diff --git a/packages/compress/unrar/build b/packages/compress/unrar/build
index 448e3bdd34..ad4abd75fb 100755
--- a/packages/compress/unrar/build
+++ b/packages/compress/unrar/build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# fails to build with GOLD linker
+  strip_gold
+
 cd $BUILD/$1
 make CC=$TARGET_CC \
      RANLIB=$TARGET_RANLIB \