diff --git a/binutils.spec b/binutils.spec
index 4eafe2d..4dd2fef 100644
--- a/binutils.spec
+++ b/binutils.spec
@@ -157,12 +157,16 @@ URL: https://sourceware.org/binutils
 %bcond_without zstd
 
 # Note - in the future the gold linker may become deprecated.
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 11
+%bcond_with gold
+%else
 %ifnarch riscv64
 %bcond_without gold
 %else
 # RISC-V does not have ld.gold thus disable by default.
 %bcond_with gold
 %endif
+%endif
 
 # Allow the user to override the compiler used to build the binutils.
 # The default build compiler is gcc if %%toolchain is not clang.