diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
index 5197cb99b4..7dff9baaea 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/data.go
@@ -325,12 +325,17 @@ func isRuntimeDepPkg(pkg string) bool {
 }
 
 // detect too-far jumps in function s, and add trampolines if necessary
-// (currently only ARM supports trampoline insertion)
+// ARM supports trampoline insertion for internal and external linking
+// PPC64 & PPC64LE support trampoline insertion for internal linking only
 func trampoline(ctxt *Link, s *Symbol) {
 	if Thearch.Trampoline == nil {
 		return // no need or no support of trampolines on this arch
 	}
 
+	if Linkmode == LinkExternal && SysArch.Family == sys.PPC64 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	for ri := range s.R {
 		r := &s.R[ri]
 		if !r.Type.IsDirectJump() {