diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dbus/build b/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
index a9fc79a8bf..aa3a4978c8 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dbus/build
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/build expat
 $SCRIPTS/build libX11
 
+# dbus 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||"`
+
 export ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets=yes
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD