diff --git a/tools/cmake/project.cmake b/tools/cmake/project.cmake
index 5722c606b5..49b75bc77d 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/project.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/project.cmake
@@ -525,17 +525,17 @@ macro(project project_name)
         __component_get_target(build_component_target ${build_component})
         __component_get_property(whole_archive ${build_component_target} WHOLE_ARCHIVE)
         if(whole_archive)
-            if(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
-                message(STATUS "Component ${build_component} will be linked with -Wl,-force_load")
-                target_link_libraries(${project_elf} PRIVATE
-                                       "-Wl,-force_load"
-                                       ${build_component})
-            else()
+            if(linker_type STREQUAL "GNU")
                 message(STATUS "Component ${build_component} will be linked with -Wl,--whole-archive")
                 target_link_libraries(${project_elf} PRIVATE
                                        "-Wl,--whole-archive"
                                        ${build_component}
                                        "-Wl,--no-whole-archive")
+            elseif(linker_type STREQUAL "Darwin")
+                message(STATUS "Component ${build_component} will be linked with -Wl,-force_load")
+                target_link_libraries(${project_elf} PRIVATE
+                                       "-Wl,-force_load"
+                                       ${build_component})
             endif()
         else()
             target_link_libraries(${project_elf} PRIVATE ${build_component})