diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 864ef433b0..3fded02680 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 4.0
 * Warn about broken library manifest when scanning dependencies (`issue #3268 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3268>`_)
 * Fixed an issue with the broken latest news for PIO Home
 * Fixed an issue when ``env.BoardConfig()`` does not work for custom boards in extra scripts of libraries (`issue #3264 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3264>`_)
+* Fixed an issue with "start-group/end-group" linker flags on Native development platform (`issue #3282 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3282>`_)
 
 4.1.0 (2019-11-07)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
index 82b81a0f9d..5d8222f63e 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ def BuildProgram(env):
     env.ProcessProgramDeps()
     env.ProcessProjectDeps()
 
+    # append into the beginning a main LD script
+    if env.get("LDSCRIPT_PATH") and not any("-Wl,-T" in f for f in env["LINKFLAGS"]):
+        env.Prepend(LINKFLAGS=["-T", env.subst("$LDSCRIPT_PATH")])
+
+    # enable "cyclic reference" for linker
+    if env.get("LIBS") and env.GetCompilerType() == "gcc":
+        env.Prepend(_LIBFLAGS="-Wl,--start-group ")
+        env.Append(_LIBFLAGS=" -Wl,--end-group")
+
     program = env.Program(
         os.path.join("$BUILD_DIR", env.subst("$PROGNAME")), env["PIOBUILDFILES"]
     )
@@ -115,15 +124,6 @@ def _append_pio_macros():
     if "__test" in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
         env.ConfigureTestTarget()
 
-    # append into the beginning a main LD script
-    if env.get("LDSCRIPT_PATH") and not any("-Wl,-T" in f for f in env["LINKFLAGS"]):
-        env.Prepend(LINKFLAGS=["-T", env.subst("$LDSCRIPT_PATH")])
-
-    # enable "cyclic reference" for linker
-    if env.get("LIBS") and env.GetCompilerType() == "gcc":
-        env.Prepend(_LIBFLAGS="-Wl,--start-group ")
-        env.Append(_LIBFLAGS=" -Wl,--end-group")
-
 
 def ProcessProjectDeps(env):
     project_lib_builder = env.ConfigureProjectLibBuilder()