diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb b/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
index 07db83663c..8a5c886ab4 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/extconf.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
       NOKOGIRI_USE_SYSTEM_LIBRARIES
           Equivalent to `--enable-system-libraries` when set, even if nil or blank.
 
+      AR
+          Use this path to invoke the library archiver instead of `RbConfig::CONFIG['AR']`
+
       CC
           Use this path to invoke the compiler instead of `RbConfig::CONFIG['CC']`
 
@@ -146,6 +149,9 @@
       CFLAGS
           If this string is accepted by the compiler, add it to the flags passed to the compiler
 
+      LD
+          Use this path to invoke the linker instead of `RbConfig::CONFIG['LD']`
+
       LDFLAGS
           If this string is accepted by the linker, add it to the flags passed to the linker
 
@@ -626,12 +632,22 @@ def needs_darwin_linker_hack
   append_cppflags "-I/usr/local/include"
 end
 
+if ENV["AR"]
+  RbConfig::CONFIG["AR"] = RbConfig::MAKEFILE_CONFIG["AR"] = ENV["AR"]
+end
+
 if ENV["CC"]
   RbConfig::CONFIG["CC"] = RbConfig::MAKEFILE_CONFIG["CC"] = ENV["CC"]
 end
 
-# use same c compiler for libxml and libxslt
+if ENV["LD"]
+  RbConfig::CONFIG["LD"] = RbConfig::MAKEFILE_CONFIG["LD"] = ENV["LD"]
+end
+
+# use same toolchain for libxml and libxslt
+ENV["AR"] = RbConfig::CONFIG["AR"]
 ENV["CC"] = RbConfig::CONFIG["CC"]
+ENV["LD"] = RbConfig::CONFIG["LD"]
 
 if arg_config("--prevent-strip")
   old_cflags = $CFLAGS.split.join(" ")