diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 4c6a09f05348c..d984f61d5eab6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -425,6 +425,13 @@ config RISCV_ISA_ZICBOM
 
 	   If you don't know what to do here, say Y.
 
+config TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on !64BIT || $(cc-option,-mabi=lp64 -march=rv64ima_zihintpause)
+	depends on !32BIT || $(cc-option,-mabi=ilp32 -march=rv32ima_zihintpause)
+	depends on LLD_VERSION >= 150000 || LD_VERSION >= 23600
+
 config FPU
 	bool "FPU support"
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
index 3607d38edb4f3..6651517f39623 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ riscv-march-$(toolchain-need-zicsr-zifencei) := $(riscv-march-y)_zicsr_zifencei
 riscv-march-$(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZICBOM) := $(riscv-march-y)_zicbom
 
 # Check if the toolchain supports Zihintpause extension
-toolchain-supports-zihintpause := $(call cc-option-yn, -march=$(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause)
-riscv-march-$(toolchain-supports-zihintpause) := $(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause
+riscv-march-$(CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE) := $(riscv-march-y)_zihintpause
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -march=$(subst fd,,$(riscv-march-y))
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -march=$(riscv-march-y)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
index 1e4f8b4aef79d..fa70cfe507aa1 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static inline void cpu_relax(void)
 		 * Reduce instruction retirement.
 		 * This assumes the PC changes.
 		 */
-#ifdef __riscv_zihintpause
+#ifdef CONFIG_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ZIHINTPAUSE
 		__asm__ __volatile__ ("pause");
 #else
 		/* Encoding of the pause instruction */