diff --git a/soc/adi/max32/CMakeLists.txt b/soc/adi/max32/CMakeLists.txt
index 9941c670e8b..9761cdcf0b3 100644
--- a/soc/adi/max32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/soc/adi/max32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ zephyr_include_directories(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/drivers)
 zephyr_include_directories(common)
 zephyr_sources(soc.c)
 
+zephyr_linker_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_SOC_FLASH_MAX32 SECTIONS flash.ld)
+
 set(SOC_LINKER_SCRIPT ${ZEPHYR_BASE}/include/zephyr/arch/arm/cortex_m/scripts/linker.ld CACHE INTERNAL "")
diff --git a/soc/adi/max32/flash.ld b/soc/adi/max32/flash.ld
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2014e209ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soc/adi/max32/flash.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 Analog Devices, Inc.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+SECTION_DATA_PROLOGUE(.flashprog,, SUBALIGN(4))
+{
+	KEEP(*(.flashprog*)) /* Flash program */
+}