diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5dacea0a8a41..011ca7762e47 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -755,6 +755,10 @@ endif
 # Use make W=1 to enable them (see scripts/Makefile.extrawarn)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-but-set-variable)
 
+ifeq ($(ld-name),lld)
+KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -O2
+endif
+
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
 ifdef CONFIG_FRAME_POINTER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls