diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 055adca18..1c28c2577 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ option(COVERAGE OFF)
 option(SANITIZER OFF)
 option(ENABLE_LTO "Use LTO if available" ON)
 option(ENABLE_FUZZING "Fuzz testing using LLVM's libFuzzer" OFF)
-option(ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER "Use ld.gold if available" ON)
+option(ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER "Use GNU gold linker if available" ON)
 
 include_directories(BEFORE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/)
 include_directories(BEFORE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/)
@@ -118,9 +118,16 @@ if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-check_cxx_compiler_flag("-Wl,-fuse-ld=gold" GOLD_AVAILABLE)
-if (ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER AND GOLD_AVAILABLE)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wl,-fuse-ld=gold")
+if(ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--version ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
+    if("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold")
+        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--disable-new-dtags")
+        set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--disable-new-dtags")
+        message(STATUS "Using GNU gold as linker.")
+    else()
+        message(WARNING "GNU gold linker isn't available.")
+        set(ENABLE_GOLD_LINKER OFF)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release)