diff --git a/packages/network/samba/build b/packages/network/samba/build
index 90c5828f71..e004ebc293 100755
--- a/packages/network/samba/build
+++ b/packages/network/samba/build
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ else
   SMB_AVAHI="--disable-avahi"
 fi
 
+# Fails to compile using the gold linker
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||"`
+  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | 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||"`
+
 # Fails to compile with GCC's link time optimization.
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
   CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`