diff --git a/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs b/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
index 4106e741247..42d78e826b0 100644
--- a/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
+++ b/boards/sim/sim/sim/scripts/Make.defs
@@ -326,9 +326,14 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_SIM_M32),y)
   LDMODULEFLAGS += -melf_i386
   SHMODULEFLAGS += -melf_i386
   LDELFFLAGS += -melf_i386
-else ifeq ($(CONFIG_HOST_MACOS),)
+
+else ifeq ($(CONFIG_HOST_MACOS)$(CONFIG_HOST_ARM64),)
   # To compile 64-bit Sim, adding no-pie is necessary to prevent linking errors
   # but this may cause other issues on Ubuntu 20.
+  # NOTE: HOST_ARM64 is also excluded -- Ubuntu/Debian arm64 toolchains ship
+  # only libgcc_s.so.1 (no libgcc_s.a), and -no-pie forces gcc to look for
+  # the static archive; skipping it lets gcc use the default PIE link path
+  # which works correctly on aarch64 hosts.
   ARCHCFLAGS += -no-pie
   ARCHPICFLAGS += -no-pie
   LDFLAGS += -Wl,-no-pie