diff --git a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-rtla.mk.in b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-rtla.mk.in
index 449371ddfe..d9bdcc3016 100644
--- a/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-rtla.mk.in
+++ b/package/linux-tools/linux-tool-rtla.mk.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LINUX_TOOLS += rtla
 RTLA_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libtracefs
 RTLA_MAKE_OPTS = $(LINUX_MAKE_FLAGS) \
 	CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
+	LD=$(TARGET_LD) \
 	EXTRA_CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE" \
 	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
 	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig