diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
index cc74e55f1a..23b96416df 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/build
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/unpack busybox
 
+# 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