diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
index 22cb6ccf53..e5938a31ce 100755
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/build
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ else
   XBMC_CRYSTALHD="--disable-crystalhd"
 fi
 
+# xbmc (ffmpeg) fails to build with LTO optimization
+  strip_lto
+
 # dont use some optimizations because of problems
 # this fixes problems with faac implementation of ffmpeg
   LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Wl,--as-needed||"`