diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
--- a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
 config.substitutions.append(("%enable_libcxx", config.enable_libcxx))
 config.substitutions.append(
     ("%mlir_cmake_dir", config.mlir_cmake_dir))
+config.substitutions.append(("%llvm_use_linker", config.llvm_use_linker))
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
--- a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# RUN: %cmake_exe %mlir_src_root/examples/standalone -G "%cmake_generator" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx -DMLIR_DIR=%mlir_cmake_dir ; %cmake_exe --build . --target check-standalone | tee %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: %cmake_exe %mlir_src_root/examples/standalone -G "%cmake_generator" \
+# RUN: -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx -DMLIR_DIR=%mlir_cmake_dir \
+# RUN: -DLLVM_USE_LINKER=%llvm_use_linker
+# RUN: %cmake_exe --build . --target check-standalone | tee %t | FileCheck %s
 
 # Note: The number of checked tests is not important. The command will fail
 # if any fail.
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 config.host_cmake_generator = "@CMAKE_GENERATOR@"
 # Note: ldflags can contain double-quoted paths, so must use single quotes here.
 config.host_ldflags = '@HOST_LDFLAGS@'
+config.llvm_use_linker = "@LLVM_USE_LINKER@"
 config.llvm_use_sanitizer = "@LLVM_USE_SANITIZER@"
 config.llvm_host_triple = '@LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE@'
 config.host_arch = "@HOST_ARCH@"