diff --git a/core/SConscript.kernel b/core/SConscript.kernel
index 51d625fa1e..e07f16d1e3 100644
--- a/core/SConscript.kernel
+++ b/core/SConscript.kernel
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ tools.embed_compressed_binary(
         'bootloader',
         'embed/projects/bootloaders/bootloader.o',
         f'embed/models/{MODEL_IDENTIFIER}/bootloaders/bootloader_{BOOTLOADER_SUFFIX}.bin',
-        'kernel'
+        'kernel',
+        'bootloader',
         )
 
 linkerscript_gen = env.Command(
diff --git a/core/embed/util/bl_check/bl_check.c b/core/embed/util/bl_check/bl_check.c
index 3acca64369..3aa2bba67d 100644
--- a/core/embed/util/bl_check/bl_check.c
+++ b/core/embed/util/bl_check/bl_check.c
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 #include "uzlib.h"
 
 // symbols from bootloader.bin => bootloader.o
-extern const void _binary_embed_bootloaders_bootloader_bin_deflated_start;
-extern const void _binary_embed_bootloaders_bootloader_bin_deflated_size;
+extern const void _deflated_bootloader_start;
+extern const void _deflated_bootloader_size;
 
 #define CONCAT_NAME_HELPER(prefix, name, suffix) prefix##name##suffix
 #define CONCAT_NAME(name, var) CONCAT_NAME_HELPER(BOOTLOADER_, name, var)
@@ -99,11 +99,8 @@ void check_and_replace_bootloader(void) {
   }
 
   // replace bootloader with the latest one
-  const uint32_t *data =
-      (const uint32_t
-           *)&_binary_embed_bootloaders_bootloader_bin_deflated_start;
-  const uint32_t len =
-      (const uint32_t)&_binary_embed_bootloaders_bootloader_bin_deflated_size;
+  const uint32_t *data = (const uint32_t *)&_deflated_bootloader_start;
+  const uint32_t len = (const uint32_t)&_deflated_bootloader_size;
 
   struct uzlib_uncomp decomp = {0};
   uint8_t decomp_window[UZLIB_WINDOW_SIZE] = {0};
diff --git a/core/site_scons/tools.py b/core/site_scons/tools.py
index 2f91feb4c1..58ec3efdec 100644
--- a/core/site_scons/tools.py
+++ b/core/site_scons/tools.py
@@ -85,22 +85,17 @@ def get_bindgen_defines(
     return ",".join(rest_defs)
 
 
-def embed_compressed_binary(obj_program, env, section, target_, file, build):
+def embed_compressed_binary(obj_program, env, section, target_, file, build, symbol):
     _in = f"embedded_{section}.bin.deflated"
 
-    def redefine_sym(name):
+    def redefine_sym(suffix):
         src = (
             f"_binary_build_{build}_"
             + _in.replace("/", "_").replace(".", "_")
             + "_"
-            + name
-        )
-        dest = (
-            "_binary_"
-            + target_.replace("/", "_").replace(".o", "_bin_deflated")
-            + "_"
-            + name
+            + suffix
         )
+        dest = f"_deflated_{symbol}_{suffix}"
         return f" --redefine-sym {src}={dest}"
 
     def compress_action(target, source, env):