diff --git a/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.02.11.ebuild b/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.02.11.ebuild
index 9387b9d535513..b52290725ed8c 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.02.11.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.02.11.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 fi
 
-inherit autotools eutils pam perl-module prefix user ${INHERIT_GIT}
+inherit autotools eutils pam perl-module prefix toolchain-funcs user ${INHERIT_GIT}
 
 DESCRIPTION="A Highly Scalable Resource Manager"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.schedmd.com"
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	tc-ld-disable-gold
 	default
 
 	# pids should go to /var/run/slurm
diff --git a/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.11.7.ebuild b/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.11.7.ebuild
index dcd9cec0e6d09..c0310a53cc360 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.11.7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/slurm/slurm-17.11.7.ebuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ else
 	S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 fi
 
-inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 eutils pam perl-module prefix user ${INHERIT_GIT}
+inherit autotools bash-completion-r1 eutils pam perl-module prefix toolchain-funcs user ${INHERIT_GIT}
 
 DESCRIPTION="A Highly Scalable Resource Manager"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.schedmd.com"
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_prepare() {
+	tc-ld-disable-gold
 	default
 
 	# pids should go to /var/run/slurm