Patch by nomeata: https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8976#comment:12

Index: ghc-7.8.3.20141119/aclocal.m4
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--- ghc-7.8.3.20141119.orig/aclocal.m4	2014-12-08 18:49:28.207171714 +0100
+++ ghc-7.8.3.20141119/aclocal.m4	2014-12-08 19:03:06.815522917 +0100
@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@
         $3="$$3 -D_HPUX_SOURCE"
         $5="$$5 -D_HPUX_SOURCE"
         ;;
+    arm*)
+        # On arm, link using gold
+        $3="$$3 -fuse-ld=gold"
+        ;;
     esac
 
     # If gcc knows about the stack protector, turn it off.