diff --git a/package/clang/clang.mk b/package/clang/clang.mk
index 52e0b98a76..f9d4ae3713 100644
--- a/package/clang/clang.mk
+++ b/package/clang/clang.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ CLANG_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DCLANG_INCLUDE_DOCS=OFF \
 	-DCLANG_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF
 
-HOST_CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_CONFIG:FILEPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/llvm-config
+HOST_CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_CONFIG:FILEPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/llvm-config \
+	-DCLANG_DEFAULT_LINKER=$(TARGET_LD)
 CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DLLVM_CONFIG:FILEPATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/llvm-config \
 	-DCLANG_TABLEGEN:FILEPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/clang-tblgen \
 	-DLLVM_TABLEGEN_EXE:FILEPATH=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/llvm-tblgen