diff --git a/base/mk/global.mk b/base/mk/global.mk
index 701b0b4b5..08b7adbc8 100644
--- a/base/mk/global.mk
+++ b/base/mk/global.mk
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ LD_SCRIPT_DYN = $(call select_from_repositories,src/platform/genode_dyn.ld)
 #
 # Linker script for shared libraries
 #
-LD_SCRIPT_SO  = $(call select_from_repositories,src/platform/genode_rel.ld)
+LD_SCRIPT_SO ?= $(call select_from_repositories,src/platform/genode_rel.ld)
 
 #
 # Assembler options