diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 0d7e4d9..ea00994 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -108,19 +108,31 @@ fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/board/mod.rs.j2");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", board_dir);
 
-    // cortex-m-rt's link.x does `INCLUDE memory.x`. Copy the correct layout
-    // into OUT_DIR based on the target MCU family.
+    // cortex-m-rt's link.x does `INCLUDE memory.x`. Resolve the layout
+    // in two steps:
+    //   1. Per-board override: `ld/{board}-memory.x` if it exists.
+    //   2. MCU-family default by target triple.
+    // The override path is for boards that deviate from the family
+    // default (e.g. WIO Tracker L1 currently has no SoftDevice in flash
+    // and needs ORIGIN=0x1000 instead of the SD-aware 0x26000). Drop
+    // the per-board file once the layout matches the family default.
     let target = std::env::var("TARGET").unwrap_or_default();
-    let memory_x = match target.as_str() {
-        "thumbv7em-none-eabihf" => Some("ld/nrf52840-memory.x"),
-        "thumbv6m-none-eabi" => Some("ld/rp2040-memory.x"),
-        _ => None,
+    let board_specific = format!("ld/{}-memory.x", enabled[0]);
+    let memory_x: Option<String> = if std::path::Path::new(&board_specific).exists() {
+        Some(board_specific.clone())
+    } else {
+        match target.as_str() {
+            "thumbv7em-none-eabihf" => Some("ld/nrf52840-memory.x".to_string()),
+            "thumbv6m-none-eabi" => Some("ld/rp2040-memory.x".to_string()),
+            _ => None,
+        }
     };
     if let Some(src) = memory_x {
         let out_dir = std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-        fs::copy(src, format!("{out_dir}/memory.x")).expect("failed to copy memory.x");
+        fs::copy(&src, format!("{out_dir}/memory.x")).expect("failed to copy memory.x");
         println!("cargo:rustc-link-search={out_dir}");
     }
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=ld/nrf52840-memory.x");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=ld/rp2040-memory.x");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", board_specific);
 }
diff --git a/ld/wio_tracker_l1-memory.x b/ld/wio_tracker_l1-memory.x
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68bdafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/wio_tracker_l1-memory.x
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* Wio Tracker L1 memory layout — UF2 bootloader, NO SoftDevice
+ *
+ *   0x00000 – 0x01000   MBR (Master Boot Record)
+ *   0x01000 – 0xEA000   Application  ← we live here (no SD present)
+ *   0xEA000 – 0xF4000   Reserved (app data)
+ *   0xF4000 – 0xFC000   UF2 Bootloader
+ *   0xFF000 – 0x100000  Bootloader settings
+ *
+ * Background: Seeed factory firmware ships s140 SoftDevice at
+ * 0x01000–0x26000, but our earlier UF2 flashes (with the original
+ * `ORIGIN = 0x1000` layout) silently overwrote that region. The WIO
+ * bootloader now reports `SoftDevice: not found`; until we restore
+ * s140 via SWD, the app must live at 0x1000 to match the bootloader's
+ * no-SD boot chain.
+ *
+ * Delete this file once SD is reinstalled — `build.rs` will then fall
+ * back to `ld/nrf52840-memory.x` (the SD-aware default at 0x26000)
+ * and the WIO matches every other nRF52840 board.
+ */
+
+MEMORY
+{
+  FLASH : ORIGIN = 0x00001000, LENGTH = 0xE9000
+  RAM   : ORIGIN = 0x20000008, LENGTH = 255K
+}