--- webkit-gtk-2.2.4-r200.ebuild
+++ webkit-gtk-2.2.4-r200.ebuild
@@ -194,7 +194,9 @@
 
 	# Try to use less memory, bug #469942 (see Fedora .spec for reference)
 	append-ldflags "-Wl,--no-keep-memory"
-	append-ldflags "-Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads"
+	if ! $(tc-getLD) --version | grep -q "GNU gold"; then
+		append-ldflags "-Wl,--reduce-memory-overheads"
+	fi
 
 	local myconf=""