diff -Nru blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/changelog blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/changelog
--- blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/changelog	2016-08-11 11:36:27.000000000 +0000
+++ blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/changelog	2016-09-27 20:18:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+blender (2.77.a+dfsg0-9) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * debian/patches/: patchset updated
+    - 0011-fix_ld-gold_issue.patch added (Closes: #838373)
+
+ -- Matteo F. Vescovi <mfv@debian.org>  Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:18:08 +0200
+
 blender (2.77.a+dfsg0-8) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * debian/control: b-dep opencollada-dev limited to [linux-any]
diff -Nru blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/0011-fix_ld-gold_issue.patch blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/0011-fix_ld-gold_issue.patch
--- blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/0011-fix_ld-gold_issue.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/0011-fix_ld-gold_issue.patch	2016-09-27 20:10:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From: "Matteo F. Vescovi" <mfv@debian.org>
+Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:08:42 +0200
+Subject: fix_ld-gold_issue
+
+---
+ CMakeLists.txt | 12 ------------
+ 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index d285df9..fd9f657 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1192,18 +1192,6 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+ 	if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
+ 		set(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing")
+ 
+-		# use ld.gold linker if available, could make optional
+-		execute_process(
+-		        COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -fuse-ld=gold -Wl,--version
+-		        ERROR_QUIET OUTPUT_VARIABLE LD_VERSION)
+-		if("${LD_VERSION}" MATCHES "GNU gold")
+-			set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
+-			set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=gold")
+-		else()
+-			message(STATUS "GNU gold linker isn't available, using the default system linker.")
+-		endif()
+-		unset(LD_VERSION)
+-
+ 	# CLang is the same as GCC for now.
+ 	elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+ 		set(PLATFORM_CFLAGS "-pipe -fPIC -funsigned-char -fno-strict-aliasing")
diff -Nru blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/series blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/series
--- blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/series	2016-07-25 14:58:36.000000000 +0000
+++ blender-2.77.a+dfsg0/debian/patches/series	2016-09-27 20:10:01.000000000 +0000
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 0008-make_blender_reproducible.patch
 0009-fix_OpenJPEG2_build.patch
 0010-fix_manpage_creation.patch
+0011-fix_ld-gold_issue.patch