diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 19678adbd56..9a5d89a6f7d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1463,12 +1463,12 @@ func (ctxt *Link) hostlink() {
 		// We force all symbol resolution to be done at program startup
 		// because lazy PLT resolution can use large amounts of stack at
 		// times we cannot allow it to do so.
-		argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-znow")
+		argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-z,now")
 
 		// Do not let the host linker generate COPY relocations. These
 		// can move symbols out of sections that rely on stable offsets
 		// from the beginning of the section (like sym.STYPE).
-		argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-znocopyreloc")
+		argv = append(argv, "-Wl,-z,nocopyreloc")
 
 		if buildcfg.GOOS == "android" {
 			// Use lld to avoid errors from default linker (issue #38838)