diff --git a/meta/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc b/meta/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc
index b905ab0041..603aba3f6e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-graphics/directfb/directfb.inc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/DirectFB-${PV}"
 LDFLAGS_append =" -lts -lm"
 
 # Workaround for linking issues seen with armv7a + gold
-LDFLAGS_append_armv7a = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', ' -fuse-ld=bfd ', '', d)}"
+LDFLAGS_append_arm = "${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', ' -fuse-ld=bfd ', '', d)}"
 
 BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/directfb-config"