diff --git a/firmware/common/LPC4330_M4_ROM_to_RAM.ld b/firmware/common/LPC4330_M4_ROM_to_RAM.ld
index f2850b91..e3852933 100644
--- a/firmware/common/LPC4330_M4_ROM_to_RAM.ld
+++ b/firmware/common/LPC4330_M4_ROM_to_RAM.ld
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ MEMORY
 	/* rom is really the shadow region that points to SPI flash or elsewhere */
 	rom (rx)  : ORIGIN = 0x00000000, LENGTH =  1M
 	ram (rwx) : ORIGIN = 0x10000000, LENGTH =  128K
-	/* there are some additional RAM regions */
+	/* there are some additional RAM regions for data */
+	ram_data (rw) : ORIGIN = 0x10080000, LENGTH =  72K
 }
 
 /* Include the common ld script. */