diff --git a/mkspecs/features/uikit/bitcode.prf b/mkspecs/features/uikit/bitcode.prf
index ecc6542b3ce..a1dff19eb33 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/uikit/bitcode.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/uikit/bitcode.prf
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ lessThan(QMAKE_XCODE_VERSION, "7.0") {
         QMAKE_CFLAGS           += -fembed-bitcode
         QMAKE_CXXFLAGS         += -fembed-bitcode
         QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS += -fembed-bitcode
+        QMAKE_LFLAGS           += -fembed-bitcode
     } else {
         QMAKE_CFLAGS           += -fembed-bitcode-marker
         QMAKE_CXXFLAGS         += -fembed-bitcode-marker
         QMAKE_OBJECTIVE_CFLAGS += -fembed-bitcode-marker
+        QMAKE_LFLAGS           += -fembed-bitcode-marker
     }
 }