diff --git a/repos/base/mk/global.mk b/repos/base/mk/global.mk
index b614ab7282..75cfaff415 100644
--- a/repos/base/mk/global.mk
+++ b/repos/base/mk/global.mk
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ LD_OPT             += $(LD_MARCH) $(LD_OPT_GC_SECTIONS) $(LD_OPT_ALIGN_SANE)
 CXX_LINK_OPT       += $(addprefix $(LD_OPT_PREFIX),$(LD_OPT))
 CXX_LINK_OPT       += $(LD_OPT_NOSTDLIB)
 
+#
+# Genode linker does not support .gnu.hash so there is no point in having it
+# in the ELF files. Tell the linker to only produce SysV hash tables.
+#
+LD_OPT += --hash-style=sysv
+
 #
 # Linker script for dynamically linked programs
 #