diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3def5ab7..f6ccf784b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,13 +55,20 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra \
 # Disable exception handling.
 add_compile_options(-fno-exceptions)
 
-# Prefer the gold linker because it doesn't emit useless warnings about sys_nerr and _sys_errlist.
-if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--version
-                  ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
-  if ("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold")
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
-  endif()
+# Prefer lld or the gold linker because they don't emit useless warnings about sys_nerr and
+# _sys_errlist. They're also faster (significantly so in the case of lld).
+if (UNIX)
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=lld -Wl,--version
+        ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
+    if ("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "LLD ")
+        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=lld")
+    elseif (NOT APPLE)
+        execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--version
+            ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
+        if ("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold")
+            set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
+        endif()
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # Hide the CMake Rules directories in Xcode projects.