diff --git a/bl1/bl1.mk b/bl1/bl1.mk
index 9f63fd5..0c43f13 100644
--- a/bl1/bl1.mk
+++ b/bl1/bl1.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2021, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@
 BL1_SOURCES		+=	bl1/bl1_fwu.c
 endif
 
-BL1_LINKERFILE		:=	bl1/bl1.ld.S
+BL1_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl1/bl1.ld.S
diff --git a/bl2/bl2.mk b/bl2/bl2.mk
index 7a973e5..a18abab 100644
--- a/bl2/bl2.mk
+++ b/bl2/bl2.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2021, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 				bl2/${ARCH}/bl2_el3_exceptions.S	\
 				bl2/${ARCH}/bl2_run_next_image.S	\
 				${GPT_LIB_SRCS}
-BL2_LINKERFILE		:=	bl2/bl2.ld.S
+BL2_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl2/bl2.ld.S
 
 else ifeq (${BL2_AT_EL3},0)
 # Normal operation, no RME, no BL2 at EL3
 BL2_SOURCES		+=	bl2/${ARCH}/bl2_entrypoint.S
-BL2_LINKERFILE		:=	bl2/bl2.ld.S
+BL2_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl2/bl2.ld.S
 
 else
 # BL2 at EL3, no RME
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@
 BL2_SOURCES		+=	lib/cpus/aarch64/dsu_helpers.S
 endif
 
-BL2_LINKERFILE		:=	bl2/bl2_el3.ld.S
+BL2_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl2/bl2_el3.ld.S
 endif
diff --git a/bl2u/bl2u.mk b/bl2u/bl2u.mk
index b4d7634..9f29bde 100644
--- a/bl2u/bl2u.mk
+++ b/bl2u/bl2u.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
 BL2U_SOURCES		+=	common/aarch64/early_exceptions.S
 endif
 
-BL2U_LINKERFILE		:=	bl2u/bl2u.ld.S
+BL2U_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl2u/bl2u.ld.S
diff --git a/bl31/bl31.mk b/bl31/bl31.mk
index ac15f9f..e6609fe 100644
--- a/bl31/bl31.mk
+++ b/bl31/bl31.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 				${MBEDTLS_SOURCES}
 endif
 
-BL31_LINKERFILE		:=	bl31/bl31.ld.S
+BL31_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl31/bl31.ld.S
 
 # Flag used to indicate if Crash reporting via console should be included
 # in BL31. This defaults to being present in DEBUG builds only
diff --git a/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.mk b/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.mk
index ab1287d..b2f4e4c 100644
--- a/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.mk
+++ b/bl32/sp_min/sp_min.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 BL32_SOURCES		+=	lib/extensions/trf/aarch32/trf.c
 endif
 
-BL32_LINKERFILE	:=	bl32/sp_min/sp_min.ld.S
+BL32_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl32/sp_min/sp_min.ld.S
 
 # Include the platform-specific SP_MIN Makefile
 # If no platform-specific SP_MIN Makefile exists, it means SP_MIN is not supported
diff --git a/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk b/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk
index c31b9b5..cfffbdb 100644
--- a/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk
+++ b/bl32/tsp/tsp.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013-2022, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 				common/aarch64/early_exceptions.S	\
 				lib/locks/exclusive/aarch64/spinlock.S
 
-BL32_LINKERFILE		:=	bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S
+BL32_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := bl32/tsp/tsp.ld.S
 
 # This flag determines if the TSPD initializes BL32 in tspd_init() (synchronous
 # method) or configures BL31 to pass control to BL32 instead of BL33
diff --git a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
index 426e344..d86720e 100644
--- a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2015-2022, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2015-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@
 )
 endef
 
-# IMG_LINKERFILE defines the linker script corresponding to a BL stage
-#   $(1) = BL stage
-define IMG_LINKERFILE
-    ${BUILD_DIR}/$(1).ld
-endef
-
 # IMG_MAPFILE defines the output file describing the memory map corresponding
 # to a BL stage
 #   $(1) = BL stage
@@ -457,6 +451,15 @@
 	$$(Q)$$(AR) cr $$@ $$?
 endef
 
+# Generate the path to one or more preprocessed linker scripts given the paths
+# of their sources.
+#
+# Arguments:
+#   $(1) = path to one or more linker script sources
+define linker_script_path
+        $(patsubst %.S,$(BUILD_DIR)/%,$(1))
+endef
+
 # MAKE_BL macro defines the targets and options to build each BL image.
 # Arguments:
 #   $(1) = BL stage
@@ -468,17 +471,19 @@
         $(eval BL_SOURCES := $($(call uppercase,$(1))_SOURCES))
         $(eval SOURCES    := $(BL_SOURCES) $(BL_COMMON_SOURCES) $(PLAT_BL_COMMON_SOURCES))
         $(eval OBJS       := $(addprefix $(BUILD_DIR)/,$(call SOURCES_TO_OBJS,$(SOURCES))))
-        $(eval LINKERFILE := $(call IMG_LINKERFILE,$(1)))
         $(eval MAPFILE    := $(call IMG_MAPFILE,$(1)))
         $(eval ELF        := $(call IMG_ELF,$(1)))
         $(eval DUMP       := $(call IMG_DUMP,$(1)))
         $(eval BIN        := $(call IMG_BIN,$(1)))
         $(eval ENC_BIN    := $(call IMG_ENC_BIN,$(1)))
-        $(eval BL_LINKERFILE := $($(call uppercase,$(1))_LINKERFILE))
         $(eval BL_LIBS    := $($(call uppercase,$(1))_LIBS))
+
+        $(eval DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := $($(call uppercase,$(1))_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE))
+        $(eval DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT := $(call linker_script_path,$(DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE)))
+
         # We use sort only to get a list of unique object directory names.
         # ordering is not relevant but sort removes duplicates.
-        $(eval TEMP_OBJ_DIRS := $(sort $(dir ${OBJS} ${LINKERFILE})))
+        $(eval TEMP_OBJ_DIRS := $(sort $(dir ${OBJS} ${DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT})))
         # The $(dir ) function leaves a trailing / on the directory names
         # Rip off the / to match directory names with make rule targets.
         $(eval OBJ_DIRS   := $(patsubst %/,%,$(TEMP_OBJ_DIRS)))
@@ -487,7 +492,8 @@
 
 $(eval $(call MAKE_PREREQ_DIR,${BUILD_DIR},${BUILD_PLAT}))
 
-$(eval $(foreach objd,${OBJ_DIRS},$(call MAKE_PREREQ_DIR,${objd},${BUILD_DIR})))
+$(eval $(foreach objd,${OBJ_DIRS},
+        $(call MAKE_PREREQ_DIR,${objd},${BUILD_DIR})))
 
 .PHONY : ${1}_dirs
 
@@ -496,7 +502,7 @@
 ${1}_dirs: | ${OBJ_DIRS}
 
 $(eval $(call MAKE_OBJS,$(BUILD_DIR),$(SOURCES),$(1)))
-$(eval $(call MAKE_LD,$(LINKERFILE),$(BL_LINKERFILE),$(1)))
+$(eval $(call MAKE_LD,$(DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT),$(DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE),$(1)))
 $(eval BL_LDFLAGS := $($(call uppercase,$(1))_LDFLAGS))
 
 ifeq ($(USE_ROMLIB),1)
@@ -507,7 +513,7 @@
 # object file path, and prebuilt object file path.
 $(eval OBJS += $(MODULE_OBJS))
 
-$(ELF): $(OBJS) $(LINKERFILE) | $(1)_dirs libraries $(BL_LIBS)
+$(ELF): $(OBJS) $(DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT) | $(1)_dirs libraries $(BL_LIBS)
 	$$(ECHO) "  LD      $$@"
 ifdef MAKE_BUILD_STRINGS
 	$(call MAKE_BUILD_STRINGS, $(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o)
@@ -526,11 +532,11 @@
 		$(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o $(OBJS)
 else ifneq ($(findstring gcc,$(notdir $(LD))),)
 	$$(Q)$$(LD) -o $$@ $$(TF_LDFLAGS) $$(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-Map=$(MAPFILE) \
-		-Wl,-dT $(LINKERFILE) $(EXTRA_LINKERFILE) $(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o \
+		$(EXTRA_LINKERFILE) -Wl,--script,$(DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT) $(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o \
 		$(OBJS) $(LDPATHS) $(LIBWRAPPER) $(LDLIBS) $(BL_LIBS)
 else
 	$$(Q)$$(LD) -o $$@ $$(TF_LDFLAGS) $$(LDFLAGS) $(BL_LDFLAGS) -Map=$(MAPFILE) \
-		--script $(LINKERFILE) $(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o \
+		--script $(DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT) $(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o \
 		$(OBJS) $(LDPATHS) $(LIBWRAPPER) $(LDLIBS) $(BL_LIBS)
 endif
 ifeq ($(DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION),1)
diff --git a/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk b/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
index 160e98f..752ab41 100644
--- a/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
+++ b/plat/marvell/armada/a8k/common/ble/ble.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 				-I$(CURDIR)/include/lib/libc			\
 				-I$(CURDIR)/include/lib/libc/aarch64
 
-BLE_LINKERFILE		:=	$(BLE_PATH)/ble.ld.S
+BLE_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := $(BLE_PATH)/ble.ld.S
 
 BLE_OBJS := $(addprefix $(BUILD_PLAT)/ble/,$(call SOURCES_TO_OBJS,$(BLE_SOURCES)))
 $(BLE_OBJS): PLAT_INCLUDES += -I$(MV_DDR_PATH)
diff --git a/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.lds b/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.ld.S
similarity index 89%
rename from services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.lds
rename to services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.ld.S
index 2b7f383..9895cf9 100644
--- a/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.lds
+++ b/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.ld.S
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * (C) COPYRIGHT 2021 Arm Limited or its affiliates.
- * ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <common/bl_common.ld.h>
diff --git a/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/trp.mk b/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/trp.mk
index 44bbf22..e511bf5 100644
--- a/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/trp.mk
+++ b/services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/trp.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 				services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/trp_main.c  \
 				services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/trp_helpers.c
 
-RMM_LINKERFILE		:=	services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.lds
+RMM_DEFAULT_LINKER_SCRIPT_SOURCE := services/std_svc/rmmd/trp/linker.ld.S
 
 # Include the platform-specific TRP Makefile
 # If no platform-specific TRP Makefile exists, it means TRP is not supported