diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.20.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.20.bb
index 0914f7ec2b3..5463c8231eb 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.20.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/gpsd/gpsd_3.20.bb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ EXTRA_OESCONS = " \
     systemd='${SYSTEMD_OESCONS}' \
     libdir='${libdir}' \
     manbuild='false' \
+    LINK='${CC}' \
     ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} \
 "
 # this cannot be used, because then chrpath is not found and only static lib is built
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ do_compile_prepend() {
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
     export PKG_CONFIG="PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=\"${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR}\" pkg-config"
     export STAGING_PREFIX="${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/${prefix}"
+    export LD="${CC}"
     export LINKFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ do_install() {
     export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
     export PKG_CONFIG="PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR=\"${PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR}\" pkg-config"
     export STAGING_PREFIX="${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/${prefix}"
+    export LD="${CC}"
     export LINKFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 
     export DESTDIR="${D}"