diff --git a/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs b/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
index 31ff61d17..847b7dfd7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/build/request.rs
@@ -1488,6 +1488,7 @@ impl BuildRequest {
                         || arg.starts_with("-m")
                         || arg.starts_with("-Wl,--target=")
                         || arg.starts_with("-Wl,-fuse-ld")
+                        || arg.starts_with("-fuse-ld")
                     {
                         out_args.push(arg.to_string());
                     }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/link.rs b/packages/cli/src/cli/link.rs
index 57928bc69..4b8ae3940 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/link.rs
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/link.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ impl LinkAction {
         if let Some(linker) = &self.linker {
             env_vars.push((
                 Self::DX_LINK_CUSTOM_LINKER,
-                dunce::canonicalize(linker)?.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                dunce::canonicalize(linker)
+                    .unwrap_or(linker.clone())
+                    .to_string_lossy()
+                    .to_string(),
             ));
         }