diff --git a/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Info.hs b/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Info.hs
index 12be61ea0b3a70e34f73be97485be4cd243f799f..83a76b9efba40ed8227671ed46bc081ec7a63a83 100644
--- a/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Info.hs
+++ b/compiler/GHC/SysTools/Info.hs
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ getLinkerInfo' logger dflags = do
           -- ELF specific flag, see Note [ELF needed shared libs]
           return (GnuGold [Option "-Wl,--no-as-needed"])
 
-        | any ("LLD" `isPrefixOf`) stdo =
+        | any (\line -> "LLD" `isPrefixOf` line || "LLD" `elem` words line) stdo =
           return (LlvmLLD $ map Option [ --see Note [ELF needed shared libs]
                                         "-Wl,--no-as-needed"])
 
diff --git a/m4/find_ld.m4 b/m4/find_ld.m4
index a6b5c9c598ef408c360308273599ef9795a10e37..3d4443be54d91486ab6c0848a849ea1ad7b8a00f 100644
--- a/m4/find_ld.m4
+++ b/m4/find_ld.m4
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([FIND_LD],[
                    ;;
               "LLD"*)
                    FP_CC_LINKER_FLAG_TRY(lld, $2) ;;
+              *" LLD "*)
+                   FP_CC_LINKER_FLAG_TRY(lld, $2) ;;
               *) AC_MSG_NOTICE([unknown linker version $out]) ;;
             esac
             if test "z$$2" = "z"; then