--- arcboot.orig/ext2load/Makefile	2011-06-19 17:09:08.000000000 +0200
+++ arcboot/ext2load/Makefile	2017-01-07 21:49:13.930609228 +0100
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ CFLAGS = -O2 -I$(COMMONDIR) -I$(ARCINCLU
 	 -DSUBARCH=${SUBARCH} -fno-strict-aliasing \
 	 $(WARN_CFLAGS) $(MIPS_CFLAGS) $(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
 
-LD = ld
+LD ?= ld
 LDFLAGS = -N -T ld.script
 
 all:  $(TARGETS)