diff --git a/armsrc/Makefile b/armsrc/Makefile
index 074380058..019d10820 100644
--- a/armsrc/Makefile
+++ b/armsrc/Makefile
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ $(OBJDIR)/fullimage.data.o: $(OBJDIR)/fullimage.data.bin.z
 	$(Q)$(OBJCOPY) -O elf32-littlearm -I binary -B arm --rename-section .data=compressed_data $^ $@
 
 $(OBJDIR)/fullimage.elf: $(OBJDIR)/fullimage.nodata.o $(OBJDIR)/fullimage.data.o
-ifneq ($(SKIP_COMPRESSION),1)
+ifeq (,$(findstring WITH_NO_COMPRESSION,$(APP_CFLAGS)))
 	$(info [=] LD $@)
 	$(Q)$(CC) $(CROSS_LDFLAGS) -Wl,-T,ldscript,-e,_osimage_entry,-Map,$(patsubst %.elf,%.map,$@) -o $@ $^
 else