diff --git a/cc/linker.go b/cc/linker.go
index d9da404ad..cde7a6dd0 100644
--- a/cc/linker.go
+++ b/cc/linker.go
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ func (linker *baseLinker) linkerDeps(ctx BaseModuleContext, deps Deps) Deps {
 }
 
 func (linker *baseLinker) useClangLld(ctx ModuleContext) bool {
+	// Clang lld is not ready for for Darwin host executables yet.
+	// See https://lld.llvm.org/AtomLLD.html for status of lld for Mach-O.
+	if ctx.Darwin() {
+		return false
+	}
 	if linker.Properties.Use_clang_lld != nil {
 		return Bool(linker.Properties.Use_clang_lld)
 	}