diff --git a/scripts/llext_link_helper.py b/scripts/llext_link_helper.py
index 1b8ad8c86221..cfd3d5205fec 100755
--- a/scripts/llext_link_helper.py
+++ b/scripts/llext_link_helper.py
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 # portable way to do that. Therefore we pass the linker path and all the command
 # line parameters to this script and call the linker directly.
 
+import os
 import argparse
 import subprocess
 from elftools.elf.elffile import ELFFile
+import re
 
 args = None
 def parse_args():
@@ -33,21 +35,53 @@ def main():
 	elf = ELFFile(open(args.file, 'rb'))
 
 	text_addr = int(args.text_addr, 0)
+	p = re.compile('(^lib|\.so$)')
+	module = p.sub('', args.file)
 
-	text_offset = elf.get_section_by_name('.text').header.sh_offset
-	rodata_offset = elf.get_section_by_name('.rodata').header.sh_offset
-	data_offset = elf.get_section_by_name('.data').header.sh_offset
+	if elf.num_segments() != 0:
+		# A shared object type image, it contains segments
+		sections = ['.text', '.rodata', '.data', '.bss']
+		alignment = [0x1000, 0x1000, 0x10, 0x1000]
+	else:
+		# A relocatable object, need to handle all sections separately
+		sections = ['.text',
+			    f'._log_const.static.log_const_{module}_',
+			    '.static_uuids', '.z_init_APPLICATION90_0_', '.module',
+			    '.mod_buildinfo', '.data', '.trace_ctx', '.bss']
+		alignment = [0x1000, 0x1000, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x10, 0x0, 0x1000]
 
-	upper = rodata_offset - text_offset + text_addr + 0xfff
-	rodata_addr = upper - (upper % 0x1000)
+	last_increment = 0
 
-	upper = data_offset - rodata_offset + rodata_addr + 0xf
-	data_addr = upper - (upper % 0x10)
+	command = [args.command]
+
+	for i in range(len(sections)):
+		try:
+			offset = elf.get_section_by_name(sections[i]).header.sh_offset
+			size = elf.get_section_by_name(sections[i]).header.sh_size
+		except:
+			continue
+
+		if last_increment == 0:
+			# first section must be .text and it must be successful
+			if i != 0 or sections[i] != '.text':
+                                break
+
+			address = text_addr
+		elif alignment[i] != 0:
+			upper = offset + last_increment + alignment[i] - 1
+			address = upper - (upper % alignment[i])
+		else:
+			address = offset + last_increment
+
+		last_increment = address - offset
+
+		if sections[i] == '.text':
+			command.append(f'-Wl,-Ttext=0x{text_addr:x}')
+		elif sections[i] == '.data':
+			command.append(f'-Wl,-Tdata=0x{address:x}')
+		else:
+			command.append(f'-Wl,--section-start={sections[i]}=0x{address:x}')
 
-	command = [args.command,
-		   f'-Wl,-Ttext=0x{text_addr:x}',
-		   f'-Wl,--section-start=.rodata=0x{rodata_addr:x}',
-		   f'-Wl,-Tdata=0x{data_addr:x}']
 	command.extend(args.params)
 
 	subprocess.run(command)
diff --git a/src/library_manager/lib_manager.c b/src/library_manager/lib_manager.c
index e01fb154634f..fc3726df6e6a 100644
--- a/src/library_manager/lib_manager.c
+++ b/src/library_manager/lib_manager.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static void lib_manager_update_sof_ctx(void *base_addr, uint32_t lib_id)
 {
 	struct ext_library *_ext_lib = ext_lib_get();
 	/* Never freed, will panic if fails */
-	struct lib_manager_mod_ctx *ctx = rmalloc(SOF_MEM_ZONE_SYS, 0, SOF_MEM_CAPS_RAM,
+	struct lib_manager_mod_ctx *ctx = rzalloc(SOF_MEM_ZONE_SYS, 0, SOF_MEM_CAPS_RAM,
 						  sizeof(*ctx));
 
 	ctx->base_addr = base_addr;
diff --git a/src/library_manager/llext_manager.c b/src/library_manager/llext_manager.c
index 2f0afb6ddbe5..64b90c3eefd6 100644
--- a/src/library_manager/llext_manager.c
+++ b/src/library_manager/llext_manager.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static void __sparse_cache *llext_manager_get_bss_address(uint32_t module_id,
 static int llext_manager_allocate_module_bss(uint32_t module_id,
 					     const struct sof_man_module *mod)
 {
+	/* FIXME: just map .bss together with .data and simply memset(.bss, 0) */
 	struct lib_manager_mod_ctx *ctx = lib_manager_get_mod_ctx(module_id);
 	size_t bss_size = ctx->segment_size[SOF_MAN_SEGMENT_BSS];
 	void __sparse_cache *va_base = llext_manager_get_bss_address(module_id, mod);
@@ -170,13 +171,14 @@ static int llext_manager_link(struct sof_man_fw_desc *desc, struct sof_man_modul
 			      uint32_t module_id, struct module_data *md, const void **buildinfo,
 			      const struct sof_man_module_manifest **mod_manifest)
 {
-	size_t mod_size = desc->header.preload_page_count * PAGE_SZ;
+	size_t mod_size = desc->header.preload_page_count * PAGE_SZ - 0x8000;
 	/* FIXME: where does the module begin?? */
 	struct llext_buf_loader ebl = LLEXT_BUF_LOADER((uint8_t *)desc -
 						       SOF_MAN_ELF_TEXT_OFFSET + 0x8000,
 						       mod_size);
-	struct llext_load_param ldr_parm = {false};
 	struct lib_manager_mod_ctx *ctx = lib_manager_get_mod_ctx(module_id);
+	/* Identify if this is the first time loading this module */
+	struct llext_load_param ldr_parm = {!ctx->segment_size[SOF_MAN_SEGMENT_TEXT]};
 	int ret = llext_load(&ebl.loader, mod->name, &md->llext, &ldr_parm);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -199,8 +201,7 @@ static int llext_manager_link(struct sof_man_fw_desc *desc, struct sof_man_modul
 	mod->segment[SOF_MAN_SEGMENT_RODATA].file_offset =
 		(uintptr_t)md->llext->mem[LLEXT_MEM_RODATA] -
 		(uintptr_t)desc + SOF_MAN_ELF_TEXT_OFFSET;
-	ctx->segment_size[SOF_MAN_SEGMENT_RODATA] = mod_size -
-		ebl.loader.sects[LLEXT_MEM_TEXT].sh_size;
+	ctx->segment_size[SOF_MAN_SEGMENT_RODATA] = ebl.loader.prog_data_size;
 
 	tr_dbg(&lib_manager_tr, ".data: start: %#x size %#x offset %#x",
 	       mod->segment[SOF_MAN_SEGMENT_RODATA].v_base_addr,
diff --git a/src/samples/audio/smart_amp_llext/CMakeLists.txt b/src/samples/audio/smart_amp_llext/CMakeLists.txt
index ded003b1ecb3..2e57380bf65b 100644
--- a/src/samples/audio/smart_amp_llext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/samples/audio/smart_amp_llext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,16 @@ target_compile_options(${MODULE} PRIVATE
 	-save-temps -O2
 )
 
+if("${ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT}" STREQUAL "zephyr")
 set(MODULE_LINKER_PARAMS -nostdlib -nodefaultlibs)
+set(EXTRA_LINKED_PARAMS -shared)
+set(COPY_CMD ${CMAKE_STRIP} -R .xt.* -o ${MODULE}_out.so ${MODULE}_llext.so)
+else()
+set(MODULE_LINKER_PARAMS -nostdlib -nodefaultlibs -r)
+set(EXTRA_LINKED_PARAMS)
+set(COPY_CMD ${CMAKE_OBJCOPY} -R .xt.* ${MODULE}_llext.so ${MODULE}_out.so)
+endif()
+
 target_link_options(${MODULE} PRIVATE
 	${MODULE_LINKER_PARAMS}
 )
@@ -62,9 +71,9 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT lib${MODULE}_out.so
 	DEPENDS ${MODULE}
 	COMMAND ${SOF_BASE}scripts/llext_link_helper.py
 		-f lib${MODULE}.so -t "0xa06ca000" ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --
-		${MODULE_LINKER_PARAMS} -shared -fPIC
-		-o lib${MODULE}_llext.so $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${MODULE}>
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_STRIP} -R .xt.* -o lib${MODULE}_out.so lib${MODULE}_llext.so
+		${MODULE_LINKER_PARAMS} ${EXTRA_LINKED_PARAMS} -fPIC
+		-o ${MODULE}_llext.so $<TARGET_OBJECTS:${MODULE}>
+	COMMAND ${COPY_CMD}
 	COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/rimage/src/elf_file.c b/tools/rimage/src/elf_file.c
index 7415a35c228a..991766d45062 100644
--- a/tools/rimage/src/elf_file.c
+++ b/tools/rimage/src/elf_file.c
@@ -132,15 +132,6 @@ static int elf_header_read(struct elf_file *elf)
 	if (elf->header.ehsize < sizeof(Elf32_Ehdr))
 		return elf_error(elf, "Invalid file header size.", EINVAL);
 
-	if (elf->header.phoff >= elf->file_size)
-		return elf_error(elf, "Invalid program header file offset.", EINVAL);
-
-	if (elf->header.phentsize < sizeof(Elf32_Phdr))
-		return elf_error(elf, "Invalid program header size.", EINVAL);
-
-	if (elf->header.phoff + elf->header.phnum * sizeof(Elf32_Phdr) > elf->file_size)
-		return elf_error(elf, "Invalid number of program header entries.", EINVAL);
-
 	if (elf->header.shoff >= elf->file_size)
 		return elf_error(elf, "Invalid section header file offset.", EINVAL);
 
@@ -250,6 +241,12 @@ static int elf_program_headers_read(struct elf_file *elf)
 	int i, ret;
 	size_t offset, count;
 
+	if (!elf->header.phnum) {
+		elf->programs = NULL;
+		elf->programs_count = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	elf->programs = calloc(elf->header.phnum, sizeof(Elf32_Phdr));
 	if (!elf->programs)
 		return elf_error(elf, "Cannot allocate program array.", ENOMEM);