diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 1deab660b71..8919815759f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		// from the beginning of the section (like sym.STYPE).
 		argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-znocopyreloc")
 
-		if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.ARM, sys.ARM64) {
+		if ctxt.Arch.InFamily(sys.ARM, sys.ARM64) && (objabi.GOOS == "linux" || objabi.GOOS == "android") {
 			// On ARM, the GNU linker will generate COPY relocations
 			// even with -znocopyreloc set.
 			// https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19962