diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
index 476cb61083..a696bc8f57 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/build
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ cd objdir
              --with-ppl=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --with-cloog=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
              --with-libelf=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+             --enable-gold=both/ld \
+             --enable-plugins \
              --enable-lto \
              --disable-werror \
              --disable-multilib \
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/install b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/install
index ee358143d9..3d04e9c322 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/install
+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/binutils/install
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
 
 make -C $PKG_BUILD/objdir install
+
+cp ${TARGET_PREFIX}ld.gold ${TARGET_PREFIX}gold
+cp $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/$TARGET_NAME/bin/ld.gold $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/$TARGET_NAME/bin/gold