diff --git a/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFeatures.gmk b/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFeatures.gmk
index 348e645d966..09d868ded79 100644
--- a/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFeatures.gmk
+++ b/make/hotspot/lib/JvmFeatures.gmk
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ ifeq ($(call check-jvm-feature, link-time-opt), true)
   # like the old build, but it's probably not right.
   JVM_OPTIMIZATION :=
   JVM_CFLAGS_FEATURES += -O3 -flto
-  JVM_LDFLAGS_FEATURES += -O3 -flto -fwhole-program -fno-strict-aliasing
+  JVM_LDFLAGS_FEATURES += -O3 -flto -fuse-linker-plugin -fno-strict-aliasing
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(call check-jvm-feature, minimal), true)