diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
   CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[arm-linux-gnueabihf]=LinuxARM.cmake
   CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE[aarch64-linux-gnu]=LinuxAArch64.cmake
 
+  # Allow extra cmake option to be specified for each host
+  declare -A CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+  CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTIONS[arm-linux-gnueabihf]="-DUSE_LD_GOLD=OFF"
+
   INSTALL_COMPONENTS="bitcoind bitcoin-qt bitcoin-seeder"
 
   FAKETIME_HOST_PROGS=""
@@ -163,7 +167,8 @@
       -DENABLE_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX=ON \
       -DENABLE_GLIBC_BACK_COMPAT=ON \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALLPATH} \
-      -DCCACHE=OFF
+      -DCCACHE=OFF \
+      ${CMAKE_EXTRA_OPTIONS[${i}]}
 
     ninja
     ninja security-check
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 option(START_WITH_UPNP "Make UPnP the default to map ports" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY "Enable clang-tidy checks for Bitcoin ABC" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_PROFILING "Select the profiling tool to use" OFF)
+option(USE_LD_GOLD "Try to use gold as a linker if available" ON)
 
 # If ccache is available, then use it.
 find_program(CCACHE ccache)
@@ -59,6 +60,10 @@
 
 include(AddCompilerFlags)
 
+if(USE_LD_GOLD)
+	add_linker_flags(-fuse-ld=gold)
+endif()
+
 # Prefer -g3, defaults to -g if unavailable
 foreach(LANGUAGE C CXX)
 	set(COMPILER_DEBUG_LEVEL -g)