diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a7996d81..9df630e1 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 llvm-toolchain-3.3 (1:3.3-9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  [ Luca Falavigna ]
   * debian/control:
     - Add llvm-3.3-dev to lldb-3.3 Depends field (Closes: #715129).
 
- -- Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@debian.org>  Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:51:40 +0200
+  [ Sylvestre Ledru ]
+  * Only use -fuse-ld=gold on supported distribution. Simplify the
+    backports.
+
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:48:42 +0200
 
 llvm-toolchain-3.3 (1:3.3-8) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index f694201d..7f00d742 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ else
 endif
 
 BINUTILS_GOLD_ARCHS := amd64 armhf i386 powerpc powerpcspe ppc64 sparc sparc64 x32
+BINUTILS_GOLD_UNSUPPORTED_DISTRO = wheezy quantal
 ifneq (,$(findstring $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),$(BINUTILS_GOLD_ARCHS)))
+ifeq (,$(findstring $(distrel),$(BINUTILS_GOLD_UNSUPPORTED_DISTRO)))
+# -fused-ld=gold enables the gold linker (but is not supported by all archs / distro)
 	LDFLAGS_EXTRA += -fuse-ld=gold
 endif
+endif
 
 
 ifneq (,$(filter codecoverage,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))