diff --git a/BoardConfigCommon.mk b/BoardConfigCommon.mk
index 14a47ffcc2dac39d78c386c95349a10336290dae..a20cc22cdb025e1905301be61b249c9b0fd5c84d 100644
--- a/BoardConfigCommon.mk
+++ b/BoardConfigCommon.mk
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ BOARD_KERNEL_BASE := 0x00000000
 BOARD_KERNEL_IMAGE_NAME := Image
 BOARD_KERNEL_PAGESIZE := 4096
 BOARD_KERNEL_SEPARATED_DTBO := true
+KERNEL_LD := LD=ld.lld
 
 BOARD_BOOT_HEADER_VERSION := 3
 BOARD_MKBOOTIMG_ARGS += --header_version $(BOARD_BOOT_HEADER_VERSION)