diff --git a/tools/cmake/project.cmake b/tools/cmake/project.cmake
index d4ca3d70f0..49b75bc77d 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/project.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/project.cmake
@@ -512,21 +512,30 @@ macro(project project_name)
         list(REMOVE_ITEM build_components ${test_components})
     endif()
 
+    if(CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX AND CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+        # Compiling for the host, and the host is macOS, so the linker is Darwin LD.
+        # Note, when adding support for Clang and LLD based toolchain this check will
+        # need to be modified.
+        set(linker_type "Darwin")
+    else()
+        set(linker_type "GNU")
+    endif()
+
     foreach(build_component ${build_components})
         __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})
@@ -534,7 +543,7 @@ macro(project project_name)
     endforeach()
 
 
-    if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    if(linker_type STREQUAL "GNU")
         set(mapfile "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}.map")
         set(idf_target "${IDF_TARGET}")
         string(TOUPPER ${idf_target} idf_target)