diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 755d45969d4..16e9d376ab1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 [submodule "external/linker"]
 	path = external/linker
 	url = https://github.com/mono/linker.git
+	branch = master
 [submodule "external/proguard"]
 	path = external/proguard
 	url = https://github.com/xamarin/proguard.git
diff --git a/external/linker b/external/linker
index 9fc2a24b5fc..99354bf5c13 160000
--- a/external/linker
+++ b/external/linker
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9fc2a24b5fc389a3bc3bde85efa1e39b43f1fce0
+Subproject commit 99354bf5c13b8055209cb082cddc50c8047ab088