diff --git a/www-client/chromium/chromium-55.0.2859.0.ebuild b/www-client/chromium/chromium-55.0.2859.0.ebuild
index 417fe55ecc164..7dc37fecc1e5f 100644
--- a/www-client/chromium/chromium-55.0.2859.0.ebuild
+++ b/www-client/chromium/chromium-55.0.2859.0.ebuild
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dlinux_use_gold_flags=0
 		-Dsysroot="
 	# Trying to use gold results in linker crash.
-	myconf_gn+=" use_gold=false use_sysroot=false"
+	myconf_gn+=" use_gold=false use_sysroot=false linux_use_bundled_binutils=false"
 
 	ffmpeg_branding="$(usex proprietary-codecs Chrome Chromium)"
 	myconf_gyp+=" -Dproprietary_codecs=1 -Dffmpeg_branding=${ffmpeg_branding}"