diff --git a/srcpkgs/utox/template b/srcpkgs/utox/template
index 0e54d5ed932..7bc359aa9fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/utox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/utox/template
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/GrayHatter/uTox/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5e33ec8500a70ea2bd468881b2eec5d7f6adb112a64a9fdc5e6e3ff6f9c20e8e
 
 do_build() {
-	make CC=$CC PREFIX=/usr GIT_V=${version} ${makejobs}
+	make CC=$CC LD=ld PREFIX=/usr GIT_V=${version} ${makejobs}
 }