diff --git a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
index da0ccf5e1773d..4cf89cc8981c2 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/compile.rs
@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ impl Step for CodegenBackend {
 
         if builder.config.llvm_thin_lto {
             cargo_tails_args.push("--".to_string());
+            cargo_tails_args.push("-Zcross-lang-lto".to_string());
 
             let num_jobs = builder.jobs();