diff --git a/src/arch/x86/include/arch/early_variables.h b/src/arch/x86/include/arch/early_variables.h
index 2d5ae859ff..5394af342a 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/include/arch/early_variables.h
+++ b/src/arch/x86/include/arch/early_variables.h
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@
 #ifdef __PRE_RAM__
 asm(".section .car.global_data,\"w\",@nobits");
 asm(".previous");
+#ifdef __clang__
 #define CAR_GLOBAL __attribute__((used,section(".car.global_data")))
 #else
+#define CAR_GLOBAL __attribute__((used,section(".car.global_data#")))
+#endif /* __clang__ */
+#else
 #define CAR_GLOBAL
 #endif