diff --git a/Makefile.inc1 b/Makefile.inc1
index c456d96d5beb..b60bfc18146d 100644
--- a/Makefile.inc1
+++ b/Makefile.inc1
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ TEST_SYSTEM_COMPILER_VARS= \
 	WANT_COMPILER_TYPE WANT_COMPILER_VERSION WANT_COMPILER_VERSION_FILE \
 	WANT_COMPILER_FREEBSD_VERSION WANT_COMPILER_FREEBSD_VERSION_FILE \
 	CC COMPILER_TYPE COMPILER_FEATURES COMPILER_VERSION \
-	COMPILER_FREEBSD_VERSION
+	COMPILER_FREEBSD_VERSION \
+	LINKER_TYPE LINKER_VERSION
 test-system-compiler: .PHONY
 .for v in ${TEST_SYSTEM_COMPILER_VARS}
 	${_+_}@printf "%-35s= %s\n" "${v}" "${${v}}"
@@ -181,7 +182,9 @@ CROSSENV+=	COMPILER_VERSION=${X_COMPILER_VERSION} \
 _COMPILER_METADATA_VARS=	COMPILER_VERSION \
 				COMPILER_TYPE \
 				COMPILER_FEATURES \
-				COMPILER_FREEBSD_VERSION
+				COMPILER_FREEBSD_VERSION \
+				LINKER_VERSION \
+				LINKER_TYPE
 compiler-metadata.mk: .PHONY .META
 	@: > ${.TARGET}
 	@echo ".info Using cached compiler metadata from build at $$(hostname) on $$(date)" \