diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
index 1815d2b910..748a8bcd4c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/unpack busybox
 $SCRIPTS/build Linux-PAM
 
+# busybox fails to compile using the gold linker
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||"`
+
 PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
 
 if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/busybox/$1.conf ]; then