diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
index 79dc1e30ae..4f648edaac 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ else
   BUSYBOX_CFG_FILE=$ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/$1.conf
 fi
 
+# busybox fails building with LTO support on gcc-4.6
+  strip_lto
+
 # optimize for size
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Ofast|-Os|"`
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O.|-Os|"`