diff --git a/BoardConfigCommon.mk b/BoardConfigCommon.mk
index 62d15e4b..d485f54a 100644
--- a/BoardConfigCommon.mk
+++ b/BoardConfigCommon.mk
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ BOARD_KERNEL_PAGESIZE := 4096
 BOARD_KERNEL_TAGS_OFFSET := 0x00000100
 BOARD_RAMDISK_OFFSET     := 0x01000000
 BOARD_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME := Image.gz-dtb
+KERNEL_LD := LD=ld.lld
 TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH := arm64
 TARGET_KERNEL_HEADER_ARCH := arm64
 TARGET_KERNEL_VERSION := 4.4