diff --git a/Kconfig.zephyr b/Kconfig.zephyr
index a1b8a57db5..9f9132eb75 100644
--- a/Kconfig.zephyr
+++ b/Kconfig.zephyr
@@ -674,6 +674,15 @@ config BUILD_OUTPUT_INFO_HEADER
 	  - VMA address of each segment
 	  - Size of each segment
 
+config BUILD_ALIGN_LMA
+	bool "Align LMA in output image"
+	default y if BUILD_OUTPUT_ADJUST_LMA!=""
+	help
+	  Ensure that the LMA for each section in the output image respects
+	  the alignment requirements of that section. This is required for
+	  some tooling, such as objcopy, to be able to adjust the LMA of the
+	  ELF file.
+
 config APPLICATION_DEFINED_SYSCALL
 	bool "Scan application folder for any syscall definition"
 	help
diff --git a/include/zephyr/arch/arm/aarch32/cortex_m/scripts/linker.ld b/include/zephyr/arch/arm/aarch32/cortex_m/scripts/linker.ld
index b170b514a9..92b6f02d02 100644
--- a/include/zephyr/arch/arm/aarch32/cortex_m/scripts/linker.ld
+++ b/include/zephyr/arch/arm/aarch32/cortex_m/scripts/linker.ld
@@ -206,8 +206,21 @@ SECTIONS
 
 #include <zephyr/linker/cplusplus-rom.ld>
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_BUILD_ALIGN_LMA)
+    /*
+     * Include a padding section here to make sure that the LMA address
+     * of the sections in the RAMABLE_REGION are aligned with those
+     * section's VMA alignment requirements.
+     */
+    SECTION_PROLOGUE(padding_section,,)
+	{
 	__rodata_region_end = .;
 	MPU_ALIGN(__rodata_region_end - ADDR(rom_start));
+	} GROUP_LINK_IN(ROMABLE_REGION)
+#else
+	__rodata_region_end = .;
+	MPU_ALIGN(__rodata_region_end - ADDR(rom_start));
+#endif
 	__rom_region_end = __rom_region_start + . - ADDR(rom_start);
 
     GROUP_END(ROMABLE_REGION)