diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/build b/packages/devel/boost/build
index 21e223dcc8..78c040bc22 100755
--- a/packages/devel/boost/build
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# boost fails building with LTO support
+  strip_lto
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 sh bootstrap.sh \
      --prefix=/usr \