--- ld/configure
+++ ld/configure
@@ -857,6 +857,7 @@
   --enable-fast-install=PKGS  optimize for fast installation default=yes
   --disable-libtool-lock  avoid locking (might break parallel builds)
   --enable-targets        alternative target configurations
+  --enable-ld-targets     alternative target configurations
   --enable-64-bit-bfd     64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes)
   --enable-werror         treat compile warnings as errors
   --enable-build-warnings enable build-time compiler warnings
@@ -4172,6 +4173,19 @@
   no)       enable_targets= ;;
   *)        enable_targets=$enableval ;;
 esac
+fi; # Check whether --enable-ld-targets or --disable-ld-targets was given.
+if test "${enable_ld_targets+set}" = set; then
+  enableval="$enable_ld_targets"
+  case "${enableval}" in
+  yes | "") { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: enable-ld-targets option must specify target names or 'all'" >&5
+echo "$as_me: error: enable-ld-targets option must specify target names or 'all'" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+            ;;
+  no)       enable_ld_targets= ;;
+  *)        enable_ld_targets=$enableval ;;
+esac
+else
+  enable_ld_targets=$enable_targets
 fi; # Check whether --enable-64-bit-bfd or --disable-64-bit-bfd was given.
 if test "${enable_64_bit_bfd+set}" = set; then
   enableval="$enable_64_bit_bfd"
@@ -7430,7 +7444,7 @@
 
 rm -f tdirs
 
-for targ_alias in `echo $target_alias $enable_targets | sed 's/,/ /g'`
+for targ_alias in `echo $target_alias $enable_ld_targets | sed 's/,/ /g'`
 do
   if test "$targ_alias" = "all"; then
     all_targets=true
--- ld/configure.in
+++ ld/configure.in
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
   no)       enable_targets= ;;
   *)        enable_targets=$enableval ;;
 esac])dnl
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(ld-targets,
+[  --enable-ld-targets     alternative target configurations],
+[case "${enableval}" in
+  yes | "") AC_ERROR(enable-ld-targets option must specify target names or 'all')
+            ;;
+  no)       enable_ld_targets= ;;
+  *)        enable_ld_targets=$enableval ;;
+esac], [enable_ld_targets=$enable_targets])dnl
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(64-bit-bfd,
 [  --enable-64-bit-bfd     64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes)],
 [case "${enableval}" in
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@
 dnl file.
 rm -f tdirs
 
-for targ_alias in `echo $target_alias $enable_targets | sed 's/,/ /g'`
+for targ_alias in `echo $target_alias $enable_ld_targets | sed 's/,/ /g'`
 do
   if test "$targ_alias" = "all"; then
     all_targets=true