diff --git a/make/ldgen.mk b/make/ldgen.mk
index 3c2dea127..53a20b705 100644
--- a/make/ldgen.mk
+++ b/make/ldgen.mk
@@ -6,14 +6,27 @@ LDGEN_FRAGMENT_FILES = $(COMPONENT_LDFRAGMENTS)
 # Target to generate linker script generator from fragments presented by each of
 # the components
 define ldgen_process_template
-$(2): $(1) $(LDGEN_FRAGMENT_FILES) $(SDKCONFIG) $(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES)
+ifeq ($(OS), Windows_NT)
+$(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos: $(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES)
+	echo -ne "$(foreach section_info,$(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES),$(section_info)\n)" > $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
+	sed -i 's|^[[:blank:]]*||g' $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
+	mv $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos.temp
+	cygpath -w -f $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos.temp > $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
+	rm -f $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos.temp
+else
+$(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos: $(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES)
+	echo "$(foreach section_info,$(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES),$(section_info)\n)" > $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
+	sed -i 's|^[[:blank:]]*||g' $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
+endif
+
+$(2): $(1) $(LDGEN_FRAGMENT_FILES) $(SDKCONFIG) $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
 	@echo 'Generating $(notdir $(2))'
 	$(PYTHON) $(IDF_PATH)/tools/ldgen/ldgen.py \
 		--input         $(1) \
 		--config        $(SDKCONFIG) \
 		--fragments     $(LDGEN_FRAGMENT_FILES) \
 		--output        $(2) \
-		--sections      $(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES) \
+		--sections      $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos \
 		--kconfig       $(IDF_PATH)/Kconfig \
 		--env           "COMPONENT_KCONFIGS=$(COMPONENT_KCONFIGS)" \
 		--env           "COMPONENT_KCONFIGS_PROJBUILD=$(COMPONENT_KCONFIGS_PROJBUILD)" \
@@ -26,11 +39,12 @@ $(foreach lib, $(COMPONENT_LIBRARIES), \
 
 ldgen-clean:
 	rm -f $(LDGEN_SECTIONS_INFO_FILES)
+	rm -f $(BUILD_DIR_BASE)/ldgen.section_infos
 endef
 
 # Target to generate sections info file from objdump of component archive
 define ldgen_generate_target_sections_info
 $(1).sections_info: $(1)
-	@echo 'Generating $(notdir $(1).sections_info)' 
+	@echo 'Generating $(notdir $(1).sections_info)'
 	$(OBJDUMP) -h $(1) > $(1).sections_info
 endef
diff --git a/tools/cmake/ldgen.cmake b/tools/cmake/ldgen.cmake
index 4dc405436..09d580ea5 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/ldgen.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/ldgen.cmake
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ endfunction()
 # Passes a linker script template to the linker script generation tool for
 # processing
 function(ldgen_process_template template output)
+    file(GENERATE OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ldgen.section_infos
+        CONTENT "$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:ldgen_section_infos,SECTIONS_INFO_FILES>,\n>")
+
     # Create command to invoke the linker script generator tool.
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${output}
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ function(ldgen_process_template template output)
         --fragments "$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:ldgen,FRAGMENT_FILES>,\t>"
         --input     ${template}
         --output    ${output}
-        --sections  "$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:ldgen_section_infos,SECTIONS_INFO_FILES>,\t>"
+        --sections  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/ldgen.section_infos
         --kconfig   ${IDF_PATH}/Kconfig
         --env       "COMPONENT_KCONFIGS=${COMPONENT_KCONFIGS}"
         --env       "COMPONENT_KCONFIGS_PROJBUILD=${COMPONENT_KCONFIGS_PROJBUILD}"
diff --git a/tools/ldgen/ldgen.py b/tools/ldgen/ldgen.py
index 714833404..5078d142f 100755
--- a/tools/ldgen/ldgen.py
+++ b/tools/ldgen/ldgen.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def main():
         "--sections", "-s",
         type = argparse.FileType("r"),
         help = "Library sections info",
-        nargs = "+")
+        )
 
     argparser.add_argument(
         "--output", "-o",
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ def main():
     try:
         sections_infos = SectionsInfo()
 
-        for sections_info_file in sections_info_files:
-            sections_infos.add_sections_info(sections_info_file)
+        section_info_contents = [s.strip() for s in sections_info_files.read().split("\n")]
+        section_info_contents = [s for s in section_info_contents if s]
+
+        for sections_info_file in section_info_contents:
+            with open(sections_info_file) as sections_info_file_obj:
+                sections_infos.add_sections_info(sections_info_file_obj)
 
         generation_model = GenerationModel()