diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2b87c73f94164cd93619d192b1be83c481b202bd..7281ac6a2cfbdc98c51040ac96ceea46d8ba412b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ validate-x86_64-linux-deb9-dwarf:
   variables:
     TEST_ENV: "x86_64-linux-deb10"
     BIN_DIST_PREP_TAR_COMP: "./ghc-x86_64-deb10-linux.tar.xz"
+    LD: "ld.gold"
   cache:
     key: linux-x86_64-deb10