diff --git a/targets/gameboy-advance.ld b/targets/gameboy-advance.ld
index 139e4c07..490f8192 100644
--- a/targets/gameboy-advance.ld
+++ b/targets/gameboy-advance.ld
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ SECTIONS
         . = ALIGN(4);
     } >rom
 
+    .rodata :
+    {
+        . = ALIGN(4);
+        *(.rodata)
+        *(.rodata*)
+        . = ALIGN(4);
+    } >rom
+
     /* Put the stack at the bottom of RAM, so that the application will
      * crash on stack overflow instead of silently corrupting memory.
      * See: http://blog.japaric.io/stack-overflow-protection/ */