diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index 61103f245b..a100e733d8 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
   # ENABLE_EXPORTS is set to true. See
   # https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/25295
   target_link_options(nvim_bin PRIVATE "-Wl,-export_dynamic")
+  # Apple Clang 16's new deduplication pass leads to lock-up on start
+  # TODO(clason): verify that problem remains after release or remove
+  target_link_options(nvim_bin PRIVATE "-Wl,-no_deduplicate")
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
   target_link_libraries(main_lib INTERFACE pthread c++abi)
 elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "SunOS")