diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 85db5aa76a570e1dbb712907fbf3a01c6caa7e0e..b00f13581318a2e39fb08ba3fc54d332969ea28e 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -5005,6 +5005,7 @@ fn buildOutputFromZig(
         .link_mode = .Static,
         .function_sections = true,
         .no_builtin = true,
+        .use_stage1 = build_options.is_stage1 and comp.bin_file.options.use_stage1,
         .want_sanitize_c = false,
         .want_stack_check = false,
         .want_red_zone = comp.bin_file.options.red_zone,