diff --git a/src/bin/gen-link-flags.sh b/src/bin/gen-link-flags.sh
index 35c1dfe2d..a6d948f73 100755
--- a/src/bin/gen-link-flags.sh
+++ b/src/bin/gen-link-flags.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ case "$LINK_MODE" in
     FLAGS="-noautolink"
     # Note: for OCaml 5, use -lcamlstrnat and -lunixnat and mind zlib
     # https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/issues/12562
-    CCLIB="-lzarith -lunix"
+    CCLIB="-lbase_stubs -lzarith -lunix"
     LIBS="gmp"
     case "$OS" in
       linux)