diff --git a/lint/lint.go b/lint/lint.go
index 6a8a014..a02f4b7 100644
--- a/lint/lint.go
+++ b/lint/lint.go
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ func lintText(t *ast.Text, tab *arch.Table, archKnown bool, cfg Config, macros m
 		out = append(out, checkABI0Args(t)...)
 	}
 
+	// Non-portable register spellings (RAX/EAX under go tool asm).
+	if cfg.Arch == arch.AMD64 && !cfg.Disable[CodeNonportableRegister] {
+		out = append(out, scanNonportableRegisters(t)...)
+	}
+
 	// FUNCDATA / PCDATA structural validation.
 	out = append(out, checkFuncdata(t, cfg)...)
 
diff --git a/lint/lint_test.go b/lint/lint_test.go
index 3bfd70d..451b7a6 100644
--- a/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -411,3 +411,28 @@ TEXT ·f(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
 		t.Fatalf("byte register in L op must be flagged: %+v", diags)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNonportableRegisterName(t *testing.T) {
+	diags := lintSrc(t, `
+#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·f(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	MOVQ RAX, RBX
+	MOVQ EAX, R9
+	RET
+`)
+	// RAX and RBX (and EAX) are gasm aliases of AX/BX; R9 is canonical.
+	if got := codes(diags)[CodeNonportableRegister]; got != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("want 3 nonportable-register-name, got %d: %+v", got, diags)
+	}
+
+	diags = lintSrc(t, `
+#include "textflag.h"
+TEXT ·f(SB), NOSPLIT, $0
+	MOVQ AX, BX
+	MOVQ (BX)(R9*4), R12
+	RET
+`)
+	if codes(diags)[CodeNonportableRegister] != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("canonical names must not be flagged: %+v", diags)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lint/registers.go b/lint/registers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..814fb63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lint/registers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+
+package lint
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/ast"
+	"sourcedock.dev/petrbalvin/gasm-devkit/token"
+)
+
+// CodeNonportableRegister flags R/E-prefixed amd64 register spellings.
+const CodeNonportableRegister = "nonportable-register-name"
+
+// amd64WordNames are the canonical 64-bit register spellings of go tool asm:
+// the assembler has no RAX/EAX/RBX forms, and a file using them assembles
+// under gasm but fails under the toolchain it must ship with.
+var amd64WordNames = map[string]string{
+	"AX": "AX", "BX": "BX", "CX": "CX", "DX": "DX",
+	"SI": "SI", "DI": "DI", "BP": "BP", "SP": "SP",
+}
+
+// nonportableRegister maps a gasm-only register alias to the canonical go
+// tool asm spelling.  R or E followed by a canonical word name is the only
+// alias family; R8–R15 are already canonical.
+func nonportableRegister(name string) (string, bool) {
+	up := strings.ToUpper(name)
+	if len(up) != 3 {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	var rest string
+	switch up[0] {
+	case 'R', 'E':
+		rest = up[1:]
+	default:
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if canon, ok := amd64WordNames[rest]; ok && canon != up {
+		return canon, true
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
+// scanNonportableRegisters returns one diagnostic per distinct non-portable
+// register spelling in t.  gasm neither requires nor registers these names
+// (they parse as bare symbols), and go tool asm rejects them outright, so a
+// kernel containing one only links through the gasm goobj path, never
+// through a normal go build.
+func scanNonportableRegisters(t *ast.Text) []Diagnostic {
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	var out []Diagnostic
+	report := func(name string, pos token.Position) {
+		canon, ok := nonportableRegister(name)
+		if !ok {
+			return
+		}
+		key := strings.ToUpper(name)
+		if seen[key] {
+			return
+		}
+		seen[key] = true
+		out = append(out, Diagnostic{
+			Pos:      pos,
+			Severity: Warning,
+			Code:     CodeNonportableRegister,
+			Message:  fmt.Sprintf("register %q is a gasm extension; go tool asm spells it %s", name, canon),
+		})
+	}
+	for _, s := range t.Body {
+		in, ok := s.(*ast.Instr)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, op := range in.Operands {
+			if op.Addr.Sym != nil && op.Addr.Sym.Pseudo == "" {
+				report(op.Addr.Sym.Name, op.Pos)
+			}
+			if op.Addr.Base != "" {
+				report(op.Addr.Base, op.Pos)
+			}
+			if op.Addr.Index != "" {
+				report(op.Addr.Index, op.Pos)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}