diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/build b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
index c31b207c45..c31ed9973c 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/bash/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 
+# bash fails to compile with GCC 4.5.0's link time optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-flto||" -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||" -e "s|-fwhole-program||"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
             --bindir=/bin \
+            --with-gnu-ld \
             --without-bash-malloc \
             --without-installed-readline \