diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/clang-ld-flags.patch b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/clang-ld-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc625a0e0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/clang-ld-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff -Naur a/tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp b/tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp
+--- a/tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp	2011-03-21 17:29:27.000000000 -0400
++++ b/tools/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains.cpp	2011-10-18 19:43:48.999590771 -0400
+@@ -1482,12 +1482,9 @@
+     Lib = Lib64;
+   }
+ 
+-  llvm::sys::Path LinkerPath(Base + "/../../../../" + GccTriple + "/bin/ld");
+-  if (!llvm::sys::fs::exists(LinkerPath.str(), Exists) && Exists)
+-    Linker = LinkerPath.str();
+-  else
+-    Linker = GetProgramPath("ld");
++  Linker = GetProgramPath("ld");
+ 
++#if 0
+   LinuxDistro Distro = DetectLinuxDistro(Arch);
+ 
+   if (IsUbuntu(Distro)) {
+@@ -1531,6 +1528,7 @@
+   Paths.push_back(Base + "/../../..");
+   if (Arch == getArch() && IsUbuntu(Distro))
+     Paths.push_back("/usr/lib/" + GccTriple);
++#endif
+ }
+ 
+ bool Linux::HasNativeLLVMSupport() const {
+diff -Naur a/tools/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp b/tools/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
+--- a/tools/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp	2011-03-06 18:31:01.000000000 -0500
++++ b/tools/clang/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp	2011-10-18 18:44:00.799604267 -0400
+@@ -3619,6 +3619,7 @@
+       ToolChain.getArch() == llvm::Triple::thumb ||
+       (!Args.hasArg(options::OPT_static) &&
+        !Args.hasArg(options::OPT_shared))) {
++#if 0
+     CmdArgs.push_back("-dynamic-linker");
+     if (ToolChain.getArch() == llvm::Triple::x86)
+       CmdArgs.push_back("/lib/ld-linux.so.2");
+@@ -3627,6 +3628,7 @@
+       CmdArgs.push_back("/lib/ld-linux.so.3");
+     else
+       CmdArgs.push_back("/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2");
++#endif
+   }
+ 
+   CmdArgs.push_back("-o");
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix
index 3044acede21..c98005417c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/default.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       find
     '';
 
-    patches = [ ./clang-include-paths.patch ];
+    patches = [ ./clang-include-paths.patch ./clang-ld-flags.patch ];
 
     # Set up the header file paths
     preConfigure = ''