diff --git a/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake b/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake
index 66c3795fd56..55ef881b680 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake
+++ b/arch/arm/src/cmake/clang.cmake
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if(TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_CONFIG)
 
   if(CLANGVER STREQUAL "14.0")
     set(TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_CONFIG ${TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_CONFIG}_nosys)
-  elseif(CLANGVER STREQUAL "17.0")
+  elseif(CLANGVER STRGREATER_EQUAL "17.0")
     set(TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_OPTION -target)
     add_compile_options(--target=arm-none-eabi)
   else()
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs b/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs
index 284b1331ee6..dc1a2b2ccc1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs
+++ b/arch/arm/src/common/Toolchain.defs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM_TOOLCHAIN_CLANG),y)
       TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_CONFIG := $(TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_CONFIG)_nosys
     endif
 
-    ifeq ($(CLANGVER),17.0)
+    ifeq "17.0" "$(word 1, $(sort 17.0 $(CLANGVER)))"
       TOOLCHAIN_CLANG_OPTION = -target
       ARCHCPUFLAGS += --target=arm-none-eabi
     else