diff --git a/packages/devel/ncurses/build b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
index 1cfb9de5fd..05ee6d0693 100755
--- a/packages/devel/ncurses/build
+++ b/packages/devel/ncurses/build
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ cd "$CWD"
 
 setup_toolchain target
 
+# programs based on ncurses (gdb, mysql) 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||"`
+
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD