diff --git a/packages/devel/dbus-glib/package.mk b/packages/devel/dbus-glib/package.mk
index 9765978313..29bc6a2997 100644
--- a/packages/devel/dbus-glib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/dbus-glib/package.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="dbus-glib: A message bus system"
 PKG_LONGDESC="D-BUS is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications. Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms of complexity."
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
-PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic +lto"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_have_abstract_sockets=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_posix_getpwnam_r=yes \