diff --git a/config/binutils/binutils.in b/config/binutils/binutils.in
index 29b9b4c4..2a28d227 100644
--- a/config/binutils/binutils.in
+++ b/config/binutils/binutils.in
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ config BINUTILS_LINKER_GOLD_LD
 
 endchoice # Enable linkers
 
+if BINUTILS_LINKER_GOLD
+comment "WARNING! gold is not capable of"
+comment "|         building glibc/eglibc!"
+endif # BINUTILS_LINKER_GOLD
+
 config BINUTILS_GOLD_INSTALLED
     bool