diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 29943d08..eda1ba76 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -65,10 +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)))
 # enable the code coverage