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, retain));
+    __attribute__((used, retain, weak));
 
 uint32_t config::getDebugKind() {
   return __omp_rtl_debug_kind & omptarget_device_environment.DebugKind;