https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65309
--- Comment #3 from Albert Astals Cid <albert.astals at canonical dot com> --- I guess i'm using the system default one, that would be $ `which ld` -V GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.25 Supported emulations: elf_x86_64 elf32_x86_64 elf_i386 i386linux elf_l1om elf_k1om i386pep i386pe I'm not the only one with this problem, doesn't seem to be Ubuntu specific either, see http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2015-March/020632.html