diff --git a/build-toolchain b/build-toolchain
index 7918a1ad..42db6b31 100755
--- a/build-toolchain
+++ b/build-toolchain
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ cd $BASEDIR/toolchain/gcc/arm/arm-linux-androideabi/build/binutils
 	--enable-gold=default \
         --enable-plugins
 
-make -j $(nproc) && make install
+make -j $(nproc)
+make install
 
 # build gcc for arm
 cd .. && mkdir -p gcc && cd gcc
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ cd .. && mkdir -p gcc && cd gcc
     --enable-gold=default \
     --program-transform-name='s&^&arm-linux-androideabi-&'
 
-make -j $(nproc) && make install
+make -j $(nproc)
+make install
 
 
 # build binutils for host
@@ -95,15 +97,19 @@ cd host/build/binutils
     --with-host-libstdcxx='-static-libgcc -Wl,-Bstatic,-lstdc++,-Bdynamic -lm' \
     --with-gold-ldflags='-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++' \
     --enable-gold=default \
-    --enable-plugins
+    --enable-plugins \
+    --disable-ld
 
-make -j $(nproc) && make install
+make -j $(nproc)
+make install
 
 # build gcc for host
 cd .. && mkdir -p gcc && cd gcc
 ./../../../../src/gcc/gcc-4.9/configure \
     --prefix=$BASEDIR/toolchain/gcc/host/install \
     --target=x86_64-linux \
+    --host=x86_64-linux-gnu \
+    --build=x86_64-linux-gnu \
     --enable-multiarch \
     --with-arch-32=i686 \
     --with-abi=m64 \
@@ -111,8 +117,6 @@ cd .. && mkdir -p gcc && cd gcc
     --with-multilib-list=m32,m64 \
     --disable-nls \
     --enable-target-optspace \
-    --host=x86_64-linux-gnu \
-    --build=x86_64-linux-gnu \
     --disable-plugin \
     --disable-docs \
     --disable-bootstrap \
@@ -123,12 +127,18 @@ cd .. && mkdir -p gcc && cd gcc
     --enable-gold=default \
     --enable-languages=c,c++
 
-make -j $(nproc) && make install
+make -j $(nproc)
+make install
 
 # we need to link against the correct stdatomic.h
 cd ../../install/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux/4.9.x/include
 rm stdatomic.h
 ln -s ../../../../../../../../../bionic/libc/include/stdatomic.h stdatomic.h
+# use gold ld from /usr because Google's binutils can't handle a recent libc
+cd ../../../../../x86_64-linux/bin/
+rm ld 
+ln -s /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.gold ld
+
 
 cd $BASEDIR