diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef82f139e9..c536645799 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ $(OBJ_DIR)/sym_common.ld: sym_common.txt $(C_OBJS) $(wildcard common_syms/*.txt)
 	$(RAMSCRGEN) COMMON $< ENGLISH -c $(C_BUILDDIR),common_syms > $@
 
 $(OBJ_DIR)/sym_ewram.ld: sym_ewram.txt
-	$(RAMSCRGEN) .sbss $< ENGLISH > $@
+	$(RAMSCRGEN) ewram_data $< ENGLISH > $@
 
 ifeq ($(MODERN),0)
 LD_SCRIPT := ld_script.ld
diff --git a/include/gba/defines.h b/include/gba/defines.h
index 590494d088..46c722a1ae 100644
--- a/include/gba/defines.h
+++ b/include/gba/defines.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define EWRAM_DATA __attribute__((section("__DATA,ewram_data")))
 #else
 #define IWRAM_DATA __attribute__((section("iwram_data")))
-#define EWRAM_DATA __attribute__((section(".sbss")))
+#define EWRAM_DATA __attribute__((section("ewram_data")))
 #endif
 
 #if MODERN
diff --git a/ld_script.ld b/ld_script.ld
index 381ed1ca9e..1d2bbf29d9 100644
--- a/ld_script.ld
+++ b/ld_script.ld
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ MEMORY
 
 SECTIONS {
 
-    .ewram.sbss 0x2000000 (NOLOAD) :
+    ewram 0x2000000 (NOLOAD) :
     ALIGN(4)
     {
         gHeap = .;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SECTIONS {
         . = 0x1C000;
 
         INCLUDE "sym_ewram.ld"
-        src/*.o(.sbss);
+        src/*.o(ewram_data);
 
         *libc.a:impure.o(.data);
         *libc.a:locale.o(.data);
diff --git a/ld_script_modern.ld b/ld_script_modern.ld
index c33a8bfb59..76f4536fb9 100644
--- a/ld_script_modern.ld
+++ b/ld_script_modern.ld
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ MEMORY
 
 SECTIONS {
 
-    .ewram.sbss 0x2000000 (NOLOAD) :
+    ewram 0x2000000 (NOLOAD) :
     ALIGN(4)
     {
         gHeap = .;
 
         . = 0x1C000;
 
-        *(.sbss);
+        *(ewram_data);
     } > EWRAM
 
     iwram 0x3000000 (NOLOAD) :