diff --git a/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl b/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl
index 3a93f9ff8..7b3211072 100644
--- a/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl
+++ b/cc/private/toolchain/unix_cc_configure.bzl
@@ -196,8 +196,13 @@ def _find_linker_path(repository_ctx, cc, linker, is_clang):
 
     # Extract linker path from:
     # /usr/bin/clang ...
-    # "/usr/bin/ld.lld" -pie -z ...
-    linker_command = result.stderr.splitlines()[-1]
+    #  "/usr/bin/ld.lld" -pie -z ...
+    # We use the leading space and quoted path to find invocations.
+    # https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/85c78274358717e4d5d019a801decba5c1add484/clang/lib/Driver/Job.cpp#L207-L209
+    invocations = [line for line in result.stderr.splitlines() if line.startswith(" \"")]
+    if not invocations:
+        return linker
+    linker_command = invocations[-1]
     return linker_command.strip().split(" ")[0].strip("\"'")
 
 def _add_compiler_option_if_supported(repository_ctx, cc, option):