diff --git a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt
index 3027982f05ab21..0bc8879470db75 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/nativeaot/Runtime/Full/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,27 @@ if(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SOURCES)
   # libunwind implementation symbols are resolved before localization. The
   # localize list is generated only from the bundled libunwind source objects.
   set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SYMBOL_OBJECTS "$<FILTER:$<TARGET_OBJECTS:Runtime.PrivateLibunwind>,EXCLUDE,.*(UnwindHelpers|UnixNativeCodeManager)\\.cpp\\.o$>")
+  set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER "${CMAKE_LINKER}")
+  get_filename_component(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_NAME "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER}" NAME)
+  if(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_NAME MATCHES "^llvm-link(-[0-9.]+)?(\\.exe)?$")
+    set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+    set(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_EXTENSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
+    get_filename_component(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_TOOL_DIR "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER}" DIRECTORY)
+    find_program(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LD_LLD
+      NAMES "ld.lld${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_VERSION}${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER_EXTENSION}" ld.lld
+      PATHS "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_TOOL_DIR}"
+      NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    if(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 "ld.lld (preferred) or ld is required to privatize NativeAOT libunwind symbols")
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
 
   add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_OBJECT}"
@@ -48,7 +69,7 @@ if(NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SOURCES)
             "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SYMBOLS_UNSORTED}"
     COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E rm -f
             "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SYMBOLS_UNSORTED}"
-    COMMAND "${CMAKE_LINKER}" -r $<TARGET_OBJECTS:Runtime.PrivateLibunwind> -o "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_OBJECT}"
+    COMMAND "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_LINKER}" -r $<TARGET_OBJECTS:Runtime.PrivateLibunwind> -o "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_OBJECT}"
     COMMAND "${CMAKE_OBJCOPY}"
             "--localize-symbols=${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_SYMBOLS}"
             "${NATIVEAOT_PRIVATE_LIBUNWIND_OBJECT}"