diff --git a/backend.native/build.gradle b/backend.native/build.gradle
index 2a03ef8f04a..159be790468 100644
--- a/backend.native/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/build.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ kotlinNativeInterop {
    llvm {
      defFile 'llvm.def'
      compilerOpts "-I$llvmDir/include"
-     linkerOpts "-L$llvmDir/lib"
+     linkerOpts "-L$llvmDir/lib -L$libffiDir/lib -lffi"
    }
 
    hash { // TODO: copy-pasted from ':common:compileHash'
diff --git a/backend.native/llvm.def b/backend.native/llvm.def
index df90791c195..abe581fd2e5 100644
--- a/backend.native/llvm.def
+++ b/backend.native/llvm.def
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ linkerOpts.osx = \
     -lLLVMCodeGen -lLLVMScalarOpts -lLLVMInstCombine -lLLVMInstrumentation -lLLVMProfileData -lLLVMTransformUtils \
     -lLLVMBitWriter -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMTarget -lLLVMAnalysis -lLLVMRuntimeDyld -lLLVMObject -lLLVMMCParser \
     -lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMMC -lLLVMCore -lLLVMSupport \
-    -lpthread -lz -lm  -lcurses -lffi
+    -lpthread -lz -lm  -lcurses
 
 linkerOpts.linux=\
     -Wl,--whole-archive \
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ linkerOpts.linux=\
     -lLLVMBitWriter -lLLVMExecutionEngine -lLLVMTarget -lLLVMAnalysis -lLLVMRuntimeDyld -lLLVMObject -lLLVMMCParser \
     -lLLVMBitReader -lLLVMMC -lLLVMCore -lLLVMSupport \
     -Wl,--no-whole-archive \
-    -lrt -ldl  -lpthread -lz -lm -lffi \
+    -lrt -ldl  -lpthread -lz -lm \
     -Wl,-z,noexecstack