diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/JNIRegistrationSupport.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/JNIRegistrationSupport.java
index 0b453a03fad8..73d25cf2374b 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/JNIRegistrationSupport.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/jdk/JNIRegistrationSupport.java
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ private void makeShimLibrary(String shimName) {
              * with the expected name. So we just create an empty one ...
              */
             linkerCommand = ImageSingletons.lookup(CCompilerInvoker.class)
-                            .createCompilerCommand(List.of("-shared", "-x", "c"), shimLibrary, Path.of("/dev/null"));
+                            .createCompilerCommand(List.of("-shared", "-x", "c", "-nostdlib"), shimLibrary, Path.of("/dev/null"));
             /* ... and add an explicit dependency on the native image if it is a shared library. */
             if (!accessImpl.getImageKind().isExecutable) {
                 linkerCommand.addAll(List.of("-Wl,-no-as-needed", "-L" + image.getParent(), "-l:" + image.getFileName(),