diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/peripheral.joystick/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/peripheral.joystick/package.mk
index 36f9b75181..711b19a489 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/peripheral.joystick/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/peripheral.joystick/package.mk
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform p8-platform"
 PKG_SECTION=""
 PKG_SHORTDESC="peripheral.joystick: Joystick support in Kodi"
 PKG_LONGDESC="peripheral.joystick provides joystick support and button mapping"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+lto"
 
 PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
 PKG_ADDON_TYPE="kodi.peripheral"