diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 0cf613a3058..a296f818702 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ PARALLEL_DIRS := llvm-config  \
 
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.config
 
-ifeq ($(ENABLE_PIC),1)
+# only build new lto project on Darwin for now
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
 PARALLEL_DIRS += lto
 
 ifdef BINUTILS_INCDIR
diff --git a/tools/lto/Makefile b/tools/lto/Makefile
index f0f6da7191a..69014d781ff 100644
--- a/tools/lto/Makefile
+++ b/tools/lto/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ LIBRARYNAME = LTO
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.config
 
 LINK_LIBS_IN_SHARED = 1
-SHARED_LIBRARY = 1
-DONT_BUILD_RELINKED = 1
+ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
+  SHARED_LIBRARY = 1
+  DONT_BUILD_RELINKED = 1
+else
+  BUILD_ARCHIVE = 1
+endif
 
 LINK_COMPONENTS := $(TARGETS_TO_BUILD) ipo scalaropts linker bitreader bitwriter