diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
index 5a7bd6703f..ed3822784e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ inherit uboot-config uboot-extlinux-config uboot-sign deploy python3native kerne
 
 DEPENDS += "swig-native"
 
-EXTRA_OEMAKE = 'CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX} CC="${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS} ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}" V=1'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = 'CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX} V=1'
+EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'CC="${TARGET_PREFIX}gcc ${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS} ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', ' -fuse-ld=bfd ', '', d)} ${DEBUG_PREFIX_MAP}"'
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} ${BUILD_LDFLAGS}"'
 EXTRA_OEMAKE += 'STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR_NATIVE} STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}'