diff --git a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
index bd3d034f60..e59e075d32 100644
--- a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ if(DEFINED QT_EXTRA_FRAMEWORKPATHS AND APPLE)
     unset(__qt_fw_flags)
 endif()
 
+if(QT_FEATURE_use_gold_linker)
+    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-fuse-ld=gold")
+elseif(QT_FEATURE_use_bfd_linker)
+    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-fuse-ld=bfd")
+elseif(QT_FEATURE_use_lld_linker)
+    target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "-fuse-ld=lld")
+endif()
+
 function(qt_get_implicit_sse2_genex_condition out_var)
     set(is_shared_lib "$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,SHARED_LIBRARY>")
     set(is_static_lib "$<STREQUAL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:TYPE>,STATIC_LIBRARY>")
diff --git a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
index e0edfe98e7..cafe139ce8 100644
--- a/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
+++ b/cmake/configure-cmake-mapping.md
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ The effort of this is tracked in QTBUG-85373 and QTBUG-85349.
 | -static-runtime                       | -DFEATURE_static_runtime=ON                       |                                                                 |
 | -pch                                  | -DBUILD_WITH_PCH=ON                               |                                                                 |
 | -ltcg                                 |                                                   |                                                                 |
-| -linker [bfd,gold,lld]                |                                                   |                                                                 |
+| -linker [bfd,gold,lld]                | -DINPUT_linker=<name> or                          |                                                                 |
+|                                       | -DFEATURE_use_<name>_linker=ON                    |                                                                 |
 | -incredibuild-xge                     |                                                   |                                                                 |
 | -ccache                               | -DQT_USE_CCACHE=ON                                |                                                                 |
 | -make-tool <tool>                     | n/a                                               |                                                                 |
diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index 0fb01ef4fb..d870e3a759 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ qt_feature("use_gold_linker_alias"
     AUTODETECT false
     CONDITION NOT WIN32 AND NOT INTEGRITY AND NOT WASM AND TEST_use_gold_linker
 )
+qt_feature("use_gold_linker"
+    LABEL "gold"
+    AUTODETECT false
+    CONDITION NOT WIN32 AND NOT INTEGRITY AND NOT WASM AND NOT rtems AND TEST_use_gold_linker
+    ENABLE INPUT_linker STREQUAL 'gold' OR QT_FEATURE_use_gold_linker_alias
+    DISABLE INPUT_linker STREQUAL 'bfd' OR INPUT_linker STREQUAL 'lld'
+)
+qt_feature_config("use_gold_linker" QMAKE_PRIVATE_CONFIG)
 qt_feature("use_lld_linker"
     LABEL "lld"
     AUTODETECT false
@@ -912,6 +920,12 @@ qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
     ARGS "ccache"
     CONDITION UNIX
 )
+qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
+    TYPE "firstAvailableFeature"
+    ARGS "use_bfd_linker use_gold_linker use_lld_linker"
+    MESSAGE "Linker"
+    CONDITION QT_FEATURE_use_bfd_linker OR QT_FEATURE_use_gold_linker OR QT_FEATURE_use_lld_linker
+)
 qt_configure_add_summary_entry(
     ARGS "enable_new_dtags"
     CONDITION LINUX
diff --git a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
index 86ebf4bae8..81181135ac 100755
--- a/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/configurejson2cmake.py
@@ -945,7 +945,6 @@ def get_feature_mapping():
         "stl": None,  # Do we really need to test for this in 2018?!
         "strip": None,
         "tiff": {"condition": "QT_FEATURE_imageformatplugin AND TIFF_FOUND"},
-        "use_gold_linker": None,
         "verifyspec": None,  # qmake specific...
         "warnings_are_errors": None,  # FIXME: Do we need these?
         "webp": {"condition": "QT_FEATURE_imageformatplugin AND WrapWebP_FOUND"},
@@ -1007,7 +1006,8 @@ def parseFeature(ctx, feature, data, cm_fh):
         if isinstance(o, dict):
             outputType = o["type"]
 
-        if outputType in ["varAssign", "varAppend", "varRemove"]:
+        if outputType in ["varAssign", "varAppend", "varRemove",
+                          "useBFDLinker", "useGoldLinker", "useLLDLinker"]:
             continue
         elif outputType == "define":
             publicDefine = True