diff --git a/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt b/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 80102d7033..f9c6f8a72b 100644
--- a/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/arch/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ if (DEFINED CONFIG_ARM OR DEFINED CONFIG_X86 OR DEFINED CONFIG_ARM64
   # Exclamation mark is printable character with lowest number in ASCII table.
   # We are sure that this file will be included as a first.
   zephyr_linker_sources(ROM_START SORT_KEY ! rom_start_address.ld)
+  # Some linkers fill unspecified region with pattern other than 0x00. Include
+  # fill_with_zeros.ld file which forces the linker to use 0x00 pattern. Please
+  # note that the pattern will affect empty spaces created after FILL(0x00).
+  zephyr_linker_sources(ROM_START SORT_KEY $ fill_with_zeros.ld)
   zephyr_linker_sources(ROM_START SORT_KEY 0x0 rom_start_offset.ld)
   # Handled in ld.cmake
 endif()
diff --git a/arch/common/fill_with_zeros.ld b/arch/common/fill_with_zeros.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b93a5ffead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/common/fill_with_zeros.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, Google, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/*
+ * LLVM LLD fills empty spaces (created using ALIGN() or moving the location
+ * counter) in executable segments with TrapInstr pattern, e.g. for ARM the
+ * TrapInstr pattern is 0xd4d4d4d4. GNU LD fills empty spaces with 0x00
+ * pattern.
+ *
+ * We may want to have some section (e.g. rom_start) filled with 0x00,
+ * e.g. because MCU can interpret the pattern as a configuration data.
+ */
+FILL(0x00);