diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 96d4894be71d..908f6c9c3880 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ endif
 # Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.build)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
+ifneq ($(LLVM),)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fuse-ld=lld
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(mixed-targets),1)
 # ===========================================================================