diff --git a/packages/audio/alsa-lib/build b/packages/audio/alsa-lib/build
index da3f8e495a..c3e04f6f14 100755
--- a/packages/audio/alsa-lib/build
+++ b/packages/audio/alsa-lib/build
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+# fails to build with gcc-4.6.1
+  strip_lto
+
 CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=32 -fPIC -DPIC"
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD