diff --git a/packages/databases/mysql/build b/packages/databases/mysql/build
index a487761fb7..1913e89348 100755
--- a/packages/databases/mysql/build
+++ b/packages/databases/mysql/build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# mysql fails to build with LTO support
+  strip_lto
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ac_cv_c_stack_direction=-1 \
 ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \