diff --git a/packages/python/devel/pygobject/build b/packages/python/devel/pygobject/build
index 85c7d90326..a8e7c434f6 100755
--- a/packages/python/devel/pygobject/build
+++ b/packages/python/devel/pygobject/build
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ $SCRIPTS/build glib
 
 . config/options.python
 
+# pygobject 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||"`
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \