diff --git a/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake b/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake
index 9a722b99ca4..e7186f83b56 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/use_linker.cmake
@@ -19,8 +19,14 @@ if (NOT APPLE AND NOT LAGOM_USE_LINKER)
 endif()
 
 if (LAGOM_USE_LINKER)
-    set(LINKER_FLAG "-fuse-ld=${LAGOM_USE_LINKER}")
-    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAG}")
-    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAG}")
-    set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAG}")
+    # FIXME: Move to only setting CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE once we drop support for CMake < 3.29
+    if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.29)
+        string(TOUPPER ${LAGOM_USE_LINKER} linker_type)
+        set(CMAKE_LINKER_TYPE ${linker_type})
+    else()
+        set(LINKER_FLAG "-fuse-ld=${LAGOM_USE_LINKER}")
+        set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAG}")
+        set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAG}")
+        set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${LINKER_FLAG}")
+    endif()
 endif()