diff --git a/ronin-dev.sh b/ronin-dev.sh
index 9b4035e..a5611a5 100755
--- a/ronin-dev.sh
+++ b/ronin-dev.sh
@@ -305,6 +305,17 @@ function auto_install_rubygems()
 	detect_rubygems_install_dir
 }
 
+#
+# Installs binutils for ld and ar commands, if they aren't already installed.
+#
+function auto_install_binutils()
+{
+	if ! command -v ld >/dev/null || ! command -v ar >/dev/null; then
+		install_packages binutils || \
+		  fail "Failed to install binutils!"
+	fi
+}
+
 #
 # Install gcc if there's no C compiler on the system.
 #
@@ -492,6 +503,7 @@ function parse_options()
 parse_options "$@" || exit $?
 detect_system
 auto_install_git
+auto_install_binutils
 auto_install_cc
 auto_install_cpp
 auto_install_make
diff --git a/ronin-install.sh b/ronin-install.sh
index 6396e31..de2c96e 100755
--- a/ronin-install.sh
+++ b/ronin-install.sh
@@ -257,6 +257,17 @@ function auto_install_rubygems()
 	detect_rubygems_install_dir
 }
 
+#
+# Installs binutils for ld and ar commands, if they aren't already installed.
+#
+function auto_install_binutils()
+{
+	if ! command -v ld >/dev/null || ! command -v ar >/dev/null; then
+		install_packages binutils || \
+		  fail "Failed to install binutils!"
+	fi
+}
+
 #
 # Install gcc or clang if there's no C compiler on the system.
 #
@@ -356,7 +367,7 @@ function install_dependencies()
 {
 	case "$package_manager" in
 		dnf|yum)libraries=(libyaml-devel git zip) ;;
-		termux) libraries=(binutils libxml2 libxslt git zip) ;;
+		termux) libraries=(libxml2 libxslt git zip) ;;
 		*)	libraries=(git zip) ;;
 	esac
 
@@ -426,6 +437,7 @@ function parse_options()
 
 parse_options "$@" || exit $?
 detect_system
+auto_install_binutils
 auto_install_cc
 auto_install_cpp
 auto_install_make