diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8945b374884..4961142e2630 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ OBJDUMP		= llvm-objdump
 READELF		= llvm-readelf
 OBJSIZE		= llvm-size
 STRIP		= llvm-strip
+KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS	+= -fuse-ld=lld
 else
 CC		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc
 LD		= $(CROSS_COMPILE)ld