diff --git a/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake b/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake
index 5a86d70335..1cbdb66129 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/scripts/data_file_embed_asm.cmake
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ endif()
 append_line(" */")
 
 append_line(".data")
+append_line("#if !defined (__APPLE__) && !defined (__linux__)")
 append_line(".section .rodata.embedded")
+append_line("#endif")
 make_and_append_identifier("${varname}")
 make_and_append_identifier("_binary_${varname}_start" "for objcopy compatibility")
 append("${data}")