diff --git a/aur/owlry/PKGBUILD b/aur/owlry/PKGBUILD
index f038858..7975556 100644
--- a/aur/owlry/PKGBUILD
+++ b/aur/owlry/PKGBUILD
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ build() {
     cd "owlry"
     export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
     export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
+    # Force GNU ld.bfd. Arch's `extra/rust` defaults rustc to `-fuse-ld=lld`,
+    # and LLD's single-pass arg processing can't satisfy `-llua5.4` because
+    # mlua-sys+lua-src emit the `-l` flag before their `-L $OUT_DIR/lib`
+    # search path in the final link line (cargo:rustc-link-lib emitted
+    # before cargo:rustc-link-search). BFD does multi-pass and finds the
+    # archive regardless. RUSTFLAGS env-var beats any cargo config rustflags,
+    # which is necessary here because Arch's rust pkg appears to set its own
+    # RUSTFLAGS that we need to fully override.
+    export RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=bfd"
     # 'full' enables every optional provider — the AUR binary is the
     # batteries-included experience. cargo install consumers can still opt
     # to --no-default-features and pick their own subset.
@@ -96,6 +105,7 @@ check() {
     cd "owlry"
     export RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN=stable
     export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
+    export RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=-fuse-ld=bfd"
     cargo test --frozen --release --features full
 }