diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 83d8220..c9dc5eb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ else
 	CFLAGS += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags yaml-0.1)
 endif
 
-HAS_VERSION_SCRIPT := $(shell echo 'int main(){}' | $(CC) -Wl,--version-script=/dev/null -x c - -o /dev/null 2>/dev/null && echo y)
+HAS_VERSION_SCRIPT := $(shell printf 'void test_func(){}\nint main(){}' | $(CC) -Wl,--version-script=libfdt/test.lds -x c - && echo y || echo n)
 
 ifeq ($(HOSTOS),darwin)
 SHAREDLIB_EXT     = dylib
diff --git a/libfdt/meson.build b/libfdt/meson.build
index 68d4c1d..46a5b3a 100644
--- a/libfdt/meson.build
+++ b/libfdt/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 version_script = '-Wl,--version-script=@0@'.format(meson.current_source_dir() / 'version.lds')
-if not cc.has_link_argument(version_script)
+test_code = 'void test_func(){} int main(){}'
+if not cc.links(test_code, args: ['-Wl,--version-script=' + meson.current_source_dir() / 'test.lds'])
   version_script = []
 endif
 
diff --git a/libfdt/test.lds b/libfdt/test.lds
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e7b5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libfdt/test.lds
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+TEST {
+	global:
+		test_func;
+	local:
+		*;
+};
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