diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78cb119a249a..d7795596a2d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -552,6 +552,9 @@ CLANG_FLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -Wno-misleading-indentation)
 CLANG_FLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -Wno-bool-operation)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	+= $(CLANG_FLAGS)
+ifneq ($(LLVM),)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fuse-ld=lld
+endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1)