b2..5a0edc78cba 100644
--- a/libs/libc/elf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/libc/elf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ if(CONFIG_LIBC_ELF)
 
   add_custom_target(elfldscript_tmp DEPENDS ${ELF_LD_SCRIPT_TMP})
   add_dependencies(nuttx elfldscript_tmp)
-
+  add_dependencies(apps_post elfldscript_tmp)
 endif()