diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Configuration.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Configuration.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Configuration.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Configuration.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 // TODO: We want to change the name as soon as the old runtime is gone.
 DeviceEnvironmentTy CONSTANT(omptarget_device_environment)
-    __attribute__((used));
+    __attribute__((used, retain));
 
 uint32_t config::getDebugKind() {
   return __omp_rtl_debug_kind & omptarget_device_environment.DebugKind;
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Utils.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Utils.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace _OMP {
 /// Helper to keep code alive without introducing a performance penalty.
-__attribute__((used, weak, optnone)) void keepAlive() {
+__attribute__((used, retain, weak, optnone)) void keepAlive() {
   __kmpc_get_hardware_thread_id_in_block();
   __kmpc_get_hardware_num_threads_in_block();
   __kmpc_get_warp_size();
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/amdgcn/src/target_impl.h b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/amdgcn/src/target_impl.h
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/amdgcn/src/target_impl.h
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/amdgcn/src/target_impl.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 #define NOINLINE __attribute__((noinline))
 #define ALIGN(N) __attribute__((aligned(N)))
 #define PLUGIN_ACCESSIBLE                                                      \
-  __attribute__((used)) /* Don't discard values the plugin reads */            \
+  __attribute__((used))   /* Don't discard values the plugin reads */          \
+  __attribute__((retain)) /* Also needed to keep values alive */               \
   __attribute__((visibility("default"))) /* Access via SHT_HASH */             \
   __attribute__((section(".data")))      /* Not .bss, can write before load */
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/support.cu b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/support.cu
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/support.cu
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/support.cu
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
 namespace _OMP {
 /// Helper to keep code alive without introducing a performance penalty.
-__attribute__((used, weak, optnone)) void keepAlive() {
+__attribute__((used, retain, weak, optnone)) void keepAlive() {
   __kmpc_get_hardware_thread_id_in_block();
   __kmpc_get_hardware_num_threads_in_block();
   __kmpc_get_warp_size();