diff --git a/packages/x11/toolkits/gtk+/build b/packages/x11/toolkits/gtk+/build
index 29c26b0db6..e2aac7af6a 100755
--- a/packages/x11/toolkits/gtk+/build
+++ b/packages/x11/toolkits/gtk+/build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# gtk+ fails to build with LTO Link Time Optimizator
+  strip_lto
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ac_cv_path_GLIB_GENMARSHAL=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/glib-genmarshal \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \