diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 3b32737fdd..c22fb4d7e7 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DNATIVEPREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN \
                        -DENABLE_CCACHE=ON \
                        -DENABLE_LIRC=ON \
                        -DENABLE_EVENTCLIENTS=ON \
-                       -DENABLE_LDGOLD=OFF \
+                       -DENABLE_LDGOLD=ON \
                        $KODI_ARCH \
                        $KODI_OPENGL \
                        $KODI_OPENGLES \
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DNATIVEPREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN \
 pre_configure_target() {
 # kodi should never be built with lto
   strip_lto
-  strip_gold
 
   export LIBS="$LIBS -lz -lterminfo"
 }