diff --git a/completers/go-tool-link_completer/cmd/root.go b/completers/go-tool-link_completer/cmd/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17cd3a45d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/completers/go-tool-link_completer/cmd/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/actions/tools/golang"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "go-tool-link",
+	Short: "go linker",
+	Long:  "https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/link",
+	Run:   func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {},
+}
+
+func Execute() error {
+	return rootCmd.Execute()
+}
+func init() {
+	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).Standalone()
+
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("B", "B", "", "add an ELF NT_GNU_BUILD_ID note when using ELF")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("E", "E", "", "set entry symbol name")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("H", "H", "", "set header type")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("I", "I", "", "use linker as ELF dynamic linker")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringSliceS("L", "L", []string{}, "add specified directory to library path")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("R", "R", "", "set address rounding quantum (default -1)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("T", "T", "", "set text segment address (default -1)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("X", "X", "", "add string value definition of the form importpath.name=value")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("asan", "asan", false, "enable ASan interface")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("aslr", "aslr", false, "enable ASLR for buildmode=c-shared on windows (default true)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("benchmark", "benchmark", "", "set to 'mem' or 'cpu' to enable phase benchmarking")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("benchmarkprofile", "benchmarkprofile", "", "emit phase profiles to base_phase.{cpu,mem}prof")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("buildid", "buildid", "", "record id as Go toolchain build id")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("buildmode", "buildmode", "", "set build mode")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("c", "c", false, "dump call graph")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("capturehostobjs", "capturehostobjs", "", "capture host object files loaded during internal linking to specified dir")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("compressdwarf", "compressdwarf", false, "compress DWARF if possible (default true)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("cpuprofile", "cpuprofile", "", "write cpu profile to file")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("d", "d", false, "disable dynamic executable")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("debugnosplit", "debugnosplit", false, "dump nosplit call graph")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("debugtextsize", "debugtextsize", "", "debug text section max size")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("debugtramp", "debugtramp", "", "debug trampolines")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("dumpdep", "dumpdep", false, "dump symbol dependency graph")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("extar", "extar", "", "archive program for buildmode=c-archive")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("extld", "extld", "", "use linker when linking in external mode")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("extldflags", "extldflags", "", "pass flags to external linker")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("f", "f", false, "ignore version mismatch")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("g", "g", false, "disable go package data checks")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("h", "h", false, "halt on error")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("importcfg", "importcfg", "", "read import configuration from file")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("installsuffix", "installsuffix", "", "set package directory suffix")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("k", "k", "", "set field tracking symbol")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("libgcc", "libgcc", "", "compiler support lib for internal linking")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("linkmode", "linkmode", "", "set link mode")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("linkshared", "linkshared", false, "link against installed Go shared libraries")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("memprofile", "memprofile", "", "write memory profile to file")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("memprofilerate", "memprofilerate", "", "set runtime.MemProfileRate to rate")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("msan", "msan", false, "enable MSan interface")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("n", "n", "", "symbol table")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("o", "o", "", "write output to file")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("pluginpath", "pluginpath", "", "full path name for plugin")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("r", "r", "", "set the ELF dynamic linker search path to dir1:dir2:...")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("race", "race", false, "enable race detector")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("s", "s", false, "disable symbol table")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("strictdups", "strictdups", "", "sanity check duplicate symbol contents during object file reading (1=warn 2=err)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringS("tmpdir", "tmpdir", "", "use directory for temporary files")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("v", "v", false, "print link trace")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolS("w", "w", false, "disable DWARF generation")
+
+	// TODO extldflags completion
+	carapace.Gen(rootCmd).FlagCompletion(carapace.ActionMap{
+		"H": carapace.ActionValues("windowsgui"), // TODO other header types
+		"I": carapace.Batch(
+			carapace.ActionExecutables(),
+			carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		).ToA(),
+		"L":          carapace.ActionDirectories(),
+		"benchmark":  carapace.ActionValues("mem", "cpu"),
+		"buildmode":  golang.ActionBuildmodes(),
+		"cpuprofile": carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		"extar": carapace.Batch(
+			carapace.ActionExecutables(),
+			carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		).ToA(),
+		"extld": carapace.Batch(
+			carapace.ActionExecutables(),
+			carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		).ToA(),
+		"importcfg": carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		"libgcc": carapace.Batch(
+			carapace.ActionExecutables(),
+			carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		).ToA(),
+		"linkmode":   carapace.ActionValues("internal", "external", "auto"),
+		"memprofile": carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		"o":          carapace.ActionFiles(),
+		"r":          carapace.ActionDirectories().List(","),
+		"tmpdir":     carapace.ActionDirectories(),
+	})
+}
diff --git a/completers/go-tool-link_completer/main.go b/completers/go-tool-link_completer/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fcf45d94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/completers/go-tool-link_completer/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/completers/go-tool-link_completer/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Execute()
+}
diff --git a/completers/go_completer/cmd/build.go b/completers/go_completer/cmd/build.go
index 6327c39f53..0d9c28ab75 100644
--- a/completers/go_completer/cmd/build.go
+++ b/completers/go_completer/cmd/build.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bin/pkg/actions/tools/golang"
+	"github.com/rsteube/carapace-bridge/pkg/actions/bridge"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/pkg/style"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -63,10 +64,11 @@ func addBuildFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 
 	carapace.Gen(cmd).FlagCompletion(carapace.ActionMap{
 		"C":         carapace.ActionDirectories(),
-		"buildmode": carapace.ActionValues("archive", "c-archive", "c-shared", "default", "shared", "exe", "pie", "plugin"),
+		"buildmode": golang.ActionBuildmodes(),
 		"buildvcs":  carapace.ActionValues("true", "false", "auto").StyleF(style.ForKeyword),
 		"compiler":  carapace.ActionValues("gccgo", "gc"),
 		"coverpkg":  golang.ActionPackages().UniqueList(","),
+		"ldflags":   bridge.ActionCarapaceBin("go", "tool", "link").Split(),
 		"mod":       carapace.ActionValues("readonly", "vendor", "mod"),
 		"modfile":   carapace.ActionFiles(".mod"),
 		"n":         carapace.ActionValues("1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8"),
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e47cca8fb3..6dc9ed1773 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5
-	github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.40.0-pre1
+	github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.40.0
 	github.com/rsteube/carapace-bridge v0.1.3
 	github.com/rsteube/carapace-spec v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f22496cede..2219392eab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.9.5/go.mod h1:u1nR/EPcESfeI/szUZKdtJ0xRNbUoANCko
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.39.1/go.mod h1:jkLt41Ne2TD2xPuMdX/2O05Smhy8vMgG7O2TYvC0yOc=
-github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.40.0-pre1 h1:vj5uSkyPO8lvPsFAYrOJa8BaRukv1YMzqUkbD5Bz5iM=
-github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.40.0-pre1/go.mod h1:jkLt41Ne2TD2xPuMdX/2O05Smhy8vMgG7O2TYvC0yOc=
+github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.40.0 h1:m6bZzMzjIezcCE0SEMF7WSug4BqlTaxHTq2qVC85RYI=
+github.com/rsteube/carapace v0.40.0/go.mod h1:jkLt41Ne2TD2xPuMdX/2O05Smhy8vMgG7O2TYvC0yOc=
 github.com/rsteube/carapace-bridge v0.1.3 h1:M6+xOgSayXU6naT0zDhjpQhgTGAcoaVFqGdWn8BOm2o=
 github.com/rsteube/carapace-bridge v0.1.3/go.mod h1:BLmN9ceKEqlxl4MpcnSx9zU+2ITN1fwJfOVDCVV0g6I=
 github.com/rsteube/carapace-pflag v0.2.0 h1:EYqFO9Haib3NDCPqKu0VxOGi9YQBkXk1IzlHdT0M0vw=
diff --git a/pkg/actions/tools/golang/buildmode.go b/pkg/actions/tools/golang/buildmode.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a95a613284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/actions/tools/golang/buildmode.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package golang
+
+import "github.com/rsteube/carapace"
+
+// ActionBuildmodes completes build modes
+//
+//	archive (Build the listed non-main packages into .a files)
+//	c-archive (Build the listed main package, plus all packages it imports, into a C archive file)
+func ActionBuildmodes() carapace.Action {
+	return carapace.ActionValuesDescribed(
+		"archive", "Build the listed non-main packages into .a files",
+		"c-archive", "Build the listed main package, plus all packages it imports, into a C archive file",
+		"c-shared", "Build the listed main package, plus all packages it imports, into a C shared library",
+		"default", "Listed main packages are built into executables and listed non-main packages are built into .a files",
+		"shared", "Combine all the listed non-main packages into a single shared library",
+		"exe", "Build the listed main packages and everything they import into executables",
+		"pie", "Build the listed main packages and everything they import into position independent executables (PIE)",
+		"plugin", "Build the listed main packages, plus all packages that they import, into a Go plugin",
+	)
+}