diff --git a/lib/libc/common/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libc/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 48372158ea5..3aa869379d5 100644
--- a/lib/libc/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libc/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMMON_LIBC_ABORT source/stdlib/abort.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMMON_LIBC_TIME source/time/time.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMMON_LIBC_MALLOC source/stdlib/malloc.c)
 zephyr_library_sources_ifdef(CONFIG_COMMON_LIBC_STRNLEN source/string/strnlen.c)
+
+# Prevent compiler from optimizing calloc into an infinite recursive call
+zephyr_library_cc_option(-fno-builtin-malloc)