diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.70.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.70.0.bb
index f4e5abc0cc..f23db79733 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.70.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/libstd-rs_1.70.0.bb
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ do_install () {
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "nativesdk"
+
+# Since 1.70.0 upgrade this fails to build with gold:
+# http://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/708194/
+# ld: error: version script assignment of  to symbol __rust_alloc_error_handler_should_panic failed: symbol not defined
+LDFLAGS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', ' -fuse-ld=bfd', '', d)}"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.70.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.70.0.bb
index 83f9bec68a..8669291d08 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.70.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/rust/rust_1.70.0.bb
@@ -350,3 +350,8 @@ RUSTLIB_DEP:class-nativesdk = ""
 INSANE_SKIP:${PN} = "staticdev"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
+
+# Since 1.70.0 upgrade this fails to build with gold:
+# http://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/708196/
+# ld: error: version script assignment of  to symbol __rust_alloc_error_handler_should_panic failed: symbol not defined
+LDFLAGS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', ' -fuse-ld=bfd', '', d)}"