diff --git a/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms.yaml b/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms.yaml
index dd414113076..5ba7469e767 100644
--- a/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms.yaml
+++ b/coin/platform_configs/cmake_platforms.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Configurations:
     Template: 'qtci-linux-Ubuntu-24.04-aarch64-50'
     Compiler: 'GCC'
     Features: ['Sccache', 'UseConfigure', 'DoNotRunTests', 'StandaloneExamples']
-    Configure arguments: '-make examples -developer-build -c++std c++20 -linker gold -qtlibinfix TestInfix -qtnamespace TestNamespace -qpa offscreen\;xcb'
+    Configure arguments: '-make examples -developer-build -c++std c++20 -linker lld -qtlibinfix TestInfix -qtnamespace TestNamespace -qpa offscreen\;xcb'
     Environment variables: [
         'COMMON_TEST_CMAKE_ARGS=-DQT_SKIP_DOCKER_COMPOSE=ON',
         'NON_QTBASE_CMAKE_ARGS=-DFFMPEG_DIR={{.Env.FFMPEG_DIR}}'
diff --git a/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-Ubuntu-24.04-aarch64/02-apt.sh b/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-Ubuntu-24.04-aarch64/02-apt.sh
index 8c463379afe..0c38274b872 100644
--- a/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-Ubuntu-24.04-aarch64/02-apt.sh
+++ b/coin/provisioning/qtci-linux-Ubuntu-24.04-aarch64/02-apt.sh
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ installPackages+=(uml-utilities)
 installPackages+=(jq)
 # For building
 installPackages+=(cmake)
+# extra linkers
+installPackages+=(lld)
 
 echo "Running update for apt"
 waitLoop