diff --git a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
index 8083767fd5..a23008fd07 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/plymouth-lite/build
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O2|-Os|"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O3|-Os|"`
 
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fwhole-program"
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 
 make