diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp
index 721137cb95d65..422747a94e794 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/State.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ namespace {
 ///{
 
 extern "C" {
-__attribute__((leaf)) void *malloc(uint64_t Size);
-__attribute__((leaf)) void free(void *Ptr);
+[[gnu::weak, gnu::leaf]] void *malloc(uint64_t Size);
+[[gnu::weak, gnu::leaf]] void free(void *Ptr);
 }
 
 ///}
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports
index fbcda3ce8f555..288ddf90b4a9f 100644
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ _ZN4ompx*
 
 IsSPMDMode
 
+malloc
+free
 memcmp
 printf
 __assert_fail