diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 9773f1b918..57abe18398 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ NINJA_BUILD_TARGETS = clang llvm-config llvm-ar llvm-nm lld $(addprefix lib/lib,
 ifneq ("$(wildcard $(LLVM_BUILDDIR)/bin/llvm-config*)","")
     CGO_CPPFLAGS+=$(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG_PREFIX) $(LLVM_BUILDDIR)/bin/llvm-config --cppflags) -I$(abspath $(LLVM_BUILDDIR))/tools/clang/include -I$(abspath $(CLANG_SRC))/include -I$(abspath $(LLD_SRC))/include
     CGO_CXXFLAGS=-std=c++17
+ifneq ($(uname),Windows_NT)
+    # Disable GCC DWARF compression: lld built without zlib cannot link
+    # object files with ELFCOMPRESS_ZLIB debug sections.
+    CGO_CFLAGS+=-gz=none
+    CGO_CXXFLAGS+=-gz=none
+endif
     CGO_LDFLAGS+=-L$(abspath $(LLVM_BUILDDIR)/lib) -lclang $(CLANG_LIBS) $(LLD_LIBS) $(shell $(LLVM_CONFIG_PREFIX) $(LLVM_BUILDDIR)/bin/llvm-config --ldflags --libs --system-libs $(LLVM_COMPONENTS)) -lstdc++ $(CGO_LDFLAGS_EXTRA)
 endif
 
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@ check-nodejs-version:
 
 tinygo: ## Build the TinyGo compiler
 	@if [ ! -f "$(LLVM_BUILDDIR)/bin/llvm-config" ]; then echo "Fetch and build LLVM first by running:"; echo "  $(MAKE) llvm-source"; echo "  $(MAKE) $(LLVM_BUILDDIR)"; exit 1; fi
-	CGO_CPPFLAGS="$(CGO_CPPFLAGS)" CGO_CXXFLAGS="$(CGO_CXXFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" $(GOENVFLAGS) $(GO) build -buildmode exe -o build/tinygo$(EXE) -tags "byollvm osusergo" .
+	CGO_CPPFLAGS="$(CGO_CPPFLAGS)" CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_CXXFLAGS="$(CGO_CXXFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" $(GOENVFLAGS) $(GO) build -buildmode exe -o build/tinygo$(EXE) -tags "byollvm osusergo" .
 test: check-nodejs-version
 	CGO_CPPFLAGS="$(CGO_CPPFLAGS)" CGO_CXXFLAGS="$(CGO_CXXFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" $(GO) test $(GOTESTFLAGS) -timeout=1h -buildmode exe -tags "byollvm osusergo" $(GOTESTPKGS)