diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e548c5a6d0..060f3407bb2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@ option (ENABLE_BUILD_PROFILING "Enable profiling of build time" OFF)
 if (ENABLE_BUILD_PROFILING)
      if (COMPILER_CLANG)
         set (COMPILER_FLAGS "${COMPILER_FLAGS} -ftime-trace")
+
+        if (LINKER_NAME MATCHES "lld")
+            set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--time-trace")
+            set (CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,--time-trace")
+        endif ()
      else ()
         message (${RECONFIGURE_MESSAGE_LEVEL} "Build profiling is only available with CLang")
      endif ()