diff --git a/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template b/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template
index 54218817e5..a586108cc9 100755
--- a/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template
+++ b/BaseTools/Conf/tools_def.template
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
 
 IDENTIFIER = Default TOOL_CHAIN_CONF
 
+# DEFINE MERGE_RODATA_INTO_TEXT =
+
+!ifdef DEF(MERGE_RODATA_INTO_TEXT)
+DEFINE DLINK_SCRIPT = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Merge.lds
+!else
+DEFINE DLINK_SCRIPT = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Base.lds
+!endif
+
 # common path macros
 DEFINE VS2008_BIN      = ENV(VS2008_PREFIX)Vc\bin
 DEFINE VS2008_DLL      = ENV(VS2008_PREFIX)Common7\IDE;DEF(VS2008_BIN)
@@ -1858,7 +1866,7 @@ DEFINE GCC_ARM_CC_XIPFLAGS         = -mno-unaligned-access
 DEFINE GCC_AARCH64_CC_FLAGS        = DEF(GCC_ALL_CC_FLAGS) -mlittle-endian -fno-short-enums -fverbose-asm -funsigned-char  -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wno-address -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-unwind-tables -fno-pic -fno-pie -ffixed-x18
 DEFINE GCC_AARCH64_CC_XIPFLAGS     = -mstrict-align -mgeneral-regs-only
 DEFINE GCC_DLINK_FLAGS_COMMON      = -nostdlib --pie
-DEFINE GCC_DLINK2_FLAGS_COMMON     = -Wl,--defsym=ALIGNED_PE_HEADER_SIZE=0x400,--default-script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Base.lds
+DEFINE GCC_DLINK2_FLAGS_COMMON     = -Wl,--defsym=ALIGNED_PE_HEADER_SIZE=0x400 DEF(DLINK_SCRIPT)
 DEFINE GCC_IA32_X64_DLINK_COMMON   = DEF(GCC_DLINK_FLAGS_COMMON) --gc-sections
 DEFINE GCC_ARM_AARCH64_DLINK_COMMON= -Wl,--emit-relocs -nostdlib -Wl,--gc-sections -u $(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT) -Wl,-e,$(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT),-Map,$(DEST_DIR_DEBUG)/$(BASE_NAME).map
 DEFINE GCC_LOONGARCH64_DLINK_COMMON= -Wl,--emit-relocs -nostdlib -Wl,--gc-sections -u $(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT) -Wl,-e,$(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT),-Map,$(DEST_DIR_DEBUG)/$(BASE_NAME).map
@@ -1961,7 +1969,7 @@ DEFINE GCC5_ASLCC_FLAGS              = DEF(GCC49_ASLCC_FLAGS) -fno-lto
 DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_CC_FLAGS                    = -g -fshort-wchar -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Werror -Wno-array-bounds -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -include AutoGen.h -fno-common -DSTRING_ARRAY_NAME=$(BASE_NAME)Strings -msmall-data-limit=0
 DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_DLINK_COMMON                = -nostdlib -Wl,-n,-q,--gc-sections -z max-page-size=0x1000
 DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_DLINK_FLAGS                 = DEF(GCC5_RISCV_ALL_DLINK_COMMON) -Wl,--entry,$(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT) -u $(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT) -Wl,-Map,$(DEST_DIR_DEBUG)/$(BASE_NAME).map
-DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_DLINK2_FLAGS                = -Wl,--defsym=ALIGNED_PE_HEADER_SIZE=0x400,--default-script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Base.lds
+DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_DLINK2_FLAGS                = -Wl,--defsym=ALIGNED_PE_HEADER_SIZE=0x400 DEF(DLINK_SCRIPT)
 DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_ASM_FLAGS                   = -c -x assembler -imacros $(DEST_DIR_DEBUG)/AutoGen.h
 DEFINE GCC5_RISCV_ALL_CC_FLAGS_WARNING_DISABLE    = -Wno-tautological-compare -Wno-pointer-compare
 
@@ -2875,7 +2883,7 @@ DEFINE CLANGDWARF_IA32_PREFIX       = ENV(CLANG_BIN)
 DEFINE CLANGDWARF_X64_PREFIX        = ENV(CLANG_BIN)
 
 # LLVM/CLANG doesn't support -n link option. So, it can't share the same IA32_X64_DLINK_COMMON flag.
-DEFINE CLANGDWARF_IA32_X64_DLINK_COMMON   = -nostdlib -Wl,-q,--gc-sections -z max-page-size=0x1000 -Wl,-z,notext,--defsym=ALIGNED_PE_HEADER_SIZE=0x400
+DEFINE CLANGDWARF_IA32_X64_DLINK_COMMON   = -nostdlib -Wl,-q,--gc-sections -z max-page-size=0x1000 -Wl,-z,notext,--defsym=ALIGNED_PE_HEADER_SIZE=0x400 DEF(DLINK_SCRIPT)
 DEFINE CLANGDWARF_IA32_X64_ASLDLINK_FLAGS = DEF(CLANGDWARF_IA32_X64_DLINK_COMMON) -Wl,--entry,ReferenceAcpiTable -u ReferenceAcpiTable
 DEFINE CLANGDWARF_IA32_X64_DLINK_FLAGS    = DEF(CLANGDWARF_IA32_X64_DLINK_COMMON) -Wl,--entry,$(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT) -u $(IMAGE_ENTRY_POINT) -Wl,-Map,$(DEST_DIR_DEBUG)/$(BASE_NAME).map,--whole-archive
 DEFINE CLANGDWARF_IA32_DLINK2_FLAGS       = -no-pie
diff --git a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/ToolDefClassObject.py b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/ToolDefClassObject.py
index 2b4b238491..c67515ea27 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/ToolDefClassObject.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Source/Python/Common/ToolDefClassObject.py
@@ -103,11 +103,32 @@ class ToolDefClassObject(object):
         else:
             EdkLogger.error("tools_def.txt parser", FILE_NOT_FOUND, ExtraData=FileName)
 
+        BranchPath = 0
         for Index in range(len(FileContent)):
             Line = FileContent[Index].strip()
             if Line == "" or Line[0] == '#':
                 continue
 
+            if Line.startswith("!ifdef"):
+                Branch = Line[6:].strip()
+                Done, Branch = self.ExpandMacros(Branch)
+                if Done:
+                    BranchPath = 1
+                else:
+                    BranchPath = -1
+                continue
+
+            if Line.startswith("!else"):
+                BranchPath *= -1
+                continue
+
+            if Line.startswith("!endif"):
+                BranchPath = 0
+                continue
+
+            if BranchPath == -1:
+                continue
+
             if Line.startswith("!include"):
                 IncFile = Line[8:].strip()
                 Done, IncFile = self.ExpandMacros(IncFile)
diff --git a/MdePkg/MdeBuildOptions.dsc.inc b/MdePkg/MdeBuildOptions.dsc.inc
index a3cc330eac..4992dca44a 100644
--- a/MdePkg/MdeBuildOptions.dsc.inc
+++ b/MdePkg/MdeBuildOptions.dsc.inc
@@ -32,13 +32,5 @@
   [BuildOptions]
     MSFT:*_*_*_DLINK_FLAGS        = /MERGE:.rdata=.text
     CLANGPDB:*_*_*_DLINK_FLAGS    = /MERGE:.rdata=.text
-    GCC:*_*_*_DLINK2_FLAGS        = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Merge.lds
-    GCC:*_*_*_ASLDLINK_FLAGS      = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Merge.lds
-    CLANGGCC:*_*_*_DLINK2_FLAGS   = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Merge.lds
-    CLANGGCC:*_*_*_ASLDLINK_FLAGS = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Merge.lds
     XCODE:*_*_*_DLINK_FLAGS       = -rename_section __DATA_CONST __text_const __TEXT __const -rename_section __DATA_CONST __cstring __TEXT __cstring -rename_section __DATA_CONST __ustring __TEXT __ustring -rename_section __DATA_CONST __const __TEXT __data_const
-!else
-  [BuildOptions]
-    CLANGGCC:*_*_*_DLINK2_FLAGS   = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Base.lds
-    CLANGGCC:*_*_*_ASLDLINK_FLAGS = -Wl,--script=$(EDK_TOOLS_PATH)/Scripts/Base.lds
 !endif