diff --git a/_build.sh b/_build.sh
index 040c78b7e..13d679e19 100755
--- a/_build.sh
+++ b/_build.sh
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ build_single_target() {
   export _CPPFLAGS_GLOBAL=''
   export _CXXFLAGS_GLOBAL=''
   export _RCFLAGS_GLOBAL=''
-  export _LDFLAGS_GLOBAL='-v'
+  export _LDFLAGS_GLOBAL='-v -lforcefail'
   export _LDFLAGS_BIN_GLOBAL=''
   export _LDFLAGS_CXX_GLOBAL=''  # CMake uses this
   export _CMAKE_GLOBAL='-Wno-dev'  # Suppress CMake warnings meant for upstream developers