diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 65a12df047..3a90d4f679 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ if test -n "$path_binutils"; then
     path_binutils=`(cd $path_binutils; pwd) | sed 's%/*$%/%'`
     CC="$CC -B$path_binutils"
 fi
+case "$CC" in
+    *fuse-ld=lld*) LDNAME=ld.lld;;
+    *)             LDNAME=ld;;
+esac
 AS=`$CC -print-prog-name=as`
-LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=ld`
+LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=$LDNAME`
 AR=`$CC -print-prog-name=ar`
 AC_SUBST(AR)
 OBJDUMP=`$CC -print-prog-name=objdump`
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3227e434d3..367db1c1ac 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4549,8 +4549,12 @@ if test -n "$path_binutils"; then
     path_binutils=`(cd $path_binutils; pwd) | sed 's%/*$%/%'`
     CC="$CC -B$path_binutils"
 fi
+case "$CC" in
+    *fuse-ld=lld*) LDNAME=ld.lld;;
+    *)             LDNAME=ld;;
+esac
 AS=`$CC -print-prog-name=as`
-LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=ld`
+LD=`$CC -print-prog-name=$LDNAME`
 AR=`$CC -print-prog-name=ar`
 
 OBJDUMP=`$CC -print-prog-name=objdump`