diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index ffc5adbebb34f..b5dc0090c8b9c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -632,6 +632,9 @@ def build_bootstrap(self):
             target_features += ["-crt-static"]
         if target_features:
             env["RUSTFLAGS"] += "-C target-feature=" + (",".join(target_features)) + " "
+        target_linker = self.get_toml("linker", build_section)
+        if target_linker is not None:
+            env["RUSTFLAGS"] += "-C linker=" + target_linker + " "
 
         env["PATH"] = os.path.join(self.bin_root(), "bin") + \
             os.pathsep + env["PATH"]