diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
index 19db30166f3..8e81c8ffd76 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@ SCRIPTDIR=	/usr/libdata/ldscripts
 SRCS+=		ldcref.c ldctor.c ldemul.c ldemul-list.h ldexp.c ldfile.c \
 		ldgram.y ldlang.c ldlex.l ldmain.c ldmisc.c \
 		ldver.c ldwrite.c lexsup.c mri.c
+
+.if defined(BOOTSTRAPPING) && !exists(/usr/include/elf-hints.h)
+SRCS+=		elf-hints.h
+CLEANFILES+=	elf-hints.h
+elf-hints.h:
+		ln -sf ${.CURDIR}/../../../../include/${.TARGET} .
+.endif
+
 CFLAGS+=	-DSCRIPTDIR=\"${DESTDIR}/usr/libdata\"
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/ld -I${SRCDIR}/bfd
-CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/../../../../include
 CFLAGS+=	-DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" -DBFD_VERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
 NOSHARED?=	yes
 DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a