diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.1.bb
index e62c50c5df..a313e5aed1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/zlib/zlib_1.3.1.bb
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9a93b2b7dfdac77ceba5a558a580e74667dd6fede4585b91eefb60f03b
 PREMIRRORS:append = " https://zlib.net/ https://zlib.net/fossils/"
 
 CFLAGS += "-D_REENTRANT -fPIE"
+# zlib does not build with lld, keep it until https://github.com/madler/zlib/pull/936
+# is addressed
+LDFLAGS:append = " -fuse-ld=bfd"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "make"