diff --git a/utils/bazel/.bazelrc b/utils/bazel/.bazelrc
--- a/utils/bazel/.bazelrc
+++ b/utils/bazel/.bazelrc
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 # not the point of the Bazel build to catch usage of deprecated APIs.
 build:generic_clang --copt=-Wno-deprecated --host_copt=-Wno-deprecated
 
+# lld links faster than other linkers. Assume that anybody using clang also has
+# lld available.
+build:generic_clang --linkopt=-fuse-ld=lld --host_linkopt=-fuse-ld=lld
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Options for "generic_gcc" builds: these options should generally apply to
 # builds using a GCC-based compiler, and default to the `gcc` executable on