diff --git a/litex/soc/software/bios/Makefile b/litex/soc/software/bios/Makefile
index 4ad3692e4..ea1b00b26 100755
--- a/litex/soc/software/bios/Makefile
+++ b/litex/soc/software/bios/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bios.elf: $(BIOS_DIRECTORY)/linker.ld $(OBJECTS)
 	../libfatfs/libfatfs.a \
 	../liblitesdcard/liblitesdcard.a \
 	../liblitesata/liblitesata.a
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -T $(BIOS_DIRECTORY)/linker.ld -N -o $@ \
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -T $(BIOS_DIRECTORY)/linker.ld -N -o $@ \
 		../libbase/crt0.o \
 		$(OBJECTS) \
 		-L../libcompiler_rt \
diff --git a/litex/soc/software/demo/Makefile b/litex/soc/software/demo/Makefile
index a9a99c206..a71fcc295 100644
--- a/litex/soc/software/demo/Makefile
+++ b/litex/soc/software/demo/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ all: demo.bin
 	chmod -x $@
 
 demo.elf: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) \
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) \
 		-T linker.ld \
 		-N -o $@ \
 		$(BUILD_DIR)/software/libbase/crt0.o \