diff --git a/ci_build_android.bash b/ci_build_android.bash
index aeb4117197..687a60e4bc 100644
--- a/ci_build_android.bash
+++ b/ci_build_android.bash
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ if [ "$SKIP_FREETYPE" != "1" ]; then
   cd freetype-$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION
 
   export CC=$NDK_TARGET-linux-android${NDK_SUFFIX}21-clang
-
+  export LDARGS=-fuse-ld=lld
+  
   ./configure \
     --host=$TARGET \
     --prefix=`pwd`/build_android-$LWJGL_BUILD_ARCH \
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ if [ "$SKIP_FREETYPE" != "1" ]; then
   rm -rf freetype-$BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION
   unset BUILD_FREETYPE_VERSION
   unset CC
+  unset LDARGS
 fi
 
 # Download libraries