diff --git a/arch/um/Makefile b/arch/um/Makefile
index f2fe63bfd819f..320b09cd513cf 100644
--- a/arch/um/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/Makefile
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ USER_CFLAGS = $(patsubst $(KERNEL_DEFINES),,$(patsubst -I%,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))) \
 		-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -idirafter $(srctree)/include \
 		-idirafter $(objtree)/include -D__KERNEL__ -D__UM_HOST__
 
+ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+USER_CFLAGS := $(patsubst -mno-global-merge,,$(USER_CFLAGS))
+endif
+
 #This will adjust *FLAGS accordingly to the platform.
 include $(srctree)/$(ARCH_DIR)/Makefile-os-$(OS)