diff --git a/programming/language/rust/files/bootstrap-config.toml b/programming/language/rust/files/bootstrap-config.toml
index 95c14a0850..66d5903bfc 100644
--- a/programming/language/rust/files/bootstrap-config.toml
+++ b/programming/language/rust/files/bootstrap-config.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,16 @@ debuginfo-level-std = 2
 channel = "stable"
 
 rpath = false
+
+lld = false
+use-lld = "external"
+
 # backtrace-on-ice = true
 
 codegen-tests = false
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+cc = "/usr/bin/gcc"
+cxx = "/usr/bin/g++"
+ar = "/usr/bin/gcc-ar"
+ranlib = "/usr/bin/gcc-ranlib"
 llvm-config = "/usr/bin/llvm-config"