diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index c6f57bd..48191c8 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -1999,6 +1999,34 @@ else
   in_tree_gas=no
 fi
 
+default_ld=
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(ld,
+[[  --enable-ld[=ARG]       build ld [ARG={default,yes,no}]]],
+[case "${enableval}" in
+ no)
+   default_ld=ld.gold
+   ;;
+ esac])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
+[[  --enable-gold[=ARG]     build gold [ARG={default,yes,no}]]],
+[case "${enableval}" in
+ default)
+   install_gold_as_default=yes
+   ;;
+ yes)
+   if test x${default_ld} != x; then
+     install_gold_as_default=yes
+   fi
+   ;;
+ no)
+   ;;
+ *)
+   AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid --enable-gold argument])
+   ;;
+ esac],
+[install_gold_as_default=no])
+
 # Identify the linker which will work hand-in-glove with the newly
 # built GCC, so that we can examine its features.  This is the linker
 # which will be driven by the driver program.
@@ -2009,11 +2037,17 @@ fi
 gcc_cv_gld_major_version=
 gcc_cv_gld_minor_version=
 gcc_cv_ld_gld_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/ld
+gcc_cv_ld_gold_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/gold
 gcc_cv_ld_bfd_srcdir=`echo $srcdir | sed -e 's,/gcc$,,'`/bfd
 
 AS_VAR_SET_IF(gcc_cv_ld,, [
 if test -x "$DEFAULT_LINKER"; then
 	gcc_cv_ld="$DEFAULT_LINKER"
+elif test $install_gold_as_default = yes \
+     && test -f $gcc_cv_ld_gold_srcdir/configure.ac \
+     && test -f ../gold/Makefile \
+     && test x$build = x$host; then
+	gcc_cv_ld=../gold/ld-new$build_exeext
 elif test -f $gcc_cv_ld_gld_srcdir/configure.in \
      && test -f ../ld/Makefile \
      && test x$build = x$host; then
diff --git a/gcc/exec-tool.in b/gcc/exec-tool.in
index 8a10775..6e1e710 100644
--- a/gcc/exec-tool.in
+++ b/gcc/exec-tool.in
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ case "$invoked" in
       original=$ORIGINAL_LD_FOR_TARGET
     fi
     prog=ld-new$exeext
-    dir=ld
+    if test "$original" = ../gold/ld-new$exeext; then
+      dir=gold
+      # No need to handle relink since gold doesn't use libtool.
+      fast_install=yes
+    else
+      dir=ld
+    fi
     id=ld
     ;;
   nm)