diff --git a/build-gem5 b/build-gem5
index 33f7a3e..4a89b61 100755
--- a/build-gem5
+++ b/build-gem5
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class Gem5Component(common.Component):
                 [
                     'scons', common.Newline,
                     '-j', str(args.nproc), common.Newline,
+                    '--gold-linker', common.Newline,
                     '--ignore-style', common.Newline,
                     common.gem5_executable, common.Newline,
                 ] +
diff --git a/submodules/gem5 b/submodules/gem5
index 121160d..a5bc229 160000
--- a/submodules/gem5
+++ b/submodules/gem5
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 121160d97f3d41220a26d3371a277434c3defea3
+Subproject commit a5bc2291391b0497fdc60fdc960e07bcecebfb8f