diff --git a/packages/tools/hdparm/build b/packages/tools/hdparm/build
index cd1a3b85e6..6d40e8db36 100755
--- a/packages/tools/hdparm/build
+++ b/packages/tools/hdparm/build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+LDFLAGS="$CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -fwhole-program"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-make binprefix="/usr" \
-     sbindir="/sbin" \
-     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -s"
\ No newline at end of file
+  make binprefix="/usr" sbindir="/sbin"