diff --git a/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake b/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
index 0c318dcf31..29b9459c9d 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
@@ -332,13 +332,19 @@ elseif (USE_GCC)
 endif()
 
 if (USE_LTO)
+    message(WARNING "LTO has not been thoroughly tested. It should work fine, but a bug is not impossible.")
     #gcc --print-file-name=liblto_plugin.so
     #set(LTO_FLAGS "-fuse-linker-plugin -flto=4 --plugin=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/liblto_plugin.so")
     #set(LTO_FLAGS "-fuse-linker-plugin  -fuse-ld=gold -flto=4 --plugin=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/liblto_plugin.so")
-    set(LTO_FLAGS "-fuse-linker-plugin  -fuse-ld=gold -flto=4")
+    set(LTO_FLAGS "-fuse-linker-plugin -flto=4")
     #set(LINK_FLAGS "--plugin=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/liblto_plugin.so")
-    set(USER_CMAKE_LD_FLAGS "--plugin /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.9/liblto_plugin.so")
     set(DBG "") # not supported with LTO
+    message(STATUS "Using \"gcc-ar\" instead of \"ar\"")
+    set(CMAKE_AR /usr/bin/gcc-ar CACHE STRING "Archiver" FORCE)
+    message(STATUS "Using \"gcc-ranlib\" instead of \"ranlib\"")
+    set(CMAKE_RANLIB /usr/bin/gcc-ranlib CACHE STRING "ranlib" FORCE)
+    message(STATUS "Using \"gcc-nm\" instead of \"nm\"")
+    set(CMAKE_NM /usr/bin/gcc-nm CACHE STRING "nm" FORCE)
 else()
     set(LTO_FLAGS "")
 endif()