diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/babeltrace2_2.0.5.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/babeltrace2_2.0.5.bb
index 146fe0b835..7ece3140f7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/babeltrace2_2.0.5.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/lttng/babeltrace2_2.0.5.bb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ FILES:${PN}-staticdev += "${libdir}/babeltrace2/plugins/*.a"
 FILES:${PN} += "${libdir}/babeltrace2/plugins/*.so"
 
 ASNEEDED = ""
+LDFLAGS:append = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-lld ptest', ' -fuse-ld=bfd ', '', d)}"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest += "bash gawk python3"