diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
index 8825eda..51a1c35 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ jobs:
 
   build:
     runs-on: brutalisk
+    environment:
+      CC: 'clang'
+      CXX: 'clang++'
     needs: build-oci-image
     container:
       image: ${{ vars.REGISTRY_URL }}/${{ gitea.repository }}:${{ needs.build-oci-image.outputs.image_tag }}
@@ -74,13 +77,16 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: build and check
         run: |
-          meson setup -Dfuzz=enabled -Dtests=enabled -Dbuildtype=debugoptimized -Ddocs=enabled build
+          LDFLAGS="-fuse-ld=$(command -v lld)" meson setup -Dfuzz=enabled -Dtests=enabled -Dbuildtype=debugoptimized -Ddocs=enabled build
           meson compile -C build
 
   # FIXME: Currently this rebuilds everything. Instead we should bring over the build dir from the build job. This will come in handy
   # when we have multiple build targets and configs. What we have currently is fine until we get lots of builds going
   test:
     runs-on: brutalisk
+    environment:
+      CC: 'clang'
+      CXX: 'clang++'
     needs: [build-oci-image, build]
     container:
       image: ${{ vars.REGISTRY_URL }}/${{ gitea.repository }}:${{ needs.build-oci-image.outputs.image_tag }}
@@ -104,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Check Formatting
-        
         run: |
           meson setup -Dfuzz=enabled -Dtests=enabled -Dbuildtype=debugoptimized build
           ninja rustfmt -C build