diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index 6377f66ea..5adde36d8 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ DYNAMIC_CORE += POWER9
 else
 $(info, OpenBLAS: Your gcc version is too old to build the POWER9 kernels.)
 endif
-LDVERSIONGTEQ35 := $(shell expr `ld --version | head -1 | cut -f2 -d "." | cut -f1 -d "-"` >= 35)
+LDVERSIONGTEQ35 := $(shell expr `$(CC) -Wl,--version 2> /dev/null | head -1 | cut -f2 -d "." | cut -f1 -d "-"` \>= 35)
 ifeq ($(GCCVERSIONGTEQ11)$(LDVERSIONGTEQ35), 11)
 DYNAMIC_CORE += POWER10
 CCOMMON_OPT += -DHAVE_P10_SUPPORT
diff --git a/driver/others/dynamic_power.c b/driver/others/dynamic_power.c
index 85fc5b3ba..d60ae68fc 100644
--- a/driver/others/dynamic_power.c
+++ b/driver/others/dynamic_power.c
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ static gotoblas_t *get_coretype(void) {
 	if (__builtin_cpu_supports ("arch_3_1") && __builtin_cpu_supports ("mma"))
 		return &gotoblas_POWER10;
 #endif
+	/* Fall back to the POWER9 implementation if the toolchain is too old or the MMA feature is not set */
+	if (__builtin_cpu_is("power10"))
+		return &gotoblas_POWER9;
 	return NULL;
 }