diff --git a/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build
index 0232603e9d..22dc76fcb1 100755
--- a/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build
+++ b/packages/textproc/xerces-c/build
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# xerces_c fails to build with LTO support
+  strip_lto
+
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \