diff --git a/makefiles/toolchain_gnu-arm-eabi.mk b/makefiles/toolchain_gnu-arm-eabi.mk
index 74f6b2a89f..eeba0ff2c6 100644
--- a/makefiles/toolchain_gnu-arm-eabi.mk
+++ b/makefiles/toolchain_gnu-arm-eabi.mk
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ define BIN_TO_OBJ
 	$(Q) $(OBJCOPY) $2 \
 		--redefine-sym $(call BIN_SYM_PREFIX,$1)_start=$3 \
 		--redefine-sym $(call BIN_SYM_PREFIX,$1)_size=$3_len \
-		--strip-symbol $(call BIN_SYM_PREFIX,$1)_end
+		--strip-symbol $(call BIN_SYM_PREFIX,$1)_end \
+		--rename-section .data=.rodata
 	$(Q) $(REMOVE) $2.c $2.c.o
 endef