diff --git a/src/blocks/CMakeLists.txt b/src/blocks/CMakeLists.txt
index b421d8ba..f65503fb 100644
--- a/src/blocks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/blocks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ if(APPLE)
     add_library(blocks STATIC blockexports.c)
     set_target_properties(blocks PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
 else()
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT blocks.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ld -r -b binary -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blocks.o blocks.dat)
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT testnet_blocks.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ld -r -b binary -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testnet_blocks.o testnet_blocks.dat)
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT blocks.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ${CMAKE_LINKER} -r -b binary -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blocks.o blocks.dat)
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT testnet_blocks.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ${CMAKE_LINKER} -r -b binary -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/testnet_blocks.o testnet_blocks.dat)
     add_library(blocks STATIC blocks.o testnet_blocks.o blockexports.c)
     set_target_properties(blocks PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt b/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
index b2676a7c..e456ccba 100644
--- a/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 set(blocksdat "")
 if(PER_BLOCK_CHECKPOINT)
   if(APPLE)
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT blocksdat.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && touch stub.c && ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -o stub.o -c stub.c COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ld -r -sectcreate __DATA __blocks_dat ../blocks/checkpoints.dat -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blocksdat.o stub.o && rm -f stub.*)
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT blocksdat.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && touch stub.c && ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -o stub.o -c stub.c COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && ${CMAKE_LINKER} -r -sectcreate __DATA __blocks_dat ../blocks/checkpoints.dat -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blocksdat.o stub.o && rm -f stub.*)
   else()
-    add_custom_command(OUTPUT blocksdat.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && cp ../blocks/checkpoints.dat blocks.dat && ld -r -b binary -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blocksdat.o blocks.dat && rm -f blocks.dat)
+    add_custom_command(OUTPUT blocksdat.o COMMAND cd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} && cp ../blocks/checkpoints.dat blocks.dat && ${CMAKE_LINKER} -r -b binary -o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blocksdat.o blocks.dat && rm -f blocks.dat)
   endif()
   set(blocksdat "blocksdat.o")
 endif()