diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1a179fe1d8ad..b8c7fd4b9a2d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 [submodule "external/linker"]
     path = external/linker
     url = ../../mono/linker.git
+    branch = d15-4
 [submodule "external/llvm"]
     path = external/llvm
     url = ../../mono/llvm.git
diff --git a/external/linker b/external/linker
index 03e351281507..7b9abb95e0bb 160000
--- a/external/linker
+++ b/external/linker
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 03e35128150715b016f0bbc2d1e3502d91c228f5
+Subproject commit 7b9abb95e0bb01f44c2d85d2b650d7236f5df7b0