diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.10.4.bb b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.10.4.bb
index 288631504c..4f3b17093e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.10.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.10.4.bb
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ inherit autotools pkgconfig binconfig-disabled ptest
 
 inherit ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3targetconfig', '', d)}
 
+LDFLAGS:append:riscv64 = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-lld ptest', ' -fuse-ld=bfd', '', d)}"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash make locale-base-en-us ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'libgcc python3-core python3-logging python3-shell python3-stringold python3-threading python3-unittest ${PN}-python', '', d)}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-python += "${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3-core', '', d)}"