diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt
index b55aef8e5b5af4..5e4ff7296e163c 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,16 @@ if(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SOURCES)
       NAMES "ld.lld${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_VERSION}${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_EXTENSION}" ld.lld
       PATHS "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_TOOL_DIR}"
       NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-    if(NOT NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD_LLD)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "ld.lld is required to privatize NativeAOT libunwind symbols")
+    if(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD_LLD)
+      set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD_LLD}")
+    else()
+      find_program(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD NAMES ld)
+      if(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD)
+        set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD}")
+      else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "A linker supporting relocatable linking is required to privatize NativeAOT libunwind symbols")
+      endif()
     endif()
-    set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD_LLD}")
   endif()
 
   add_custom_command(