diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 63bce420c..6d216693c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -225,11 +225,15 @@ possible_link_flags = [
     '-Wl,--gc-sections',
     '-Wl,-z,relro',
     '-Wl,-z,now',
-    '-Wl,-fuse-ld=gold',
     '-fstack-protector',
     '-fstack-protector-strong',
 ]
 
+# The gold linker fails with a bus error on sparc64
+if build_machine.cpu_family() != 'sparc64'
+    possible_link_flags += '-Wl,-fuse-ld=gold'
+endif
+
 if sanitize == 'none'
     possible_link_flags += '-Wl,--warn-common'
 endif