diff --git a/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmds.yml b/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmds.yml
index 25588ac566..7b08651ad0 100644
--- a/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmds.yml
+++ b/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmds.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ content: |
   }
 
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_START", RAM);
+  REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_START_LOAD", RAM);
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_TEXT", RAM);
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_TEXT_LOAD", RAM);
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_FAST_TEXT", RAM);
diff --git a/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmdsbase.yml b/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmdsbase.yml
index 87aee53f6c..9a410e4204 100644
--- a/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmdsbase.yml
+++ b/spec/build/bsps/riscv/linkcmdsbase.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ content: |
       KEEP (*(.bsp_start_text))
       KEEP (*(.bsp_start_data))
       bsp_section_start_end = .;
-    } > REGION_START AT > REGION_START
+    } > REGION_START AT > REGION_START_LOAD
     bsp_section_start_size = bsp_section_start_end - bsp_section_start_begin;
 
     .text : ${LINKCMDS_ALIGN_DIRECTIVE} {
diff --git a/spec/build/bsps/riscv/niosv/linkcmds.yml b/spec/build/bsps/riscv/niosv/linkcmds.yml
index ec2f0c9c34..9a2a6291e3 100644
--- a/spec/build/bsps/riscv/niosv/linkcmds.yml
+++ b/spec/build/bsps/riscv/niosv/linkcmds.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ content: |
   }
 
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_START", EXT_RAM);
+  REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_START_LOAD", EXT_RAM);
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_TEXT", EXT_RAM);
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_TEXT_LOAD", EXT_RAM);
   REGION_ALIAS ("REGION_FAST_TEXT", EXT_RAM);