diff --git a/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties b/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties
index e325682da80..a12774716db 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties
+++ b/kotlin-native/konan/konan.properties
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ clangOptFlags.linux_x64 = -O3 -ffunction-sections
 clangDebugFlags.linux_x64 = -O0
 clangDynamicFlags.linux_x64 = -mrelocation-model pic
 linkerKonanFlags.linux_x64 = -Bstatic -lstdc++ -Bdynamic -ldl -lm -lpthread \
-  --defsym __cxa_demangle=Konan_cxa_demangle --no-threads
+  --defsym __cxa_demangle=Konan_cxa_demangle
 linkerOptimizationFlags.linux_x64 = --gc-sections
 linkerNoDebugFlags.linux_x64 = -S
 linkerDynamicFlags.linux_x64 = -shared
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ linkerOptimizationFlags.linux_arm32_hfp = --gc-sections
 targetSysRoot.linux_arm32_hfp = $gccToolchain.linux_arm32_hfp/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/sysroot
 # We could reuse host toolchain here.
 linkerKonanFlags.linux_arm32_hfp = -Bstatic -lstdc++ -Bdynamic -ldl -lm -lpthread \
-  --defsym __cxa_demangle=Konan_cxa_demangle --no-threads
+  --defsym __cxa_demangle=Konan_cxa_demangle
 # targetSysroot-relative.
 libGcc.linux_arm32_hfp = ../../lib/gcc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf/8.3.0
 targetCpu.linux_arm32_hfp = arm1136jf-s
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ linkerOptimizationFlags.linux_arm64 = --gc-sections
 targetSysRoot.linux_arm64 = $gccToolchain.linux_arm64/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/sysroot
 # We could reuse host toolchain here.
 linkerKonanFlags.linux_arm64 = -Bstatic -lstdc++ -Bdynamic -ldl -lm -lpthread \
-  --defsym __cxa_demangle=Konan_cxa_demangle --no-threads
+  --defsym __cxa_demangle=Konan_cxa_demangle
 # targetSysroot-relative.
 libGcc.linux_arm64 = ../../lib/gcc/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/8.3.0
 targetCpu.linux_arm64 = generic
diff --git a/kotlin-native/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Linker.kt b/kotlin-native/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Linker.kt
index 9b9a8a86af6..1c773592e25 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Linker.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/shared/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/konan/target/Linker.kt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ class GccBasedLinker(targetProperties: GccConfigurables)
     private val ar = if (HostManager.hostIsMac) "$absoluteTargetToolchain/bin/llvm-ar"
         else "$absoluteTargetToolchain/bin/ar"
     override val libGcc = "$absoluteTargetSysRoot/${super.libGcc}"
-    private val linker = "$absoluteLlvmHome/bin/ld.lld"
+
     private val specificLibs = abiSpecificLibraries.map { "-L${absoluteTargetSysRoot}/$it" }
 
     override fun provideCompilerRtLibrary(libraryName: String): String? {
@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ class GccBasedLinker(targetProperties: GccConfigurables)
                                    needsProfileLibrary: Boolean, mimallocEnabled: Boolean): List<Command> {
         if (kind == LinkerOutputKind.STATIC_LIBRARY)
             return staticGnuArCommands(ar, executable, objectFiles, libraries)
+        // TODO: Control via properties.
+        val (linker, linkerSpecificFlags) = when {
+            HostManager.hostIsMac -> "$absoluteLlvmHome/bin/ld.lld" to listOf("--no-threads")
+            else -> "$absoluteTargetToolchain/bin/ld.gold" to emptyList()
+        }
 
         val isMips = target == KonanTarget.LINUX_MIPS32 || target == KonanTarget.LINUX_MIPSEL32
         val dynamic = kind == LinkerOutputKind.DYNAMIC_LIBRARY
@@ -354,6 +359,7 @@ class GccBasedLinker(targetProperties: GccConfigurables)
             +"--build-id"
             +"--eh-frame-hdr"
             +"-dynamic-linker"
+            linkerSpecificFlags.forEach { +it }
             +dynamicLinker
             +"-o"
             +executable